Media Release
Socialist Party to stand Denise Dudley for Nicholson ward by-election,
City of Yarra Council election
Denise Dudley, 24, works with intellectually disabled people and is the
Co-ordinator of the Community Campaign for Heroin Reform. Denise was the
chief first aid organiser at both the S11 and M1 demonstrations and is on
the National Committee of the Socialist Party (SP) and lives in the
Nicholson Ward.
Denise opposes the introduction of parking meters in the area and the
shutting down of the domestic violence unit by the Yarra City Council.
Denise will fight for extra funding for non-profit child care centre in the
area and supports permanent paid council staff supervision of the Skate
Board park in the Fitzroy gardens.
Denise will organise a mass campaign of direct action by council unions and
the local community for extra funding for Council from the State Government.
The Socialist Party has the best record of left of Labor parties in the
area. In the 1998 federal election Matt Wilson Australia's youngest ever
candidate won over 1,000 votes in the seat of Batman. A year later Stephen
Jolly won over 4,000 votes (12.5%) in the state seat of Richmond. Last
month the SP in the Melbourne City Council election ended up with 1,292
votes after 120 rounds of counting.
For more information about this campaign or to interview Denise Dudley
phone her on 0403 892605 or the Socialist Party office on 9639 9122.
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