Sydney Alliance Reflection......

It’s fair to say that across the diversity of the Sydney Alliance there are a range of reactions to Saturday’s election results.  

You’re invited to join us in a reflection on the results this Monday 27^th 6:30pm-8:30pm at 222 Pitt St. Registration essential 

The Alliance brings together a massive plurality of Sydney and like in many communities, folks made different choices along the whole spectrum of political candidates.
Elections are times of division for families, communities and cities.
The Alliance is committed to finding common ground across our diversity and taking action together.

The NSW and Fed elections raise a series of questions for all of us committed to the agenda of the common good.  

Next Monday all are welcome to join us:

• Share your experience of the election & what it meant for you
• Discuss what steps are needed to build the public relationships between those who voted different ways
• Air and discern what next steps look like on the Alliance agenda:affordable housing, affordable & renewable energy, precarious work & weekends and being a city of welcome for people seeking asylum and refuge.
• What questions do we need to be able to answer to be successful over the coming years?

Monday 27^th 6:30pm-8:30pmUniting Office, level 4, 222 Pitt St, CBD.Registration essentialChaired by Anita Tang, Friends of the Sydney Alliance

Here are some of the questions raised already in discussions:

On politics in Sydney-

1. Why are those voting for conservative parties reluctant or ashamed to say so? What does that say about the breakdown of trust in our civil discourse?
2. What does this result teach us about how we build common ground with those whom we disagree? In our families, our organisations, our suburbs and city?
3. The least engaged are often the most decisive. What does that mean for your Alliance and organisation and its ability to influence politics?
4. What does action look like outside of the NSW & Fed election period, perhaps with a focus on cooperative power, business or local government?
5. Tens of thousands of Sydneysiders voted for One Nation and similar parties. How does an Alliance as diverse as it is, engage sincerely with those who voted One Nation and those elected by them?

On the Alliance Agenda for the Common Good-

The issues on the 2018-2019 Alliance Agenda of the Common Good are the product of thousands of Sydneysiders sharing the pressures on their lives. What could the results mean for:

1. Access to renewable and affordable energy? The NSW government made some commitments and the market is creating opportunities every day.
2. Weekends and public holidays? Given the results, what will it take to win, to protect what we have and gain ground? Especially given a penalty rate cut expected from the Fair Work Commission later in the year.
3. Affordable and public housing?
4. The hundreds of families in Sydney seeking refuge?

Let’s discern it together.

Monday 27^th 6:30pm-8:30pm, 222 Pitt St, CBD. Register

David Barrow
Lead Organiser
Sydney Alliance

PS. If you are in Parramatta this evening Tuesday 21st, join the Sydney Alliance and the Community Migrant Resource Centre for Site of Solace, a vigil of solidarity, Unity and support and Sydney's Sri Lankan community following the Easter bombings last month. 5pm-6:30pm Centenary Square, Parramatta .

Sydney Alliance
http://www.sydneyalliance.org.au/