Australian electricity unions suspend industrial action
6 February 2018
Without any mass meetings, the trade unions called off industrial action by thousands of Ausgrid workers.
Australian government defies criticism of sweeping “foreign interference” bills
3 February 2018
The attorney-general suggested that the critics are playing into the hands of enemies seeking to damage Australia’s “national interests.”
Australian mining union isolates locked out Oaky North workers
3 February 2018
The six-month lockout of coal miners is the longest in Australian history.
Australian cabinet files affair used to ramp-up “security” and US intelligence ties
2 February 2018
The ABC’s supposedly “alarming” discovery of the documents is being exploited to support sweeping new “foreign interference” bills.


Australian government unveils sweeping anti-democratic “foreign interference” bills
2 February 2018
Old “treasonous” offences are being “modernised” for a new period of war and political convulsions.
Australia: Government-union “negotiations” stall in NSW rail dispute
2 February 2018
The Rail, Tram and Bus Union said it will enforce a court ban on any industrial action, while seeking a sell-out deal with the state government.
CIA director brands China “as big a threat to the US” as Russia
1 February 2018
Pompeo’s warning signals the ramping up of a campaign on alleged Chinese interference in the US as Washington increases its trade war measures and military build-up against Beijing.
Australian government unveils sweeping anti-democratic “foreign interference” bills
1 February 2018
These measures have serious implications for freedom of political expression and organisation.