Ground crew workers employed by Dubai National Air Travel Agency听(dnata) called off a planned strike after reaching an in principle agreement on a new enterprise agreement. Jim McIlroy reports.
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News
Frack Free WA protested outside the Hyatt Regency where a fracking conference was being held. Kerry Smith reports.
Thousands of childcare workers walked out across the country as part of their campaign for better pay and conditions. Jim McIlroy reports.
How to pressure federal Labor to drop its听support for detention and boat turn-backs will be discussed at an upcoming refugee rights conference.听Jonathan Strauss reports.
More than 2000 people rallied for permanent protection for refugees outside Parliament House. Luke Weyland reports.
Protesters rallied in Tweed Heads, Coffs Harbour and Port Macquarie on National Threatened Species Day. Kerry Smith reports.
Pressure is mounting on the NT Labor government to close Don Dale Youth Detention Centre sooner than it said it would.听Stephen W Enciso听谤别辫辞谤迟蝉.
Workers at Readings bookshops in Victoria are听taking听industrial action for听a living wage, secure jobs and better working conditions. Isaac Nellist reports.
The Antipoverty Centre and the Australian Unemployed Workers鈥 Union have criticised the federal government for ignoring听unemployed people and welfare recipients at the summit.听Isaac Nellist reports
The听Victoria Police鈥檚 use of capsicum spray at the October 2019 blockade of the International Mining and Resources Conference is being challenged in the Supreme Court of Victoria.听Leo Crnogorcevic reports.
Analysis
Foreign Minister Penny Wong听has听offered to fund the Solomon Islands elections, writes听Binoy Kampmark. It was an offer that would irk any sovereign state.
The Pitch Black military exercises are one element in a series that tie听Australia to US plans for retaining its regional military dominance in the face of China鈥檚 rise, writes听Vince Scappatura.听
The union movement听faces big challenges in ensuring that any changes to bargaining extends workplace rights and protections. Sarah Hathway reports.
The Australian Greens' proposal for a two-year rent freeze is a workable and clear response to the housing crisis, writes Alex Bainbridge.
Josie Alec and Petrina Harley听talk听about the campaign to听save听the Burrup and oppose听the Scarborough gas hub.
There is a big gap between the headlines and the reality facing skilled migrants trying to find employment in their profession. 碍丑补濒别诲听骋丑补苍苍补尘 reports.
The rising cost of living and the strain on public services mean听Labor must junk its support for听the Coalition's stage 3 tax cut policy, argues Mary Merkenich.
A year after Scott Morrison signed Australia up to the AUKUS 鈥渟ecurity鈥 treaty, the United States and British partners are providing more information about the secretive weapons鈥 arrangement. Pip Hinman reports.
A rank-and-file ticket is contesting executive and council positions in the WA听branch of the Australian Nursing Federation in late October. Chris Jenkins, who is part of it,听谤别辫辞谤迟蝉.
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The gender pay gap 鈥 a measurement of gender equality in the workplace 鈥 is growing.
Qantas received $2 billion in federal assistance 鈥斕齰ia the taxpayer 鈥 and still sacked听5000 employees. Binoy Kampmark argues听its business听model is in tatters.
World
Far-right president Jair Bolsonaro has used the bicentennial of Brazil鈥檚 Independence to ratchet up the heat in the country鈥檚 presidential election campaign, writes听Federico Fuentes.
Right-wing groups ran a campaign of disinformation to undermine support for the 鈥淵es鈥 vote in Chile's constitutional referendum, reports Ana Zorita.
The mass movement in Sri Lanka mobilised more than a million people in revolt against the corrupt government of former President Gotabaya Rajapaksa. Susan Price听谤别辫辞谤迟蝉.
Cuban scientists are racing to save the critically endangered Cuban crocodile 鈥 the world鈥檚 rarest, reports Ian Ellis-Jones.
Peoples鈥 Democratic Party (HDP) MP Semra G眉zel, a 38-year-old medical doctor, became the latest elected representative of this major left-wing party to be jailed in Turkey, reports Peter Boyle.
After nearly two months in self-imposed exile, former President Gotabaya Rajapaksa returned to Sri Lanka on September 3, reports Janaka Biyanwila.
As Pakistan struggles to respond to catastrophic floods, calls are growing to demand the suspension of the country鈥檚 external debt repayments, reports Susan Price.
Vladyslav Starodubtsev, an activist with Ukrainian democratic socialist organisation Sotsialnyi Rukh (Social Movement), discusses听the state of the war and its impact on progressive forces.
Anti*Capitalist Resistance activist Phil Hearse听discusses the debates on the British left over Ukraine and the rise of the Enough is Enough cost of living campaign.
Culture
Barbara Pocock pays tribute to Barbara Ehrenreich, best known for her 鈥渃lassic of social justice literature鈥, Nickel and Dimed, who died on September 1.
Chris Slee reviews Zhun Xu's book on the history of China's agricultural collectivisation.