SYDNEY — A roof collapse at the Ballarat Gold Mine, owned by Victory Minerals, in central Victoria March 13 killed miner Kurt Hourigan and critically injured 21-year-old Connor Smith. Hourigan lived in Bruthen, a small town more than five hours…
SYDNEY — Around 100 Transport Workers Union members rallied April 11 at the Cleanaway depot in Erskine Park in western Sydney as part of their fight for new contracts. Workers at the depot there were joined by union members from…
SYDNEY — Garbage workers organized by the Transport Workers Union at the Cleanaway depot in Canberra went on a 24-hour strike March 11 pressing for a new contract. Workers here and in Queensland also took strike action in recent weeks,…
SYDNEY — Over 2,000 nurses marched here Nov. 23 demanding the New South Wales state government increase hiring in public hospitals and end its 3% cap on pay increases for its workers. There were also actions in more then 30…
SYDNEY — Thousands across Australia joined vigils protesting the racist murder of 15-year-old Aboriginal boy Cassius Turvey, inset, in Perth in West Australia. Some 3,000 people rallied here Nov. 2, one of more than 40 actions in cities and regional…
SYDNEY — A protest set for Nov. 6 here will challenge the Australian Labor Party government’s failure to carry out a promise to grant permanent visas to thousands of asylum-seekers. For years they have been barred by successive governments from…
SYDNEY — Nurses at public hospitals across New South Wales struck for 24 hours Sept. 1, fighting for a pay raise and increased staffing in their third strike this year. This time, the NSW Nurses and Midwives Association organized rallies…
SYDNEY — Australia’s ruling capitalist families have a long history of harsh border control measures against refugees trying to land by boat. Beginning in 2012, Canberra began paying the governments of Papua New Guinea and Nauru to run detention centers…
SYDNEY — Some 1,000 warehouse workers organized by the United Workers Union at seven Toll distribution centers across Victoria, South Australia and New South Wales won a new contract Nov. 17, two days after going out on an indefinite strike.…
SYDNEY — FedEx drivers in New South Wales and Western Australia took part in a four-hour protest strike Nov. 22, joining other truckers across the country fighting for a pay raise to meet growing inflation and to limit the big…
