Victoria’s bushfires reveal a failure to maintain electricity delivery system
Contributed by Ben Wilson The flames have hardly gone out in the Victorian bushfires, and a pattern is emerging, around claims that faulty electrical infrastructure […]
Month: March 2018
Early childhood educators are asking for support
Early childhood educators have a huge responsibility educating children in the first few years of their lives. But the Federal Government doesn’t value our work; […]
The unfolding Cambridge Analytica scandal tells us that there must be an investigation in Australia
By Joe Montero Facebook is in trouble and its founder Mark Zuckerberg is in the spotlight over revelations of improper use of data, taken from […]
Workers at XXXX in Brisbane to strike over jobs
By Adam Carlton Close to a hundred workers at the XXXX plant at Milton in Brisbane plan to walk off the job over job security […]
March on Palm Sunday for justice for refugees
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Australia is losing $90 billion in taxes not paid by oil and gas companies
By Jim Hayes In one of a suite of new submissions to a Senate inquiry, Oxford Institute for Energy Studies academic Juan Carlos Boué warned […]
Video: Big business has too much power
This advertisement is part of the new Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) campaign to change the rules and should be seen by everyone. This […]
The Philippines Duterte regime relies on violence from the state and its hard core supporters
This article is by Sarah Raymundo, who teaches at the University of the Philippine Diliman Centre for International Studies. She is the Chairperson of the […]
Italian election has shown widespread discontent with the political establishment
By Jim Hayes Italy’s Five Star Movement (M5S) topped the polls in last week’s election. It was born in 2009, expressing the massive disillusionment with […]
Spain’s women make themselves heard
Supported by nearly every union organisation in the country 5.3 million women go on strike for 24 hours on International Women’s Day, and a large […]