Queensland swings against Campbell’s cuts
The LNP government in Queensland was crushed in the Stafford by-election in late July with a thumping 19 per cent swing against them. This follows Labor’s win in the...
Support Bob Carnegie: Defend the right to protest and strike
Bob Carnegie, a community organiser in Brisbane, is being sued for hundreds of thousands of dollars by construction firm Abigroup following a strike at its Queensland Children’s Hospital site.Campbell...
Community protest says no to Campbell Newman’s cuts to aged care
New cuts and closures in aged care are the latest example of Queensland Liberal National Premier Campbell Newman’s vicious contempt for jobs and the community. Nearly 300 people joined a...
Turn the axe around on the state Liberals
If elections were held in Queensland tomorrow, Premier Campbell Newman would lose his own seat. After trouncing Labor only a few months ago, millions of Queenslanders are now realising that...
Newman’s slash and burn justified with lies about debt
Queensland Premier Campbell Newman has launched an avalanche of cuts and an ideological offensive aimed at moulding the state of Queensland in the neo-liberal image.The breadth of the cuts...
Fightback against Newman’s cuts begins in Queensland
Campbell Newman's sacking spree has coincided with enterprise bargaining periods for key groups of public sector workers—state school teachers, ambulance workers, firefighters and core agency public servants.As if mass...
Newman’s first 100 days: slash-and-burn with a dose of bigotry
“Black Friday” is what many Queenslanders were calling June 28, when 3000 public servants became the first victims of new Liberal National Party (LNP) Premier Campbell Newman’s slash-and-burn agenda....
Here we Joh again: Campbell Newman and the Queensland LNP
The use of over 200 police to brutally bust up Brisbane’s Aboriginal Tent Embassy demonstrated newly-elected Queensland Premier Campbell Newman’s style of government. It’s back to the era of...
Queensland election disaster—Labor only has itself to blame
Labor has suffered its worst defeat in Queensland in more than a century, crashing to a 26.9 per cent primary vote in the state election. The party's embrace of...
Labor’s right-wing politics gives the Liberals a chance in Queensland
Premier Anna Bligh’s unpopular privatisations should mean Labor is headed for a trouncing in the Queensland state election on March 24. But the more voters see of Liberal National...
Can Labor hang on in Queensland?
After Labor’s crushing defeat in the NSW March election, all eyes have turned to Queensland to see if it will be the next Labor domino to fall.Following Labor’s...
Queensland floods: why will nobody talk about climate change?
JULIA GILLARD, Tony Abbott and Anna Bligh spent much of the Christmas period posing for the cameras in flood-ravaged Queensland. There was plenty of talk about tragedy, the need for...
Victory in Cairns abortion case, now it’s time to change the law
It took a Cairns jury less than an hour to find Tegan Leach and Sergie Brennan not guilty on charges of procuring an abortion. It was a cause for...
Queensland: not for sale!
Deep opposition within the Queensland labour movement to the government’s privatisation program continues to dog the Bligh government. As Solidarity goes to press unions are launching another round of TV...
Corruption crisis takes toll on Queensland Labor government
The popularity of Queensland’s Bligh Labor government remains at rock bottom. Not only has Bligh alienated working class voters with her decision to privatise $15 billion worth of public...
Campaign against Queensland privatisation continues
Unions and community groups are continuing to resist Bligh’s plan to privatise $15 billion worth of public assets. More than 200 unionists including many from the nearby railway workshops...
