The Wangan and Jagalingou people have rejected an offer with Adani to build the huge Carmichael coal mine on their land.
Now,Adani is launching aggressive legal action to override their decision and destroy their land, heritage and culture.
You can stand with the Wangan and Jagalingou people by joining their campaign and sharing their story: http://communityrun.org/p/stopadani
Migrant workers all over the world endure some of the worst working conditions of all workers. A recent documentary in Australia exposed the wide ranging abuse of migrant workers in the agricultural sector by unscrupulous bosses via the use of sub-contracting and sham contracts. Unions for many years have been exposing and fighting for the rights of these workers. Unfortunately, in the last twenty years, workers in Australia have been hit with a rise in insecure and precarious work arrangements as companies attempt to drive down conditions.
The campaign against the Western Australian government’s plans to close remote Aboriginal communities in the state’s north continues.
Aboriginal people and supporters once again rallied in Perth on 23 April to protest the closures. Hundreds gathered in the CBD and marched to Parliament…
Workers in the South Australian public health sector have been bargaining with the state government since the middle of 2014. The workers, represented by United Voice, are demanding job security and no further hospital privatisations or outsourcing.
The state Labor government’s stalling…
The Australian government has been accused of intercepting a boat of 153 Tamil asylum seekers, and handing them over to the Sri Lankan navy without processing their claims. According to relatives, at least 11 asylum seekers on board the boat are fleeing Sri Lanka because of torture. They fear further torture, imprisonment or death if they are returned. Australia’s actions are the latest in a long series of repressive policies against asylum seekers and refugees. But Australia is not the only country turning away asylum seekers. The United States is detaining refugees, mostly children, from Central America fleeing drug cartel and gang violence. Refugees are used by governments such as Australia and the US to ferment racism and to divide workers. Only through co-ordinated international working class action will we be able to defeat the racism that drives anti-refugee policies.
Open the Borders!
Free the Refugees!
Workers will rally again in Melbourne to oppose extreme cuts to public services and social welfare. 40,000 people rallied to Bust the Budget on 12 July. More events will be organised on the Bust the Budget website.
Join the rally
1:00pm Sunday 6 July
Queen Victoria Gardens
Opposite the Arts Centre, Southbank
Facebook event
Labour movement activists organise against exploitation every day. In every country, workers are discouraged from demanding their rights by capitalists and governments. This pressure can be applied in many ways, either via fines, dismissals, beatings, rapes or even murder. Many activists end up in jail because of their organising activities. How can we organise internationally so that our campaigns to free our jailed brothers and sisters can become more powerful?
Come to a Public Meeting, on Wednesday 2 July at 6pm at Trades Hall, Lygon Street, Melbourne
The last decade has seen successive Australian governments enact more and more repressive laws against asylum seekers and refugees. Earlier this month, a Sri Lankan asylum seeker killed himself as he found his situation in Australia intolerable. The Australian government stopped his family from attending his funeral. Rallies in support of refugee rights were held in many Australian cities this weekend including Melbourne and Sydney.
If you wear a “Fuck Tony Abbott” T-shirt, the hysterical cries of “Won’t somebody please think of children” roll in on cue. But when the Liberals flout Article 31 of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (“children have the right to relax, play and to join in a wide range of leisure…