Editor, Author at May Day Victoria

Unions are planning big marches to bring change to industrial relations law

10 April 2018 Editor 0

By a member of the Media Entertainment and Arts Alliance Unions are planning a series of big marches around Australia, and they are expected to be the largest turnout since those that occurred during the […]

Facebook’s Cambridge Analytica scandal hits Australia

8 April 2018 Editor 0

By Ben Wilson It was bound to happen. The Cambridge Analytica scandal was bound to reach Australia.

John Howard and the dying Turnbull government

8 April 2018 Editor 0

By Adam Carlton John Howard obviously likes grabbing a headline and appears to enjoy being presented by friends in the media, as the Liberal Party elder and the great Australian political figure, handing out pearls […]

Video: The basic right to strike is almost dead in Australia

8 April 2018 Editor 0

Although there has never really been a right to strike in Australia, changes to industrial law in recent years has brought in a regime that outlaws workers and unions walking off the job. The right […]

Video: Remember the great Patricks waterfront battle

7 April 2018 Editor 0

Once again, unions are facing a determined attack from major employers and government. Twenty years ago, waterside workers and their union fought an epic battle that turned away the concerted attack of that time. The […]

Cricket cheating scandal is a symptom of the extreme commercialisation of society

7 April 2018 Editor 0

By Joe Montero The Australian cricket team ball tampering scandal has focused on the wrongdoing by the captain. There is no argument that Steve Smith and Dave Warner too, should be accountable for his own […]

The Turnbull government company tax cut is a bad move

7 April 2018 Editor 0

By Joe Montero The Turnbull government claims that its company tax cut will increase wages or create more jobs. But a secret survey conducted by the Business Council of Australia and reported in the media, […]

Melbourne May Day march 2018

7 April 2018 Editor 0

The attacks by the big corporations and government on our working conditions and many other rights that are vital fr a decent life are mounting are likely to get worse in the near future. This […]

Victoria’s bushfires reveal a failure to maintain electricity delivery system

25 March 2018 Editor 0

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 is to blame.

Early childhood educators are asking for support

25 March 2018 Editor 0

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; we’re paid as little as $21 an hour.

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Articles by Editor

Unions are planning big marches to bring change to industrial relations law

Facebook’s Cambridge Analytica scandal hits Australia

John Howard and the dying Turnbull government

Video: The basic right to strike is almost dead in Australia

Video: Remember the great Patricks waterfront battle

Cricket cheating scandal is a symptom of the extreme commercialisation of society

The Turnbull government company tax cut is a bad move

Melbourne May Day march 2018

Victoria’s bushfires reveal a failure to maintain electricity delivery system

Early childhood educators are asking for support