The Australian Council of Trade Unions is among many who are condemning the Coalition’s plan to slash 36,000 public service jobs if it wins the federal election. Jim McIlroy reports.
Jim McIlroy
The Australian Council of Trade Unions has launched a campaign to push back against supermarket giants and other large employer groups wanting to abolish penalty rates in the retail sector. Jim McIlroy reports.
A protest at Sydney Town Hall Square heard civil and social movement leaders condemn NSW Labor’s proposed new laws banning protests near places of worship. Jim McIlroy reports.
Several hundred members of the Electrical Trades Union rallied for decent pay and conditions. Jim McIlroy reports.
Socialist Alliance preselected Rachel Evans to contest the seat of Sydney and a state-wide meeting on February 8 preselected Peter Boyle and Andrew Chuter for the NSW Senate. Jim McIlroy reports.
John Butcher, a long-time campaigner for environmental and social justice, passed away on Invasion Day. Jim McIlroy reports.
A snap protest outside Long Bay Correctional Facility demanded an end to brutality in custody after a First Nations inmate was bashed. Jim McIlroy reports.
The Chris Minns government has known for at least 16 months about the 140 vacancies in the psychiatry workforce, but rather than rectify this it has gone on the offensive against public health professionals. Jim McIlroy reports.
Recently released documentary Venezuela: The Cost of Challenging an Empire shows the real costs of the greed and blockade imposed on Venezuela by the United States government, writes Jim McIlroy.
Israel’s siege of Northern Gaza and its violation of the recently signed ceasefire deal in Lebanon were the people’s focus at the 60th consecutive week of protests for Palestine.
Gunnai, Gunditjmara and Djab Wurrung independent Victorian Senator Lidia Thorpe told a rally that First Nations and climate movements need to unite to win just demands for land and climate. Jim McIlroy reports.
The Forgotten Pacific sheds light on how island communities are weaving indigenous knowledge with modern solutions to adapt, rebuild and protect their homelands from the devastating impacts of climate change, write Coral Wynter and Jim McIlroy.
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