Workers from Parks Victoria took strike action to demand equal pay to other public servants. Jacob Andrewartha reports.
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The investment boom in generative artificial intelligence, spurring the rapid build of data centres across Victoria, is raising widespread concerns. Jacob Andrewartha reports.
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Jacob Andrewartha speaks to Bhaskar Sunkara about the United States under the Donald Trump administration and prospects for building socialist politics.
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More than 300 people rallied against Victorian Labor’s decision to demolish 44 public housing estates and demanded that the Jacinta Allan government put in more public housing. Jacob Andrewartha reports.
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Housing activists and those advocating for the homeless say that councils should rethink deploying private security officers because the evidence shows they are inflaming the already difficult situation. Jake Maison reports.
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Socialist Alliance is contesting the November Victorian elections in the Northern Metropolitan region for the Legislative Council and in the lower house seats of Broadmeadows and Pascoe Vale. Jordan Shukri AK Armaou-Massoud reports.
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Victorian Australian Education Union members are mounting a campaign to reject an in-principal agreement, negotiated between the AEU leadership and the Labor government, because it undervalues the work they do. Norrian Rundle reports.
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London-based academic Penny Green, who visited Rohingya refugees forced to flee Myanmar to the Cox’s Bazaar camps in Bangladesh, and Rohingya refugee Mohammed Zuhar addressed a Refugee Action Collective forum. Chris Slee reports.
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The Tamil community and supporters gathered at the State Library in Naarm/Melbourne to commemorate the 17th Mullivaikkal Day, observed annually on May 18, reports Jordan Shukri AK Armaou-Massoud.
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A vigil for Isla Bell, who was murdered in 2024, was held at the State Library of Victoria. Darren Saffin reports.
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Two thousand council workers took strike action, for the first time in decades, after more than 12 months of failed bargaining. Stephanie M reports on the Australian Services Union action.
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Workers across eight councils are gearing up for a historic 24-hour strike in what is set to be the biggest industrial action in local government in many decades. Jacob Andrewartha reports.