Victorian teachers and education support staff voted against Labor’s enterprise agreement offer, rejecting the Australian Education Union’s advice to accept it. Chloe DS reports.
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Public sentiment against a fundraiser, organised by Pauline Hanson and Barnaby Joyce, meant the venue cancelled at the last minute, but the protest went ahead. Jordan Shukri AK Armaou-Massoud reports.
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Thousands of allied health professionals went on strike to demand a fair wage, manageable workloads, action on gender-based undervaluation and stronger retention measures. Jacob Andrewartha reports.
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About 50 people protested in defence of Foley House, accommodation for men with complex needs, outside the office of Labor MP Katie Hall in Footscray. Darren Saffin reports.
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Workers from Parks Victoria took strike action to demand equal pay to other public servants. Jacob Andrewartha reports.
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The investment boom in generative artificial intelligence, spurring the rapid build of data centres across Victoria, is raising widespread concerns. Jacob Andrewartha reports.
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Jacob Andrewartha speaks to Bhaskar Sunkara about the United States under the Donald Trump administration and prospects for building socialist politics.
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More than 300 people rallied against Victorian Labor’s decision to demolish 44 public housing estates and demanded that the Jacinta Allan government put in more public housing. Jacob Andrewartha reports.
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Housing activists and those advocating for the homeless say that councils should rethink deploying private security officers because the evidence shows they are inflaming the already difficult situation. Jake Maison reports.
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Socialist Alliance is contesting the November Victorian elections in the Northern Metropolitan region for the Legislative Council and in the lower house seats of Broadmeadows and Pascoe Vale. Jordan Shukri AK Armaou-Massoud reports.
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Victorian Australian Education Union members are mounting a campaign to reject an in-principal agreement, negotiated between the AEU leadership and the Labor government, because it undervalues the work they do. Norrian Rundle reports.
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London-based academic Penny Green, who visited Rohingya refugees forced to flee Myanmar to the Cox’s Bazaar camps in Bangladesh, and Rohingya refugee Mohammed Zuhar addressed a Refugee Action Collective forum. Chris Slee reports.