@9point non = On May 19, the Fairfax media empire issued a notice to 1200 editorial staff whose collective agreement is up for renewal that requires staff earning more than $100,000 per year to individually renegotiate their agreements.
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Labor鈥檚 first federal budget in 13 years was well received by much of the welfare lobby, despite its shortcomings. 鈥淭he Brotherhood of St Laurence welcomes the Rudd Government鈥檚 first Budget because of its focus on helping disadvantaged Australians to overcome poverty and achieve their aspirations鈥, Tony Nicholson, BSL executive director said in a media release on May 13. 鈥淩obin Hood may have just fired off his first humble arrow鈥, said Dr John Falzon, CEO of the St Vincent de Paul Society, in his statement on the budget.
The Combined Rail Unions in NSW are recommending industrial action to force the NSW Rail Corporation (Railcorp) to back away from plans to cut 400 jobs on stations, along with rail workers聮 conditions of work.
With his May 15 announcement that legislation to enable electricity privatisation will be introduced into the June session of parliament, NSW Premier Morris Iemma started the countdown to the most decisive days of the struggle to date.
The Victorian Aboriginal Health Service (VAHS), based in Fitzroy, and started by Koori activists in 1973, is threatened by funding shortfalls.
The Connex ticket inspectors, who already have a reputation for violent and thuggish behaviour, are pushing for the right to carry handcuffs. Julian Burnside QC, president of Civil Liberties Victoria, has described the plan as 聯insane聰.
On May 22, 40,000 public school teachers in NSW took 24-hour strike action in opposition to the Labor state government聮s refusal to negotiate with the NSW Teachers Federation (NSWTF) over the way teachers are allocated to public schools.
Only 35 of the 7500 Aboriginal children examined as part of the federal government鈥檚 Northern Territory 鈥渋ntervention鈥 have been referred to child authorities for suspected abuse, according to figures released by the federal health and reported in the May 19 Brisbane Courier Mail.
Victorian Premier John Brumby announced on May 5 that a deal had been struck with the Australian Education Union. While Mary Bluett, AEU branch president, described it as 聯the deal we were fighting for聰, many union members are furious with the agreement made on their behalf.
The Socialist Alliance is joining the growing number of people and organisations campaigning for a big increase in all pensions and other welfare benefits. It is outrageous that people on welfare were almost totally ignored in the recent federal budget.
Ali Humayun, a queer Pakistani, was recently granted permanent residency after spending more than three years locked up in Villawood Detention Centre. He made the following statement to 麻豆传媒 Weekly on May 23.
MAdGE (Mothers Against Genetic Engineering) took its opposition to genetically modified food to the streets on May 21, to coincide with a May 21-22 GM crops summit in Melbourne.
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