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]

As of 2021, CUDL operates branches in Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide, Brisbane, and Coffs Harbour.[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 were approached by South Australia's Department of Human Services, and told they would need to relocate their weekly street kitchen to a different part of the city.[3] The Australian Communist Party, and the state Labor opposition questioned the visit from the DHS representative constituted a conflict of interest, after it was found the chief executive also had ties to a pub nearby Whitmore Square.[4]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "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. 

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