Australian tertiary education union imposes cuts to wages and conditions at Murdoch University
9 April 2018
Almost half the university’s staff abstained or refused to vote in the postal ballot to accept the NTEU-negotiated agreement.
Australian dock workers strike against threatened 60 percent wage cut
6 April 2018
The Maritime Union of Australia is isolating the workers, while it seeks to strike a sellout deal with Qube Ports.
Australia proposes visas for white South Africans
6 April 2018
Home Affairs Minister Dutton insists white farmers deserve “special attention” for humanitarian visas.
Australian workers and youth condemn police assault on disabled pensioner
5 April 2018
Graphic video footage of a distressed man being attacked by six police officers has provoked deep concern in the working class.


Ex-Australian prime minister embraces Pauline Hanson
3 April 2018
Abbott’s decision to launch Hanson’s book marks a sharp shift to the right within the political establishment to promote nationalism and xenophobia.
Australia: Victorian police assault disability pensioner
3 April 2018
Captured on CCTV footage, the incident graphically exposes the impunity with which police officers brutalise working class people, especially the poor and the vulnerable.
New Zealand: Labour government hit by sexual assault allegations
31 March 2018
The media has deliberately inflated an apparently minor incident into a major national issue as a warning to Labour to press ahead with an agenda of austerity and war preparations.
Australian government forced to delay company tax cut bill
30 March 2018
The setback could reignite the factional rifts that have wracked both the Liberal and National parties, especially since the Coalition government’s near-defeat in 2016.