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18-08-1944 FRANCE: The CGT gives the order for a general strike for liberation, an appeal issued jointly with the CFTC.

Great to see the state government getting on board to fix university governance. It's in their power to improve transparency and accountability, and put an end to the corporate scandals that have dogged the sector. Our campaign: betterunis.nteu.au #HigherEducation #auspol

22-08-1966 200 aboriginal workers walk off the job in Wave Hill to back their demand for pay equality with white workers. The strike runs for 9 years and expands to include a demand for the return of stolen land. libcom.org/article/wave-h…

Qantas had long argued outsourcing 1820 union ground-handling staff in 2020 was a commercial decision made during the bleakness of early Covid. The court found it was made to illegally purge unionised labour. satpa.pe/C2tlQws

Is this what the AI era is going to be like? A big four consultancy (Deloitte) does a major report for govt then says "oh we just got the names, dates and publishers" of many of the works cited WRONG. No biggie. afr.com//companies/pro…

The Austerity Times showcasing its one idea: cut. No cut would ever be big enough for the AFR under present management. Nor can it square the fact that Labor’s Jim Chalmers MP has delivered surpluses - something his three Coalition predecessors failed to. Be better, Fin. #auspol

23-08-1966 Two hundred Gurindji workers walk off their cattle station at Wave Hill, a strike that will last almost a decade and lead to the passage of the Aboriginal Land Rights Act. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wave_Hill…

Dig dig dig. One shovel at a time. I could laugh at the LNP’s antics on Net Zero, but it’s gone past comedy, this is politically brain-dead. They’re basically pitching to a 17% rump of the electorate. And let’s be clear: if Resolve stripped the boomers out of the sample, the

From 1 October 2025, every first home buyer will only need a 5% deposit.

These sudden and unnecessary course and job cuts are a symptom of the broken governance structures that overpaid and unaccountable university leaders operate under. theguardian.com/australia-news…

ALP maintains strong two-party preferred lead in August: ALP 56.5% cf. L-NP 43.5% as support for minor parties surges roymorgan.com/findings/9941-…

Hawthorn (VIC) electorate voting intention 🟦 John Pesutto (LIB): 41% (-1) Two-party-preferred 🟥 ALP: 55% (+7) 🟦 LIB: 45% (-7) Freshwater (conducted for group of Pesutto-critical Liberal members) | 14-16 Aug | n=600 | +/- 2022 election

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Today marks 12 months since many of the Albanese Labor Government’s Closing Loopholes reforms came into effect. Whether it was the Right to Disconnect, stronger rights for casual staff, or new minimum standards for the gig and transport industries - these were among the most

26-08-1913 IRELAND: Members of the Irish Transport and General Workers Union in Dublin go on strike for union recognition. The response of the employers is a city-wide lock-out.

26-08-1935 USA: United Auto Workers union founded.

This week’s #CurtinsCast features the thoughtful and formidable former Liberal MP Keith Wolahan Kos Samaras and @Dyrenfurth discussed Keith’s Irish Catholic working-class roots in Dublin, his childhood in suburban Melbourne and education at Ringwood Secondary College, through to

We will always back local businesses and the working Australians who keep them going. That’s why the Albanese Labor Government is giving the Anti-Dumping Commission the tools it needs to tackle sudden import surges that threaten local jobs. This will mean more secure work and

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