Labor budget failure on cost of living is feeding workers’ rage
It’s not sympathy for aspiring tech billionaires that means Labor's budget has been badly received. It has done nothing to provide the cost-of-living relief needed.
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SA nurses’ ‘Respect’ campaign escalates with 24-hour rolling stoppages
Public sector nurses and midwives at the Lyell McEwin Hospital in Adelaide’s northern suburbs struck for 24 hours on 4 June.
Iran
Trump tries to rein in Israel in search of deal with Iran
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No justice for Indigenous people under NT’s police state
Indigenous people in the Northern Territory are facing a “police state”, Mililma May, Danggalaba Kulumbiringin Tiwi writer and community organiser, told Solidarity’s Keep Left conference in April.
Australia
Labor’s budget failure on cost of living and its racist policies no antidote to One Nation
Despite Labor’s boasts, there is nothing fair about its budget.
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