REDS BACK FROM THE DEAD: AEC registers political party "Communist Alliance"

The Communist Party in Australia – somewhat discredited by associated parties in other countries committing mass murder and enslaving hundreds of millions of people from Warsaw to Vladivostok – has risen from the ashes to be officially registered by the Australian Electoral Commission as the “Communist Alliance.”

When asked earlier this year by the left-wing press about their registration attempt, its Victorian boss Andrew Irving said:

“The most common response we get is ‘Oh, you still exist’.”

It turns out the Communist Alliance isn’t really the rebirth of the Communist Party of Australia but is the creation of Socialist Party of Australia alumni, a splitter group formed in 1971 because they felt the leadership of the CPA was not sufficiently devoted to those ruling the Soviet Union.

It continues to defend the Soviet Union, although acknowledges that some mistakes were made.

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Glenn Milne, the pugnacious former TV journalist turned Peter Costello cheer-leader, has been making a unique fashion statement according to Canberra gallery observers. In addition to rather startling red-framed spectacles, Milne was seen this week sporting an eclectic ensemble of suit pants, olive jacket and white shirt with navy stripes. Some thought it was laundry day and he was just wearing what hadn’t been irredeemably soiled. But when he wore the same garb two days running, it led some unkind souls to speculate that there might be trouble at home leading him to a cheap motel with limited laundry service. Developing…