Social:Community Union Defence League

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Short description: Australian community group


Community Union Defence League
Founded2016
Websitewww.cudl.org.au

The Community Union Defence League (CUDL) is an Australian mutual aid group that is led by the Australian Communist Party.[1]

History

In November 2020, a street kitchen was started by CUDL in Coffs Harbour in response to significant homelessness in the area.[2]

In August 2021, CUDL Adelaide members manning a street kitchen in Whitmore Square were approached by South Australia's Department of Human Services and told they would need to relocate to a different part of the city.[3] The Australian Communist Party and the state Labor opposition questioned whether the visit from the DHS representative constituted a conflict of interest after it was found the chief executive of the DHS also had business ties to a pub nearby.[4]

In March 2025, CUDL Brisbane held a protest at Musgrave Park against the decision of Lord-Mayor Adrian Schrinner to evict homeless campers from council parks, with the lead organizer of the protest calling the move "shameful" and "evil".[5]

References

  1. ↑ "Community Union Defence League". https://www.cudl.org.au/. 
  2. ↑ "Street Kitchen launches in Coffs Harbour". 27 November 2020. https://www.newsofthearea.com.au/street-kitchen-launches-in-coffs-harbour-61972. 
  3. ↑ "Cold war breaks out between soup kitchen communists and department chief over 'conflict of interest' claim". ABC News. 21 August 2021. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-08-22/bureaucrats-try-to-push-communist-soup-kitchen-out-of-square/100391210. 
  4. ↑ "Adelaide pub distances itself from moves to push communist soup kitchen out of Whitmore Square". ABC News. 27 August 2021. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-08-28/sa-communist-soup-kitchen-whitmore-square/100413012. 
  5. ↑ "Homeless say streets safer than boarding houses as Brisbane cracks down on tents in parks" (in en-AU). ABC News. 2025-03-14. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-03-15/homeless-told-to-move-on-from-brisbane-parks/105054452. 




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