Australian Electoral Commission Denies Socialist Equality Party Registration Amid Growing Crisis of Two-Party System

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The Australian Electoral Commission (AEC) has denied the Socialist Equality Party's (SEP) application for official party registration, in a move that has sparked concerns over democratic rights and the growing crisis of the two-party system in Australia. The AEC's decision comes after the SEP submitted a list of over 1,500 members, exceeding the new membership requirement that was tripled in 2021. The SEP had been registered for over a decade before being deregistered in 2022, and has been campaigning to regain its registration since March 2024.

The AEC's refusal to register the SEP has been criticized as an attempt to disenfranchise the party's members and obstruct the fight for a genuine socialist and revolutionary perspective. The decision has been made in the context of a massive crisis of the two-party system, with both the incumbent Labor Party and the Liberal-National opposition facing widespread hostility and disillusionment. The SEP's campaign to regain registration has won substantial support from workers and young people, who are attracted to the party's opposition to the Gaza genocide and its explanation that these historic war crimes are part of a broader eruption of imperialist militarism that can only be fought based on a revolutionary and socialist perspective.

The AEC's decision is part of a broader trend of anti-democratic electoral laws that have been implemented in Australia, aimed at restricting the ability of third parties to participate in elections. The laws have been criticized as an attempt to buttress the crumbling two-party dominance, and have resulted in a significant decline in the number of registered parties. The SEP has vowed to continue its campaign to regain registration, and will intervene aggressively in the upcoming federal election to provide workers and young people with a genuine socialist and internationalist perspective.

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