Jack Mundey, giant of the Australian labour movement
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Jack Mundey – a giant of the Australian labour movement – has died at the age of 90. Mundey rose to prominence in the …
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Big business plans COVID-19 ‘exit strategy’
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The COVID-19 crisis has shown clearly that we live in a system that puts profit ahead of peoples’ lives and health. Workers have been …
Democratic rights under threat
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In recent months, a raft of new measures have been introduced by governments in the name of fighting COVID-19. Increased government funding is widely …
Universities move online
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Due to the COVID-19 restrictions most universities have moved all their classes online. I’m studying a Bachelor of Marine and Antarctic Science at the …
Rent crisis: How can we win relief?
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The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated Australia’s housing crisis. With almost a million workers either stood down, fired or losing hours, many are now finding …
Take Virgin out of private hands
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Australia’s second major airline, Virgin Australia, went into voluntary administration in late April. This came after the company stood down 8000 workers as demand …
COVID-19: Migrants left behind
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More than one million migrant workers and international students have been left behind in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. The shut down of …
One percent twice as rich as everyone else
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Global wealth inequality continues to rise as we head into the new decade. According to Oxfam’s 2020 Inequality report – which was released prior …
What future for the AFL?
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The COVID-19 pandemic has had a big impact on sport right around the world. In Australia, all of the major sports codes have suspended …
Lenin: 150 years since his birth
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Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov, better known by his revolutionary alias, Vladimir Lenin, was born in the city of Simbirsk, now known as Ulyanovsk, on Russia’s …
Union officials sell out Metro Trains workers
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Metro Trains’ management got their way in April when their dodgy workplace agreement was voted up 51% to 49%. While the result is a …
Big pharma: Pills for need not profit
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Under capitalism, disease is an immensely profitable industry, and what huge pharmaceutical corporations excel at is extracting enormous amounts of wealth from our public …
