The Guardian • Issue #2013 • July 4, 2022
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...
Read moreAnti-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...
Read moreGuardian 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...
Read moreNAIDOC 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...
Read moreNew 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...
Read moreThe 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...
Read moreDINGO
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...
Read moreQueensland 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...
Read moreWEASEL 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...
Read moreVale 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...
Read moreWorld 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...
Read moreCalls 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...
Read moreBy 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,...
Read moreClass 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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