Entrance Into Australian Politics
In the March 2007 New South Wales state election, Habib stood as an independent candidate in the safe Labor seat of Auburn in Sydney. He received less than 5% of the vote and the seat was comfortably retained by the Australian Labor Party.
He campaigned for the removal of the Federal Government's anti-terror laws, stating "The terror laws are if you have terrorists, but we don't have terrorists". He is linked to the Socialist Alternative (Australia), and has made speeches at Socialist Alternative events to promote his book and raise awareness of the anti-terror laws in Australia.
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