Australian job figures cloak reality
2 October 2017
High levels of unemployment, under-employment and casualisation are putting downward pressure on wages.
Australian university union pushes sellout deals across the country
30 September 2017
The National Tertiary Education Union used a national briefing to block debate and insist that members accept new enterprise agreements that further undermine jobs and conditions.
NTEU betrays staff at University of Sydney
30 September 2017
Despite considerable anger and bewilderment among the 450 staff members at a union branch meeting on September 21, the National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU) pushed through an initial vote for a maj
Few refugees leave Australian detention camps under US “swap” deal
29 September 2017
About 50 heavily-vetted detainees out of more than 2,000 are being transferred to unknown US locations.


Australian Labor leaders endorse Trump’s war drive against North Korea
28 September 2017
Labor leader Shorten in effect gave a pledge that a Labor government would continue Australia’s unconditional support for Washington in any war with North Korea.
Australia: Senate committee calls for flammable cladding ban
28 September 2017
The report obscures the fact that responsibility for compromising building safety rests with governments, Labor and Coalition, which have undermined the regulatory system over the past 20 years.
Australian government plans anti-democratic laws on pretext of Chinese “sub-espionage”
26 September 2017
The proposed legislation is aimed at criminalising opposition to the US-Australian plans for war against China.
Australian media targets universities in new anti-China campaign
23 September 2017
The corporate press is reviving hysterical accusations of “Chinese influence” in Australia, this time targeting university research projects and international students.