COVID-19: From outbreak to pandemic
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How has COVID-19 spread so far and so fast? Catastrophes are not caused by a single event, but rather a chain of events, in …
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Metro dispute: Vote ‘No’ and fight for job security!
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Voting on Metro’s shoddy workplace agreement opens on Thursday afternoon. A growing number of railway workers are dissatisfied with the company’s offer and are …
Why I joined Socialist Action
Reading Time: < 1 minutes I walk the streets of my suburb and my city and it could be anywhere in Australia. There is a growing number of people …
Who’s paying for the wage subsidies?
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The federal government announced a $130 billion wage subsidy package in late March. The measures include provisions for workers in companies that have been …
COVID-19 & capitalist food production
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Despite massive advances in medicine, immunology, virology and technology, the new strain of Coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2, causing the COVID-19 illness) is causing human devastation around …
Vote ‘No’ to Metro’s shoddy agreement
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The dispute between Metro Trains and public transport workers in Melbourne has reached a critical new phase. In the midst of the COVID-19 crisis, …
Coronavirus and class struggle discussed
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Socialist Action held a successful online event to discuss the COVID-19 pandemic on March 28. Conducted as a live video conference over Zoom, members …
Labor looking to sell-off VicRoads
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The Australian Services Union (ASU) has warned that the Victorian Labor government led by Daniel Andrews is considering plans to partly privatise VicRoads. VicRoads …
Who should pay for the COVID-19 crisis?
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So far, ordinary people have been forced to bear the brunt of the COVID-19 pandemic. Obviously we have the announcement of tens of thousands …
Grubby insurers rip-off bushfire victims
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Months of intense bushfires over the summer destroyed more than 2500 homes. The total bill for the damage done to people’s homes is expected …
COVID-19: Extra stimulus fails to stop jobs cull
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In late March the government announced a second economic stimulus package in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. While the package was significant, it did …
COVID-19: Demand price caps now!
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Each day is bringing news of the rising number of confirmed cases and tragic fatalities arising from the Coronavirus pandemic. Understandably this has brought …
