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The 2025 budget will do little to fix the big problems facing Australia
By Joe Montero
The federal budget has been delivered and whatever the election campaigners might insist, it hasn’t delivered much. Business as usual is the best term to use. There are a few small give ways. After all, this is a pre-election budget. Maybe just enough to blunt Peter Dutton’ ambition to be Prime Minister. But overall, it will leave most voters underwhelmed. Continue reading The 2025 budget will do little to fix the big problems facing Australia
The attack on the CFMEU denies justice and democratic control
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A realisation that there is more to the move to suppress the Construction division of the CFMEU than dealing with people involved in crime gangs. This is an attack on the basic right to freedom of association, risking serious repercussions that go beyond the affairs of one union. Continue reading The attack on the CFMEU denies justice and democratic control
May Day March Melbourne 2024
May Day this year has even more significance than usual, given the global rise of fascism and resistance to this trend, and the challenges we face here in Australia. You are invited to join us on this special day.
This year, the march will be led by defenders of Palestinian rights.
Speakers will also address the issues of freedom for Julian Assange, union rights, and AUKUS, war and the battle against imperialism.
Speakers will also address the issues of freedom for Julian Assange, union rights, and AUKUS, war and the battle against imperialism.
See the other May Day related events.
Go to activities page.
Video: A message from the May Day Committee
Video from the May Day Committee in Melbourne for 2022
Defeat in Afghanistan was completely predictable
By Jim Hayes
As the fallout from the hasty retreat of the United Sates forces from Afghanistan continues, are those things have been made perfectly clear.
This is the biggest defeat the United States has suffered since Vietnam and is looking vulnerable. The flow on is that it will give encouragement to those in many other countries, fighting Washington’s pressure on their turf. Continue reading Defeat in Afghanistan was completely predictable
May Day 2021 is coming to Melbourne
May Day is workers day in Australia and throughout the world since 1886. This is a time when the workers movement sums up its experiences and charts its course for the next period.
An ongoing demand in Australia, is the right to belong to a union and take industrial action to defend and progress the interests of all workers. Denial of this right has helped to drive down wages and working conditions, by weakening collective organisation.
In 2021 May Day will also involve the demands for an independent foreign policy, proper, humane, and welcoming treatment for refugees and migrants, support for Australians First Nations peoples, action on the climate crisis and more.
Take part in Melbourne’s May Day activities for 2021.
May Day events
- Thursday 29 April. Wreath Laying ceremony at the Eight Hour Day monument at 53.0pm. Corner of Lygon and Victoria Streets (opposite Trades Hall).
- Thursday 29 International Solidarity Event at 6 pm. This will be at Trades Hall.
- Sunday 2 May. The May Day March. Assemble at 1.30 pm at Trades Hall. March at 2pm and return to Trades Hall to hear more speakers.
Big business rorted JobKeeper and others are expected to go without enough to live on
By Jim Hayes
The proof is there. Ever since the introduction of JobKeeper last year, there had been allegations that the system was being milked by big business. An analysis by corporate governance advice firm Ownership Matters, shows that 34 of the biggest companies on the Australian Stock Exchange have pocketed $284 million of the government handout. Continue reading Big business rorted JobKeeper and others are expected to go without enough to live on
U.S. hypersonic missiles to be tested in Australia
By Adam Carlton
Australia is to add one more leg towards our integration with the U.S. military machine. This time, it’s an agreement to allow Australian soil to be used for testing new air launched hypersonic missiles. They travel at five times the speed of sound. Continue reading U.S. hypersonic missiles to be tested in Australia
It is workers who carry Australia through COVID-19
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The Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) has called on workers to be supported during and after the pandemic. This means that the current JobKeeper and JobSeeker rates must not be reduced, and no one should be left out. Continue reading It is workers who carry Australia through COVID-19