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Rinehart’s control

By on February 3, 2012 in Public Policy

Mining magnate Gina Rinehart has just bought a major stake in Fairfax media — in a bid that could turn The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald into mouthpieces for climate denial to protect her mining interests. But together we can foil her plan. Rinehart has already bought Channel Ten’s agenda — and Australia’s ownership [...]

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Decent work

By on January 31, 2012 in ACTU, Labour Law, Public Policy, Right to Strike, Unionism, Workers Rights

Vision video: 2 million unionists. Should this promotion of unionism be on TV? Discuss. http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=zpwA0lI_nZU

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MP pay system not for workers

By on December 14, 2011 in Collective Bargaining, Labour Law, Public Policy, Workers Rights

Union leaders are understandably upset that their union members do not get these large increases. Putting aside the Remuneration Report’s recommended high level for the base rate for MPs, one issue is the wage fixing system itself- that under the Fair Work Act for all and for the political elite their own. Our political elite [...]

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Rich schools to get more?

By on December 6, 2011 in Public Policy, Social justice

Outlandish Funding Bonanza for Private Schools ‘A report published today by the public education advocacy group, Save Our Schools, finds that two voucher models of school funding proposed to the Gonski Review would deliver billions of dollars in additional funding for private schools and no increases for government schools. Trevor Cobbold, author of the report [...]

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Troops out of Afghanistan

By on November 30, 2011 in Capitalist Financial Crisis, Public Policy, US politics

Send letter to delegates at ALP conference http://stopwarcoalition.org/sign-on-letter-to-pm-julia-gillard-troops-out-of-afghanistan/

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Nurses fight on

By on November 21, 2011 in Collective Bargaining, Labour Law, Public Policy, Right to Strike, Workers Rights

2011 EBA Update: Victorian ANF Members resolve to continue action A statewide mass meeting of public sector ANF members resolved today to continue with the industrial action contained in resolutions of the 4th and 11th November 2011, including ensuring that the bans do not endanger anyone’s health, welfare or safety. Members heard of the various [...]

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Elliott Johnston speaks

By on November 20, 2011 in Aboriginal, Capitalist Financial Crisis, Environmental crisis, Labour Law, Public Policy, Social justice, US politics, WorkChoices, Workers Rights

Elliott Johnston’s title was ‘the rule of law’ but he soon turned to capitalism and politics and cites Don Dunstan and supports self-determination for aboriginal people, the environment and workers rights and more… Public Forum on the 5 October, 2004, to a packed Elder Hall University of Adelaide. Organised by Australian Options with the support [...]

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Burrow ITUC and ILO condemn Fiji Junta

By on November 20, 2011 in Collective Bargaining, Labour Law, Public Policy, Workers Rights

ILO Condemns Fiji Junta over Labour Rights 18 November 2011: The UN’s International Labour Organisation has issued a strong condemnation of Fiji’s military Junta over severe violations of labour rights. The ILO’s Committee on Freedom of Association described the situation there as “extremely serious” and requiring urgent attention. The ruling follows the arrests of Daniel [...]

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On Obama

By on November 17, 2011 in Public Policy, US politics, Workers Rights

Put Obama into Detention Speech outside Parliament House, Canberra, Thursday, 17 November 2011 by Humphrey McQueen. Ten years ago, we were told that we were going to chose who came here. Today, we are exercising that choice by protesting at the arrival of the war and economic criminal Obama. In saying that he and his [...]

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