DEMOCRATIC LABOR PARTY (DLP) SENATOR ELECTED: Good or bad for politics in Australia?
This blog recently recommended readers to consider voting DLP. *
Many people did. Throw in a bit of apparent good luck with preferences — and it happened.
Now John Madigan is a Senator-elect.
What is the Democratic Labor Party all about?
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(1) History
Those interested in Labor Party history know that a good case can be made for considering the DLP the genuine continuing Australian Labor Party.
The present so-called ALP being a (big) splinter-group that split off and took over through a series of dirty deeds at, and following, the party’s 1955 National Conference in Hobart.
On that occasion, a number of anti-Communist ALP members, mainly Catholics, were expelled from the party in a manner contrary to the ALP constitution.
The DLP was formed by those excluded — with policies of anti-Communism, more government funding for Catholic schools, increased defence spending, non-recognition of Communist China etc.
At its peak, the DLP got as many as 11 percent of the primary Senate vote.
But by the late 70s, the DLP hardly existed.
Recently there has been a come-back. Last Saturday the DLP obtained between 2 and 3 percent of the primary vote in Victoria.
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(2) Policies
The DLP is a pro-family party. It supports the freedom of families to decide their own pattern of early care of children and of the education they receive. This means freedom from financial punishment against stay-at-home full-time mums – and against those sending children to non-government schools, or home-schooling.
The DLP opposes abortion and euthanasia.
As the name suggests, the DLP advocates actual democracy – as opposed to today’s fake pseudo-democracy. This includes the setting up of a “Citizens Initiated Referendum” system, applying to all levels of government (federal, state and local).
The DLP supports re-establishing a Federal Development Bank, diversifying and resurrecting our export industries, encouraging import-replacing industries, building new dams for secure water supply and flood control etc.
Read more at their website at: www.dlp.org.au/index.php?page=alias
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Don’t these sound like more sensible policies than those of the big two (or big three) parties?
(* See: www.marymackillop.org/a-spectre-is-haunting-australia-the-spectre-of-the-greens-party)
Good to see the DLP back in, From a Liberal voter
Finally we have a real working man representing a true labor party. In the days when parliament was a the representation of the community an engine driver became prime Minister.
Today we see a blacksmith from Ballarat becoming a Senator.
It gives great hope for the future of our nation and perhaps now, we may be able to turnaround years of decline and finally have a party that truely represents us.
Thanks to all those thinking voters that considered the DLP and lets hope John is not the last DLP member to be elected this year.
Yes, it is good to see John Madigan of the Democratic Labor Party possibly will get a Senate seat.
Please note there are DLP candidates, Peter and John Kavanagh running for the upcoming Victorian State elections, so if you feel so inclined you can vote for them