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Lyle J Allan

University of Melbourne, School of Social and Political Sciences, Alumnus

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Voting Systems 1999

Irish ethnicity and the democratic labor party

Politics, Nov 1, 1988

Abstract The Democratic Labor Party (DLP) was an authentic &amp;#x27;ethnic&amp;#x27;part... more Abstract The Democratic Labor Party (DLP) was an authentic &amp;#x27;ethnic&amp;#x27;party uncharacteristic in Australian politics. It was a party of Irish Catholics, not a &amp;#x27;Catholic&amp;#x27;party. It had a distinctive ideological flavour, anti‐Communist and moralistic but not extreme‐right The DLP played ...

Immigration and multiculturalism

Politics, Nov 1, 1989

The Big Branch Stack: Recruitment Strategies and the Influence of Ethnic Groups and Factions in the Victorian ALP

... Bill Kardamitsis, a recruiter in the area, is responsible for the one liner that &amp;amp... more ... Bill Kardamitsis, a recruiter in the area, is responsible for the one liner that &amp;amp;quot;if my faction does it, it&amp;amp;#x27;s recruiting. ... Gippsland East and a supporter of Mr Bracks for Premier, only won in his electorate with preference votes from unsuccessful One Nation candidate Michael Freshwater. ...

ALP modernisation, ethnic branch stacking, factionalism and the law

People and place, 2002

Simon Crean, federal Parliamentary Leader of the Australian Labor Party, achieved the major chang... more Simon Crean, federal Parliamentary Leader of the Australian Labor Party, achieved the major change that he sought at the October 2002 National Rules Conference. Under that change representation of trade unions and rank and file members of the party will be equal at party conferences, a major reform aimed at modernisation of the party. In the past trade unions elected a majority of conference delegates. Other changes intended to eliminate the practice of ethnic branch stacking are unlikely to stop the practice, and may even encourage it. Increased power in the hands of faction bosses is also a likely consequence. A rule change that is intended to eliminate appeal to a court of law from party decision making bodies is unlikely to succeed. This rule is an attempt to oust the jurisdiction of the courts. It is unlikely to be regarded favourably by the judiciary. In recent years the courts have been increasingly willing to interfere in the operations of registered political parties.

A party in disarray: Victorian Labor after the split 1955-1965

Labor's Shrinking Constituency

People and place, 2005

This article explores the extent to which Labor at the national level is becoming dependent on an... more This article explores the extent to which Labor at the national level is becoming dependent on an ethnic constituency. It shows that, in Melbourne and Sydney, the great majority of the seats which Labor held on to after the 2004 election were seats with significant concentrations of blue- and lower white-collar voters of non-English-speaking-background origin.

Nationalism and Ethnicity

The Skeptic (Australia), 2021

Karen Brewer is an all-encompassing conspiracy advocate, and everyone is in her sight. This inclu... more

Review: The Riddle of Les Coleman 2018

by Carolyn Allan Smart and Lyle J Allan

Recorder, 2018

Batman By-Election, 1962: A Liberal Miscalculation and a Labor Win (2020)

Recorder (Australian Society for the Study of Labour History, Melbourne Branch), 2020

The life of f ack Mundey was remarkable in many ways, both as a trade unionist and as an activist... more

Proportional Representation in Victorian Local Government (2019)

Recorder (Australian Society for the Study of Labour History Melbourne Branch), 2019

Diane Anderson. ALP Warrior and Heresy Expulsion (2019)

Recorder (Australian Society for the Study of Labour History Melbourne Branch), 2019

Victorian_election...Should_Tasmanians look at Labor's win? (2019)

Tasmanian Times, 2019

Labor’s shrinking constituency

by Ernest Healy and Lyle J Allan

People and Place, 2005

The Last of the Original DLP Parliamentarians (Frank Scully) (2016)

Obituary

Colin Cleary (Bendigo) (2016)

Recorder (Australian Society for the Study of Labour History Melbourne Branch), Mar 2016

Obituary

Candidate Pre-Selection in Australian Politics (1989)

Journal for Students of Year 12 Politics, Apr 1989

of Melbourne) ln tournol for Students of Year 72 Politics, Melbourne, Social Education Victoria, ... more

ALP modernisation, ethnic branch stacking, factionalism and the law (2002)

People and Place, Jan 1, 2002

The Fabian Society, Labour History and David Bennett (1988)

Recorder (Australian Society for the Study of Labour History, Melbourne Branch) No. 152, pages 7-9, Aug 1988

Voting Systems 1999

Irish ethnicity and the democratic labor party

Politics, Nov 1, 1988

Abstract The Democratic Labor Party (DLP) was an authentic &amp;#x27;ethnic&amp;#x27;part... more Abstract The Democratic Labor Party (DLP) was an authentic &amp;#x27;ethnic&amp;#x27;party uncharacteristic in Australian politics. It was a party of Irish Catholics, not a &amp;#x27;Catholic&amp;#x27;party. It had a distinctive ideological flavour, anti‐Communist and moralistic but not extreme‐right The DLP played ...

Immigration and multiculturalism

Politics, Nov 1, 1989

The Big Branch Stack: Recruitment Strategies and the Influence of Ethnic Groups and Factions in the Victorian ALP

... Bill Kardamitsis, a recruiter in the area, is responsible for the one liner that &amp;amp... more ... Bill Kardamitsis, a recruiter in the area, is responsible for the one liner that &amp;amp;quot;if my faction does it, it&amp;amp;#x27;s recruiting. ... Gippsland East and a supporter of Mr Bracks for Premier, only won in his electorate with preference votes from unsuccessful One Nation candidate Michael Freshwater. ...

ALP modernisation, ethnic branch stacking, factionalism and the law

People and place, 2002

Simon Crean, federal Parliamentary Leader of the Australian Labor Party, achieved the major chang... more Simon Crean, federal Parliamentary Leader of the Australian Labor Party, achieved the major change that he sought at the October 2002 National Rules Conference. Under that change representation of trade unions and rank and file members of the party will be equal at party conferences, a major reform aimed at modernisation of the party. In the past trade unions elected a majority of conference delegates. Other changes intended to eliminate the practice of ethnic branch stacking are unlikely to stop the practice, and may even encourage it. Increased power in the hands of faction bosses is also a likely consequence. A rule change that is intended to eliminate appeal to a court of law from party decision making bodies is unlikely to succeed. This rule is an attempt to oust the jurisdiction of the courts. It is unlikely to be regarded favourably by the judiciary. In recent years the courts have been increasingly willing to interfere in the operations of registered political parties.

A party in disarray: Victorian Labor after the split 1955-1965

Labor's Shrinking Constituency

People and place, 2005

This article explores the extent to which Labor at the national level is becoming dependent on an... more This article explores the extent to which Labor at the national level is becoming dependent on an ethnic constituency. It shows that, in Melbourne and Sydney, the great majority of the seats which Labor held on to after the 2004 election were seats with significant concentrations of blue- and lower white-collar voters of non-English-speaking-background origin.

Nationalism and Ethnicity

The Skeptic (Australia), 2021

Karen Brewer is an all-encompassing conspiracy advocate, and everyone is in her sight. This inclu... more

Review: The Riddle of Les Coleman 2018

by Carolyn Allan Smart and Lyle J Allan

Recorder, 2018

Batman By-Election, 1962: A Liberal Miscalculation and a Labor Win (2020)

Recorder (Australian Society for the Study of Labour History, Melbourne Branch), 2020

The life of f ack Mundey was remarkable in many ways, both as a trade unionist and as an activist... more

Proportional Representation in Victorian Local Government (2019)

Recorder (Australian Society for the Study of Labour History Melbourne Branch), 2019

Diane Anderson. ALP Warrior and Heresy Expulsion (2019)

Recorder (Australian Society for the Study of Labour History Melbourne Branch), 2019

Victorian_election...Should_Tasmanians look at Labor's win? (2019)

Tasmanian Times, 2019

Labor’s shrinking constituency

by Ernest Healy and Lyle J Allan

People and Place, 2005

The Last of the Original DLP Parliamentarians (Frank Scully) (2016)

Obituary

Colin Cleary (Bendigo) (2016)

Recorder (Australian Society for the Study of Labour History Melbourne Branch), Mar 2016

Obituary

Candidate Pre-Selection in Australian Politics (1989)

Journal for Students of Year 12 Politics, Apr 1989

of Melbourne) ln tournol for Students of Year 72 Politics, Melbourne, Social Education Victoria, ... more

ALP modernisation, ethnic branch stacking, factionalism and the law (2002)

People and Place, Jan 1, 2002

The Fabian Society, Labour History and David Bennett (1988)

Recorder (Australian Society for the Study of Labour History, Melbourne Branch) No. 152, pages 7-9, Aug 1988

Review: The Riddle of Les Coleman (2018)

Recorder (Australian Society for the Study of Labour History Melbourne Branch), 2018

Review of Millicent E Poole, Philip A de Lacey and Bikkar S Randhawa (eds), Australia in Transition, Culture and Life Possibilities (1986)

Journal of Intercultural Studies Vol 7 No 2 Pages 86-87

Review of Mary Elizabeth Calwell, I am Bound to be True (2012)

Recorder (Australian Society for the Study of Labour History, Melbourne Branch), Jun 2013

Review of Robert Wuchatsch, Westgarthtown (1986)

Journal of Intercultural Studies Vol 7 No 1 Pages 62-63

Review of Gill Bottomley and Marie de Lepervanche, Ethnicity, Class and Gender in Australia (1986)

Journal of Intercultural Studies Vol 7 No 1 Pages 58-59

Review of Philip Mosely, Ethnic Involvement in Australian Soccer: A History 1950-1990 (1995)

Sporting Traditions, The Journal of the Australian Society for Sports History, May 1995

Review of Philip Mendes, Jews and the Left (2015)

Recorder (Australian Society for the Study of Labour History, Melbourne Branch), Apr 2015

Civil Liberties at War. John Bennett and the Victorian Council for Civil Liberties. Review of James Waghorne and Stuart Macintyre, Liberty (2011)

Recorder (Australian Society for the Study of Labour History, Melbourne Branch), Oct 2011

goes roaring around on a paste-up with the driver's baby in a bassinette on the back seat. In ful... more

Review of Jim Beggs, Proud to be a Wharfie (2013)

Recorder (Australian Society for the Study of Labour History, Melbourne Branch), Nov 2014

Sex and the Australian Psyche. Review of Frank Bongiorno, The Sex Lives of Australians (2012)

Recorder (Australian Society for the Study of Labour History, Melbourne Branch), Feb 2013

Review of Gianni Zappala, Four Weddings, a Funeral and a Family Reunion: Ethnicity and Representation in Australian Federal Politics (1997)

Australian Journal of Political Science, Mar 2000

Review of Paul Strangio, Neither Power Nor Glory (2012)

Recorder (Australian Society for the Study of Labour History, Melbourne Branch), Jul 2012

Strangio's book is a great read. There will of necessity be omissions, and some topics are discus... more Strangio's book is a great read. There will of necessity be omissions, and some topics are discussed only tangentially. One is the impact of immigration, particularly non-Anglo immigration, that has totally changed the party, at least since the 1950s. The ALP for much of Strangio's period was racist. It is now inclusive and relatively tolerant.

Review of Robert Corcoran, A Student's Dictionary of Political Terms (1989)

Recorder (Australian Society for the Study of Labour History, Melbourne Branch), May 1991

RELIGION AND THE US PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION (2016)

Nationalism and Ethnicity (2001)

Christian Cults and Prophecy (1996)

then a teacher and freelance writer, wrote an article published early that same month in the nati... more then a teacher and freelance writer, wrote an article published early that same month in the nationally circulated magazine TV Week. The subject of the article was Nostradamus, a sixteenth century seer with a remarkable record in correctly predicting future events. Jones cited a Nostradamus prediction about a great land over the water. When ruled by three brothers that land would come to grief.

Religion and Politics. The Christian Coalition and the Right (1997)

The Controversy over Confession in the Catholic Church (1999)

Multiculturalism (1996)

Multiculturalism didn't have a good year in 1926. Aged 10, not long from Italy, Dante Triaca was ... more Multiculturalism didn't have a good year in 1926. Aged 10, not long from Italy, Dante Triaca was sent in knickerbockers and a cloth cap to Christian Brothers College, East Melbourne. His lunch was amazing, too. His mother had fastidiously filled his sandwiches with exotic salami and salad while Aussie kids lunched on garlic-free devon (or as it was known then "strasbourg") sausage or, at worst, plain mira plum jam. And Dante had a half bottle of vino rosso plonk! The schoolyard heavies snatched some sips and reeled about aping the local winedots. Brother O'Toole had to rush in to quell the devilment. That night Dante's father, Camillo, received notice that while the Brothers appreciated such customs were wholesome in Catholic Italy, nonetheless they had to be breached, not observed, in Australia.

The Christian Coalition of the Right (1999)

Religious Cults (1996)

Who would Jesus vote for President? (Obama-Romney 2012)

Karen Brewer and the Freemasons

Skepticon Conference Melbourne Australia, 2023

Karen Brewer is unique among Australasian opponents of Freemasonry. She believes Freemasonry is a... more Karen Brewer is unique among Australasian opponents of Freemasonry. She believes Freemasonry is a conspiracy and a controlling influence on Australian and New Zealand society, from the judiciary to the legislature to the public service and all of the professions. Freemasonry, she believes, promotes paedophilia. She frequently uses the term "filthy freemasons." Brewer appears on social media using the title Bush Telegraph. In today's talk, before examining the claims and actions of Ms Brewer, I will firstly look at Freemasonry itself and its incarnations, the objections made to Freemasonry by its opponents. These are different from Ms Brewer, in that they are normally for reasons of religion or the supernatural. Freemasonry is an old-age fraternity of men, established in the Middle Ages, purportedly among stonemasons. It claims to be a society with secrets, but is popularly called a secret society. Members are supposed to believe in a Supreme being, not necessarily a Christian God, and this is represented by the letter G for Great Architect of the Universe in Masonic Temples. Muslims, Hindus and Jews and adherents of other religions are often Freemasons. A friend of mine, who is English, told me that his opinion of Freemasonry is that it is a social club for mainly middle-class men who like playing

THE BIG BRANCH STACK. RECRUITMENT STRATEGIES AND THE INFLUENCE OF ETHNIC GROUPS AND FACTIONS IN THE VICTORIAN ALP (2000)

Non-Anglo-ethnic branch member recruitment is a relatively new phenomenon in the Victorian ALP, p... more Non-Anglo-ethnic branch member recruitment is a relatively new phenomenon in the Victorian ALP, possibly dating from the 1970's. Branch stacking is not. Branch stacking is popularly regarded as an evil, and the party will takes steps to reduce that activity of branch stackers after every media exposure. The practice can be reduced, but it can never be eliminated while the party allows for mass membership participation in party affairs. Ironically some people see branch stacking having benefits to the party and to its factions, as well as to certain ethnic individuals. The party needs to manage the practice if it is not to suffer electoral damage.

DUMMY BIDDING, DUMMY CANDIDATES AND DAREBIN COUNCIL ELECTIONS (2004)

Voting Systems, Peak Body Proportional Representation Advocacy and Victorian Local Government (2012)

The Bracks Government reformed Victorian local government voting procedures in 2003. Those reform... more The Bracks Government reformed Victorian local government voting procedures in 2003. Those reforms required the use of the quota-preferential (single transferable vote) method of proportional representation for all multi-councillor wards. This was to replace the multiple-majority-preferential system that was used previously, the same voting system (considered by advocates of proportional representation to be discredited) for Senate elections from 1919-46. The Victorian Electoral Commission (VEC), a statutory body, conducts a representation review which, after submissions from interested parties, recommends a structure for each council, for approval of the Minster for Local Government.

PROVINCIAL TRADES AND LABOUR COUNCILS IN VICTORIA. AN AUTHENTIC VOICE FOR LABOUR IN THE BUSH. (2007)

Draft intended for a book on Trade Union History to be edited by Peter Love. The book was never published., 2007