CFMEU administrators get snouts in the trough

Leaked figures show that the CFMEU Administrator and his staff appointed by Labor are gorging themselves at the expense of construction workers.

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Last minute lurch left not enough to save Queensland Labor

Labor has lost office in Queensland after nearly a decade. While early polling indicated an LNP landslide, in the end Labor managed to avoid total humiliation—but still suffered a substantial 7 per cent swing.

EXCLUSIVE: Bosses’ letter to Labor reveals conditions, union rights the real reason for attack on CFMEU

A letter from four construction bosses’ organisations to Murray Watt, Minister for Employment, has blown open the real agenda behind the attack on the CFMEU.

Melb Uni students rally to cut ties with Israeli university

Eighty students joined a Students Against War rally at Unimelb on 10 September demanding the university cut its ties with Israel.

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Unions

Threat to CFMEU EBAs shows need to keep fighting administration

For the second time in a month, tens of thousands of CFMEU members across the country took strike action on 17 and 18 September to oppose the Labor-imposed administration of the union.

Support grows for CFMEU across the union movement

CFMEU members stand firm against lockout from emboldened bosses at Etex

Climate action

Labor weakens environment law to please mining companies

The Albanese government has continued to prioritise profit over the environment, signalling their intention to make a deal with the Liberals to water down the powers of their proposed environment regulator, Environment Protection Australia.

‘Green’ Kurri Kurri plant to run on diesel

SA union leaders join discussion on climate action and Rising Tide’s Newcastle blockade

Palestine

One year resisting Gaza genocide—is freedom for Palestine any closer?

David Glanz looks at what the movement for Palestine has achieved in the last year and how it can move forward.

What has one year of Gaza genocide taught us?

Albanese complicit as Israel rains terror on Lebanon

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Racism and Indigenous rights

Refugee encampments push Labor for visa justice

Despite persistent harassment from local councils and police, after more than 80 days the refugee encampments demanding permanent visas are still standing strong in Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane and Perth.

Refugee protest camps keep fighting to demand Labor deliver permanent visas

Black incarceration crisis deepens as Labor races to the right

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Australia

Now’s the time for a fightback against Albanese’s right-wing rule

Albanese’s right-wing agenda is bringing Labor unstuck. There is a widespread sense that he is running a useless government that is failing working class people.

Cops run riot to defend warmongers’ profits

Build the resistance as Albanese and Labor race to the right

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Sexism and LGBTIQ

Critical care—nurses’ unions and the AIDS crisis

In November 1982, the first case of AIDS was diagnosed in Australia. In the 1980s, life expectancy for those diagnosed with AIDS was three years. Geraldine Fela’s new book tells the story of the nurses on the frontline of the response. She spoke with Solidarity’s David Glanz.