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 — Some 40 health workers, members of the Health Services Union, joined a lunchtime rally and march at Liverpool Hospital here Feb. 29 to protest significant hikes in parking fees imposed by the New South Wales state government. Michael…
SYDNEY — A rally to condemn rising Jew-hatred drew 10,000 people here Feb. 18. Since Hamas’ pogrom Oct. 7, killing 1,200 Jews and others who lived and worked with them, and wounding thousands more, there has been a sharp increase…
SYDNEY — Members of the Communist League and supporters of the Militant joined the Yabun Festival here Jan. 26, an annual event that celebrates the survival of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures in Australia. They set up a table…
SYDNEY — Some opponents here of Israel’s right to exist and defend itself portray the conflict since the Hamas slaughter of Jews Oct. 7 as a fight between “indigenous Palestinians” and “colonizing Jews.” They seek to link it with the…
SYDNEY — Chanting “Killer stone — Ban it now!” thousands of construction workers, members of the Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union, marched here Oct. 26 and rallied outside the New South Wales state Parliament. The protest was called by…
SYDNEY — Working people here will vote in a referendum Oct. 14 on whether to change the Constitution to “recognize” the original inhabitants of the country by creating an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander “Voice” to act as an advisory…
SYDNEY — Marianniz Díaz Hernández and Iván Barreto López, leaders of the Union of Young Communists (UJC) in Cuba, visited Australia and New Zealand July 25 to Aug. 16 to speak about the challenges Cuban workers and farmers face and…
SYDNEY — “We are striking for more wages,” said Joe Matthews on the picket line outside the Onelink distribution center here May 23. “All we want is a fair go.” United Workers Union members at the warehouse first walked out…
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…
