Workers flexing our combined muscle is how we’ll win decent wages, job security and so much more.
Australian Politics
Stop the Lib/Lab attack on minor parties — defend and extend democratic rights
When it comes to elections, Australians are increasingly disengaged and don’t like what they see.
Behind the Australian budget’s pink glitter – Why we need a movement to end violence against women
The $3.4 billion announced for “women’s economic security, safety and health” has placated some feminists. But those studying the detail aren’t impressed.
No preference to the Australian Democrats: GST deal highlights anti-worker “third force”
The Australian Democrats’ grab for a share of political power is a sellout of the majority of those who voted against the GST in the Senate.
Meg says “Back to the kitchen” – fast food, feminism and the Goods and Services Tax
Australian Democrats leader Meg Lees clearly hasn’t a clue about the day-to-day pressures juggled by working women. The Democrats’ Goods and Services Tax deal ignores the fact that women are still responsible for the overwhelming majority of domestic work.
Kosovar Refugees: Howard Government’s Hypocritical “Hospitality”
Displaced Kosovars were expected to be grateful, passive beneficiaries of “Aussie generosity.” But having known society in Pristina, the capital of Kosovo and a typical European city, they would not tolerate being herded into military shacks.
6 November Republic Referendum: Vote NO to Capitalist Power Grab
The Australian electorate is not being asked to establish an “independent republic.” It is meant to rubber stamp a fundamentally anti-democratic shift in political power in favour of the Prime Minister — a proposal which must be defeated.
Rights for Queer Couples: A necessary fight, but there’s still a world to win!
Laws that offer equal rights and provide benefits and protections to same-sex couples mark major changes in social attitudes. But they leave queers who reject traditional models of domestic coupledom out in the cold.
Unionists and the community fire up to fight Centrelink cuts
Centrelink is a corporatised agency, which in 1997 replaced the Department of Social Security. It currently has contracts to deliver services on behalf of seven government departments. As each expires, these contracts will be put out for private tender, forcing Centrelink to compete for the delivery of welfare services.
John Howard: Robbing the poor to give to the rich. No GST!
The new tax regime transfers $10 billion in taxes from workers and pensioners to the wealthy.
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