Jim McIlroy

  • Inner-city bypass condemned

    Inner-city bypass condemnedBRISBANE — "The ALP-controlled Brisbane City Council's planned inner-city bypass will cut a swathe through beautiful Victoria Park and spew traffic out into suburban streets already overloaded in

  • Socialists launch council campaign

    Socialists launch council campaignBRISBANE — The Democratic Socialists on February 26 launched their policy statement for the March 25 Brisbane City Council (BCC) election. The Democratic Socialists are standing Graham Matthews

  • Centrelink delegate victimised

    Centrelink delegate victimisedMELBOURNE — Marcus Banks, a union delegate at the Moreland Centrelink office in suburban Melbourne, faces an investigation and possibly charges under the public service code of

  • Socialists to stand for Brisbane council

    Socialists to stand for Brisbane councilBRISBANE — The Democratic Socialists have announced they will be running two candidates in the Brisbane City Council election. They are Graham Matthews for the Dutton Park ward, which

  • ALP challenged in Woodridge by-election

    ALP challenged in Woodridge by-electionBRISBANE — Peter Beattie's Labor government is in danger of losing the outer suburban seat of Woodridge, traditionally one of Labor's safest, to an ex-ALP independent local councillor,

  • Beattie government under threat

    BRISBANE — The Queensland Labor government will become a minority government, forced to rely again on the support of independent Peter Wellington, if it loses even one of the two by-elections for the traditionally safe Labor seats

  • Members First wins good hearing in CPSU elections

    Members First wins good hearing in CPSU electionsBRISBANE — Members First, a rank-and-file team making its first foray into Community and Public Sector Union elections, has performed well in contests in the Centrelink section

  • 'Dare to struggle' against anti-union laws

    'Dare to struggle' against anti-union lawsBRISBANE — "Dare to struggle" should be the slogan of the trade union movement in its fight against workplace relations minister Peter Reith's second wave of anti-union laws, Andrew

  • Queensland forest agreement opposed

    BRISBANE — The Wilderness Society and other conservation groups have called a rally in King George Square on June 14, at noon, to demand an end to the destruction of native forests in south-east Queensland. A leaflet issued by the

  • Campaign against Centrelink agreement gathers pace

    BRISBANE — A number of Community and Public Sector Union (CPSU) delegates and section councillors around the country have launched a campaign to reject the proposed 1999-2002 Centrelink agency agreement 1999-2002, which is being

  • Centrelink job cuts, outsourcing continue

    BRISBANE — Service delays and staffing shortages have increased in Centrelink offices as the Howard government refuses to retreat on the 5000 job cuts it has imposed on the "social security" agency. Centrelink printing operations

  • Centrelink staff fight job cuts

    On November 19, stop-work meetings of Centrelink staff around the country voted overwhelmingly to walk out in protest at plans to cut 5000 jobs. Centrelink is the federal government's major welfare service delivery agency. Members of