The Guardian • Issue #1979 • September 20, 2021
NO to Nuclear Submarine Madness!
We condemn unreservedly the new tripartite agreement, AUKUS, between Australia, the UK, and the US and the announcement that Australia will have nuclear powered submarines.
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Issue #1979
MUA TAKES ON LOGISTICS GIANT QUBE FOR BETTER WORKING CONDITIONS
Even before COVID-19, working on the ports could be a dangerous business, so when workers for Qube at Fremantle Ports asked their employer to implement health and safety provisions.
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Issue #1979
Getting fully vaccinated
Despite the COVID-19 vaccination not being a panacea against the pandemic, currently it is the best option people have to protect themselves, their families, friends and comrades.
Read moreIssue #1978, article “DISABLED AND NEURODIVERSE (NEURODIVERGENT) WORKERS’ ALLIANCE GAINS MOMENTUM.”
CORRECTION The Guardian needs to correct the name of “Disabled and Neurodiverse Workers’ Alliance” to “Disabled and Neurodivergent Workers Alliance” (DNWA). The article also claimed...
Read moreGetting left behind: people at high risk and lockdown
As many Australians eagerly await the seventy per cent vaccination rate so we can finally begin “opening up” and start easing the lockdowns, there is an enormous group of Australians who are being left out of the conversation
Read moreCan employers mandate vaccinations?
Editorial note: This article does not purport to give legal advice. It is for general informational purposes only With the national COVID-19 vaccine rollout well...
Read moreWA Premier announces logging ban of native forests as part of state budget
On the 8th September 2021, in the lead-up to the presentation of the Western Australian State Budget, WA Premier and Treasurer Mark McGowan announced plans to end logging of native forests by mid-2024.
Read moreCampus action as report reveals university job devastation
Uni staff will launch a week of action as a new report lays bare the devastation of COVID in tertiary education, with close to one in five staff losing their jobs in 2021.
Read moreWomen’s Safety Summit – a responsibility for all
The National Summit on Women’s Safety was held over two days earlier this month
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Issue #1979
Health and safety is in our hands
In May 2021, a Megaphone article titled “Knowledge is Power In Fight Against Gendered Violence” was published.
Read moreCoalition presses the UK to remove climate targets from trade deal
Scott Morrison has confirmed that the Coalition government pressed the UK to remove climate targets from the post-Brexit Australia-United Kingdom Free Trade Agreement
Read moreCOVID-19 vaccines: community groups urge trade minister to deliver on waiving monopolies at WTO
Following months of campaigning, Australian civil society organisations last week welcomed the comments from Trade Minister Dan Tehan
Read moreA survey of fascism in Australia
It’s 1919. Germany is in chaos after four years of war that ended in a humiliating defeat and surrender.
Read moreAfghanistan: what’s next?
Little was said about the horrendous consequences of the US-led invasion of Afghanistan and the tens of thousands of Afghan lives that were lost, and the wreckage and chaos that was left behind following the hasty withdrawal by US and allied troops.
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