Issue #2013

The Guardian • Issue #2013 • July 4, 2022

Issue #2013

Big win for gig workers

Gig workers had a ground-breaking win last month when the Personal Injury Commission (PIC) awarded the family of Xiaonjun Chen $834,000 in workers’ compensation after...

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Anti-protest laws affect us all

Earlier this month, NSW police bungled a raid on Blockade Australia activists in the Colo Valley, in Sydney’s north-west. Activists at the remote camp noticed...

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Guardian well received by construction workers

Carrying out the decision of the Central Committee that Guardian issue #2011 of Monday 20th June be distributed to building workers across the country, Party...

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NAIDOC Week

National Aborigines and Islanders Day Observance Committee (NAIDOC) can trace its origins back to 1938 when at one of the earliest human rights protests anywhere...

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New mutual obligations loom over JobSeekers

Despite criticisms from social services advocates, the new employment service Workforce Australia will introduce a point-based system, which is already confusing and causing fear for...

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The systemic failure of child protection services

CONTENT WARNING: Sexual assault, racial victimisation, child abuse, and suicide, involving minors. An investigation conducted by the ABC has found that a staggering number of...

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DINGO

The federal Treasurer delivered an address to Treasury staff last week, informing them that the government would oppose wage claims and use available legislation to...

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Queensland comrades organise! – The CPA and the lower-Northern Qld tour

On Thursday the 23rd June, we arrived in Childers, the day commemorating the Childers Backpacker Tragedy. Sixteen young people were burnt to death at the...

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Weasel Words heading Issue #2013

WEASEL WORDS

Is “flexibility” a good thing? What are your “values”? Is that government a “regime”? Well it depends on who you ask in this fortnight’s edition...

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Vale Max Hunt

For nearly four decades, Max Hunt worked quietly and with utter dedication and reliability for the Communist Party of Australia, including wrapping and posting copies...

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World beyond war – global peace wave

Over the weekend 25-26 June, people all over the world joined up to protest the continual wars around the globe. Naturally, because of the time...

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Calls for drug policy reform increase nation-wide

Drug law reformists around the country are calling on both the new Labor government as well as their state governments to reform drug laws. In...

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By engaging with China, Pacific countries seek their own paths out of poverty

Last week, I looked at Papua New Guinea and Vanuatu, their histories and relationship with China. Here, a third country to be addressed is Fiji,...

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Class struggle and mutual aid: solidarity or charity?

Throughout many decades of class struggle, socialists and other radicals have long understood the importance of providing assistance to working people. While our focus is...

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