NSW Activist Teachers Network organised a snap rally outside the Department of Education for a teacher who was suspended without pay for posting about Palestine on his own social media page. Beau Lyons reports.
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Tim Gooden and Sue Bull, members of the Construction Forestry Mining Employees Union in Victoria, described the royal commission into the union set up by Premier Ben Carroll as a “farce”. Jackie Kris reports.
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In response to the escalating wildfire crisis in Indonesia since July, which has covered much of Southeast Asia in a protracted and hazardous smoke haze, activists are calling for companies behind the crisis to be named and shamed, reports Peter Boyle.
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Many workers are now enjoying a four-day work week and a longer weekend every week due to a campaign run by the Australian Manufacturing Workers Union. Tim Gooden reports.
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Home affairs and immigration minister Tony Burke’s new immigration policy is a boost to Pauline Hanson’s One Nation and its Trumpite politics of hate, racism and division, argues Sue Bolton.
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On this episode of On The Streets we discuss Ecosocialism 2026, arts workers on strike in Naarm/Melbourne and the student rally against sexual violence.
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Socialist Alliance has announced three active trade union candidates in its bid for a seat in the Legislative Council at the Victorian elections. Jackie Kriz reports.
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There appears to be no breakthrough for unions representing workers at BHP’s iron ore operations in Port Hedland, despite a historic strike last month in which the majority downed tools for two days. Cas Smith reports.
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Administration was imposed on the Construction, Forestry and Maritime Employees Union in Queensland because it supposedly brought bikies into the industry as union enforcers. But hearings have revealed that a major contractor was responsible for bikies intimidating CFMEU members. Jonathan Strauss reports.
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We can push back against capitalist politicians and their billionaire mates by getting better organised and using our collective power. Jacob Andrewartha argues this is why Socialist Alliance puts its energy into organising with others in struggle.
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In his six-part oral history series with Pintjin (PJ) Thum, Dr Poh Soo Kai — a former student activist and political prisoner detained for nearly 17 years without trial — reveals how Singapore’s history is an ongoing site of ideological contestation, writes Ilyas Muzaffar.
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More than 150 university workers, with support from students, took a half-day strike at the University of Queensland. Jacob Andrewartha reports.