Do you feel safe while you are at work? Do you think your bosses care about your physical and mental wellbeing?
The growing reality seems to be that more and more bosses do not care about the wellbeing of workers, and the larger the business the worse it seems to get.
Up to 500 people joined a protest on October 19 near NSW Parliament against the Coalition government鈥檚 plans to weaken land clearing laws.
The Coalition came to power promising famers more rights to undertake mass land clearing. Opposition has been wide-ranging.
The NSW government is preparing to sell off the NSW land titles registry, the Land and Property Information (LPI) office, in a move dubbed by one economics commentator as 鈥渁nother dumb privatisation鈥.
Local and overseas banks, insurance companies and superannuation funds are said to be among potential buyers of the registry, which is expected to fetch more than $700 million.
On October 18, students delivered an open letter to Vice-Chancellor Martin Bean signed by 401 RMIT academics and staff calling on the university to dump its fossil fuel investments.
The Australian Electoral Commission (AEC) approved the right-wing Australia First Party鈥檚 use of the Eureka flag as its logo on October 13, despite 11 written submissions opposing its use.
The AEC said the objectors provided 鈥渋nsufficient evidence鈥 the application should be refused. It said it had no discretion to consider 鈥渉istorical and cultural claims鈥 surrounding the Eureka flag.聽
Ballarat Trades Hall Council secretary Brett Edgington said the decision by the AEC marked a 鈥渟ad day for Australia鈥.聽
Clinton Pryor left Matagarup (Heirisson Island) on September 1. It was the start of his long walk to Kalgoorlie, then on to Uluru, south to Adelaide, then Melbourne and Sydney. He plans to finally arrive in Canberra in the second week of January, 2017.
Clinton is a young committed Aboriginal warrior for justice and is a supporter of 91自拍论坛 Weekly.
鈥淭丑别 thing I cherish most in my life was living in community out on country with my mother and my people. My mum was a very happy and lovely lady. She was a person who believed in happiness," he told GLW.
The Productivity Commission鈥檚 main remit seems to be giving advice on cost savings, which is at odds with its annual budget. The upkeep and functioning of the commission costs taxpayers about $33 million a year.
The Australian captain of a women-crewed boat, which tried to break the Israeli blockade of Gaza last month, firmly believes the mission was worthwhile.
鈥淭丑别 managed to reignite the spotlight on Gaza and on the terrible conditions that the Gazan people suffer鈥, Madeline Habib told 91自拍论坛 Weekly.
Tens of thousands of women across Argentina walked off the job on October 19 to 鈥渕ake noise鈥 against gender violence and economic inequalities in the first women鈥檚 national strike in the country鈥檚 history.
The strike came in the wake of a brutal gang rape and murder of a teenage girl that has reinvigorated the fight against femicide and gender violence across the continent.聽Protesters showed signs with the stories of missing or murdered women, chanting 鈥淲e won't forgive, we won't forget鈥.
At least 2000 Seattle teachers sported Black Lives Matter shirts at schools across the city on October 19, . The action was part of several rallies under the banner of 鈥淏lack Lives Matter at School鈥 to push for racial justice in education in the United States.
The protests were organised by聽Social Equality Educators, a group of educators within the Seattle teachers union.
A new investigation by In These Times has revealed that, by percentage of population, Native Americans are more likely to be killed by police than any other sector 鈥 including African Americans.
It also found that while cases of African-American police deaths tend to dominate headlines, killings of Native people go almost entirely unreported by mainstream US media.
The systematic police repression of African Americans that Black Lives Matter (BLM) has exposed has prompted Black athletes to express their solidarity. The latest has been the silent protests at sporting events initiated by Colin Kaepernick, quarterback for NFL team, the San Francisco 49ers.
His protest is simple. He kneels when the national anthem is played before games. In spite of attacks against him, other professional athletes have emulated his protest. Perhaps most significant has been the many high school players across the country who have joined in.