The Guardian • Issue #2070 • September 18, 2023
Issue #2070
THE BIG RIP-OFF
In the face of the big rip-off of Australian workers, the Albanese government’s attempted makeover of the industrial relations system continued on 4th September, when...
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Speeding up
Things are speeding up. Climate change has gone from causing the cliched reaction ‘I’m worried about my grandchildren,’ to ‘I worry about my children,’ to...
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Vote YES, work for YES
There’s a lot of running down the YES case for the Voice to Parliament lately. Nine newspapers have given one Aboriginal woman who’s a ‘No’...
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Antarctic funding cuts
Almost half of the staff in the Australian Antarctic Division (AAD) have signed an open letter calling on the Department of Climate Change, Environment, Energy...
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DINGO
As temperatures climb, and heatwaves become more common, it’s worth remembering that unions achieve and enforce protection against heat. As a comrade in the Rail...
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Chile 11 September
MELBOURNE: There were tears, poetry, song, and many heartfelt speeches this week at a gathering to pay tribute to all those who suffered in the...
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GREEN NOTES
The last thing we need Anna Pha Oceans are increasingly being seen as tools against global warming while offering tremendous business opportunities through the use...
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Centre-left win in Guatemala
Nearly seventy years after the CIA-backed coup in 1954, the Left has finally won the presidency in Guatemala. Bernardo Arévalo, of the centre-left Movimiento Semilla...
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DPRK celebrates 75 years of independence, self-reliance and peace
On 9th September the DPRK (Democratic People’s Republic of Korea) celebrated 75 years since its founding under Kim Il Sung, the general secretary of the...
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HALF THE SKY
Will Labor’s bill help working women? E Lennon Workplace relations minister, Tony Burke, has tabled a bill aimed at tackling several issues faced by workers...
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Nuclear subs challenge trains 10-year-old children for war
It’s time for education ministers across the country to show leadership and protect our children from vested interests and pro-war propaganda. On 19th June, the...
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The politics of Boots Riley’s ‘I’m a Virgo’
Boots Riley’s Amazon Prime Video series I’m A Virgo has naturally been cast as a coming-of-age story. It is, of course, a story about an...
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