How the veteran community has stayed silent about it masks their pathetic partisan blinkers.

.TOM RED reminds us that it's important to appreciate good art. Scroll through his posts to enjoy some great pieces. 🎨 #VincentNamitjira #Insiders

“In Australia, the attack on Gaza engendered one of the broadest social movements in decades, perhaps ever — and its diversity has broken the conservative brain.”

Jeff Sparrow on what makes the Palestine solidarity movement such a unique threat to power. overland.org.au/2024/05/why-co…

The last time Australia had a comprehensive national industry policy was under the Hawke government. Better defined as an Australian Jobs policy. Tonight may just break that drought and start the slow reversal of shipping the jobs and life expectancy of working class people

.The AMWU has been campaigning for ‘Support Aussie Made’

Anthony Albanese’s announcement of a ‘Future Made in Australia’ delivers the biggest industrial policy shift in our lifetime

We move from ‘if’ we will make things here, to ‘how’ we will make things here

#Budget2024 #auspol

It hasn’t gotten attention yet but #Budget2024 Paper 4 states all APS agencies will be required to report on their external workforce (contractors, consultants, labour hire) in their annual reports from 2024 ongoing. It’s a small but really important win for transparency #auspol

Last year we had the largest increase to award & minimum wages yet inflation fell 3%. This study shows virtually no impact on inflation when these workers get pay increases. A bit rich Shane Oliver? futurework.org.au/report/the-irr….

Well done to Tyson Jackson for writing this first hand account of the racial abuse Latrell Mitchell and Cody Walker were subjected to on Saturday.

Only a matter of time before an NRL player walks off the field like so often is the case in European ⚽️

dailytelegraph.com.au/sport/nrl/opin…

For the last 20 years the Australian mainstream media (including the ABC) has asked governments:

“How are you going to pay for renewables?”

While never asking:

“Why aren’t you taxing oil and gas companies?”

Brookfield’s Healthscope mess. Private equity and health care, never a good match... CICTAR
afr.com/companies/heal…

Whenever someone in the Coalition commits to “reforming industrial relations” - be very clear what this means - taking rights off workers & cutting wages

Meet the seven mega-rich families running our food systems abc.net.au/listen/program…

We've seen the consequences of outsourcing public sector work.

Public services stop serving people and start serving profit margins.

That's why we've worked for years to end this.

Public sector work should stay in public hands.

The NTEU strongly endorses this joint statement from our global union federation Education International and the Global Student Forum on peaceful protests at universities.

Michael Tull BRING BACK THE CES

The perfect spokesperson for a failed system…Ms Russo articulates the central problem…her “just get a job” schtick makes unemployment the fault of the unemployed & ignores labour mkt reality…sadly that’s pretty much how the whole system works…
#BringBackTheCES #Auspol

Everyone knows that the Commonwealth Employment Service Service worked. Tailored to you needs with a Professional Employment Service. Now it's 'one size fits all'.

Without a climate trigger, the government's environmental law reforms will continue to protect the fossil fuel industry – not our climate, environment and biodiversity. #auspol

>>Add your name to our open letter to the Environment Minister nb.australiainstitute.org.au/epbc_open_lett…

As we grapple with the loss of snow gums & alpine ash, our friends in the west face similar collapse. Sadly it is all consistent with what the IPCC 6th assessment warned us about.

Good initiative…but why on earth will it take 10 years to build 8 more!!! abc.net.au/news/2024-04-1…