https://www.wsws.org/en/topics/country/australiahttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/06/09/axkr-j09.htmlAt an AEU meeting, officials declared out of order a resolution opposing their agreement with the state Labor government.Tue, 09 Jun 2026 04:42:51 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/c20e4230-eb88-448d-ac58-0c19b9fd200M/axkr-j09.html2026-06-09T04:42:51Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/06/08/loxu-j08.htmlA 23-year-old labourer’s arm was ripped off by a drilling machine at the Cadia East mine near Orange, New South Wales. Almost three years later, the company was fined just $750,000.Mon, 08 Jun 2026 01:39:49 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/b232ffc7-3526-422d-9f35-f97299f7dcaF/loxu-j08.html2026-06-08T01:39:49Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/06/08/gxlk-j08.htmlMost cases have occurred in the Northern Territory, with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders, among the poorest and most oppressed layers of the Australian population, the hardest hit.Mon, 08 Jun 2026 00:49:58 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/e8e6e5b1-739f-44cf-961f-86865cf7fc4N/gxlk-j08.html2026-06-08T00:49:58Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/06/06/eorr-j06.htmlThe Committee for Public Education urges educators and workers to join the meeting to discuss how to develop the fight against the sellout deal between the Australian Education Union and the Victorian state Labor government, and the underlying austerity and war agenda of the federal Labor government.Sat, 06 Jun 2026 03:33:54 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/843c7ebb-eca1-4c59-9a20-9d1673d6829M/eorr-j06.html2026-06-06T03:33:54Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/06/06/qusc-j06.htmlThe Fair Work Commission admitted that the meagre 4.75 percent increase to award wages would not “be sufficient to close the real wage gap entirely.”Sat, 06 Jun 2026 03:31:22 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/3541c49b-6055-44e9-b4e1-d6b002f34bfL/qusc-j06.html2026-06-06T03:31:22Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/06/06/osxk-j06.htmlSouth Korea: Kakao platform workers to strike over wages and bonuses; India: Maharashtra women workers rally in Mumbai to demand government status; Punjab state-operated service centre employees still on strike; Australia: 400 INPEX LNG production workers walk out in NT for higher pay; Adelaide nurses and midwives strike for better wages.Sat, 06 Jun 2026 00:19:00 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/ce3a080e-3ad7-476a-9b5c-6a055d81b84O/osxk-j06.html2026-06-06T00:19:00Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/06/05/oqgo-j05.htmlAfter reluctantly calling a second statewide stoppage in November to head off teachers’ discontent, the QTU leadership shut down further industrial action and effectively joined hands with the state government to refer the dispute to compulsory arbitration.Fri, 05 Jun 2026 04:29:11 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/01297f56-eaeb-457c-98f6-4ff2be12e14B/oqgo-j05.html2026-06-05T04:29:11Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/06/04/xcjf-j04.html“Workers should unite to fight. Workers are oppressed, but without them, the capitalists have no wealth.”Thu, 04 Jun 2026 05:23:55 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/e1921824-3a9b-4dae-8a65-1ac95e8c996H/xcjf-j04.html2026-06-04T05:23:55Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/06/04/xwnv-j04.htmlAfter years of mounting anger over worsening conditions and real pay cuts, and a 98 percent vote for industrial action, many educators view the agreement as another betrayal.Thu, 04 Jun 2026 03:17:07 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/50a54777-e11f-48c7-9ce6-bd9378da06fN/xwnv-j04.html2026-06-04T03:17:07Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/06/03/euky-j03.htmlA furious campaign by business leaders and the corporate media against the minor tax adjustments has demonstrated the refusal by Australia’s billionaires and their global partners to accept even the slightest inroads into their profits and fortunes.Wed, 03 Jun 2026 02:05:26 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/f8c04f77-a07d-4d5c-81af-a100dcbba1cN/euky-j03.html2026-06-03T02:05:26Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/06/02/vqqx-j02.htmlThe final meeting in the series will be held Saturday June 6 at the University of Newcastle and online.Tue, 02 Jun 2026 05:48:38 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/2d5e3291-f1dc-430b-b518-4cdcc9dc1dfP/vqqx-j02.html2026-06-02T05:48:38Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/06/02/smln-j02.htmlThe Labor government and the fascistic Trump administration were as one at the forum in their denunciations of China and their plans for a further military build-up.Tue, 02 Jun 2026 05:06:05 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/f4ad4aee-d586-4e5a-948a-a58de8dffabJ/smln-j02.html2026-06-02T05:06:05Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/06/01/xjhg-j01.htmlThe information that has dripped out over the past six months has indicated far more intensive and longstanding contact between the intelligence agency and the terrorists than first admitted.Mon, 01 Jun 2026 05:02:25 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/8ab08b84-35e7-4f6e-83d2-086de018ccfG/xjhg-j01.html2026-06-01T05:02:25Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/06/01/rrnx-j01.html“If members can’t ask questions or raise concerns without being censored, what sort of democracy is that? The union clearly works for the government not for us.”Mon, 01 Jun 2026 03:08:49 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/7ce8b025-f20f-4935-beef-66a1ced14deF/rrnx-j01.html2026-06-01T03:08:49Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/05/30/ifeq-m30.htmlThe unions’ endorsement of Labor’s budget is a clear statement that they stand ready to enforce the brutal cuts to social spending, jobs and wages demanded by the federal government and the corporate elite it represents.Sat, 30 May 2026 03:28:50 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/8ab7e4f2-4625-4420-b46b-1f8be62e62eK/ifeq-m30.html2026-05-30T03:28:50Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/05/30/hhri-m30.htmlThe political logic underlying these operations is suppression of all opposition amid mounting attacks on social conditions and expanding imperialist violence.Sat, 30 May 2026 03:20:16 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/b018f83d-2a56-4f8f-99c4-923ab0790faJ/hhri-m30.html2026-05-30T03:20:16Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/05/30/vrse-m30.html1.2 million Indian chemists and pharmaceutical distributers hold one-day national strike; Australia: Early childhood educators threaten national walkout; Australian Capital Territory public school teachers strike for better pay and conditions.Sat, 30 May 2026 01:37:04 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/80dbc12d-cd18-4640-85ad-5690d2ada33E/vrse-m30.html2026-05-30T01:37:04Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/05/29/olqy-m29.htmlOne mother was barred from re-entry by an arbitrary Labor government exclusion order, violating the fundamental democratic rights of citizenship.Fri, 29 May 2026 04:10:09 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/4a291e87-44a9-4a59-b586-82c20d23978D/olqy-m29.html2026-05-29T04:10:09Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/05/29/jfwl-m29.htmlEven if the case succeeds, it will not stop the state Labor government’s criminal wrecking operation; just require Homes Victoria to hold a consultation process.Fri, 29 May 2026 03:22:29 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/d9534e0e-e888-4c7e-ac11-be8b69228b9D/jfwl-m29.html2026-05-29T03:22:29Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/05/28/qzrl-m28.html“If you don’t get access to support at the right age, during pivotal periods of mental and physical development, it can have long-term effects, including increased psychosocial disability and mental health challenges.”Thu, 28 May 2026 05:32:00 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/fa58eee7-c0b3-495b-99cc-b723923d27fG/qzrl-m28.html2026-05-28T05:32:00Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/05/28/ffgv-m28.htmlAbbott’s ascendancy signals that the Liberals are moving towards an openly far-right pitch, in a bid to stem their existential crisis and to compete with the fascistic One Nation.Thu, 28 May 2026 05:13:43 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/4bb44da7-22db-42bc-81a9-9aff3894ad8F/ffgv-m28.html2026-05-28T05:13:43Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/05/27/ymab-m27.htmlThese laws are the latest escalation in a bipartisan offensive to essentially criminalise the poverty, chronic housing shortages and lack of secure employment that Australian capitalism has inflicted upon many working people, particularly Indigenous people.Wed, 27 May 2026 05:09:37 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/58eca37e-e917-489b-86cb-d288e8ed42eE/ymab-m27.html2026-05-27T05:09:37Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/05/27/5a3d-m27.htmlAn Australian Catholic University report on the well-being of school principals points to intolerable conditions.Wed, 27 May 2026 04:25:44 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/1dc297c8-e332-4db4-9061-2a845d2b3e1E/5a3d-m27.html2026-05-27T04:25:44Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/05/26/glhn-m26.htmlThe proposed AEU agreement in the state of Victoria amounts to a further real pay cut, does nothing to address crushing workloads or class sizes and strips educators of the right to strike until 2030.Tue, 26 May 2026 04:14:38 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/ed53b1d0-73be-402f-884f-3a32c2b4b1eB/glhn-m26.html2026-05-26T04:14:38Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/05/25/espe-m25.htmlThese results provide an indication of the worsening price being paid by working-class households, and especially young people, for the criminal US-Israeli war on Iran.Mon, 25 May 2026 03:01:12 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/b8828407-19fe-49bc-bdb6-a75f3e82434L/espe-m25.html2026-05-25T03:01:12Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/05/23/iqso-m23.htmlLabor issued mealy-mouthed condemnations, while treating the relatives of the brutalised activists with utter contempt and hostility.Sat, 23 May 2026 04:29:03 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/9b84b546-9d88-4f84-b854-74186fce009D/iqso-m23.html2026-05-23T04:29:03Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/05/23/cxbi-m23.htmlOf the 4,382 homes or housing lots promised through the northern NSW flood recovery programs, zero had been delivered as of March 31 this year, four years after the disasters.Sat, 23 May 2026 03:12:13 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/3b21d444-d38b-4663-bd10-8e6de956686O/cxbi-m23.html2026-05-23T03:12:13Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/05/22/xtjc-m22.htmlSouth Korea: Samsung Electronics union suspends planned walkout; India: Punjab municipal sanitation workers still on strike; Gig workers across India strike over rising fuel costs and declining wages; Air India ground staff hold one-day strike in Mumbai; 20,000 South Australian nurses resume industrial action for better pay and conditions; Maintenance workers strike at Woodside’s LNG production plants.Fri, 22 May 2026 21:34:02 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/a7ab97e0-2931-4411-aa38-748f4f66bd1L/xtjc-m22.html2026-05-22T21:34:02Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/05/22/sfsy-m22.htmlPrime Minister Anthony Albanese’s government particularly targeted the universities and their staff and students in last week’s budget.Fri, 22 May 2026 03:39:26 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/2496ff9a-01c8-4402-8f63-23cd4187c99D/sfsy-m22.html2026-05-22T03:39:26Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/05/21/nfyb-m21.htmlThe hearings featured ludicrous testimony, of Zionists bemoaning news reportage of Israel’s war crimes and even pro-Palestinian bake sales at university campuses as a threat to their safety.Thu, 21 May 2026 03:51:44 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/e1d7248a-2ffd-4569-97ab-73b771ea1cfB/nfyb-m21.html2026-05-21T03:51:44Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/05/21/jyyk-m21.htmlBehind the headlines, last week’s federal budget slashes social spending, including on public schools.Thu, 21 May 2026 03:49:21 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/8b6f81f5-a39b-447f-8e2a-383a20b050eC/jyyk-m21.html2026-05-21T03:49:21Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/05/20/rytr-m20.htmlA wartime-style atmosphere is being created in Australian universities, backed by threats of punishment of researchers that fail to comply with national security guidelines.Wed, 20 May 2026 01:14:45 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/f9902aea-71da-485d-8468-d6a3b2f46b0D/rytr-m20.html2026-05-20T01:14:45Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/05/19/ncag-m19.htmlThe NDIS Amendment Bill 2026 provides the framework for kicking hundreds of thousands of disabled people off their support and for excluding vast numbers going forward.Tue, 19 May 2026 05:41:21 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/b8872aff-9089-40ad-a759-d0c7e6215f7D/ncag-m19.html2026-05-19T05:41:21Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/05/19/yroh-m19.htmlThe Australian Education Union’s “in-principle” agreement amounts to a further real pay cut and does nothing to address the core issues: crushing workloads, oversized classes, burnout, inadequate resources and a deepening staffing crisis.Tue, 19 May 2026 04:49:25 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/e74f6a45-7490-4ecf-a7a8-5d73fc0172eA/yroh-m19.html2026-05-19T04:49:25Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/05/18/puiq-m18.htmlThe threat to Oasis residents takes place amid a housing crisis and the Victorian Labor government’s program to evict 10,000 people from the city’s 44 public housing towers.Mon, 18 May 2026 05:26:33 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/047153b5-f75e-4f80-9d0f-5e77de29407N/puiq-m18.html2026-05-18T05:26:33Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/05/16/duym-m16.htmlTunnelling workers’ health and lives are at risk from the continued refusal of corporations and government authorities to address the known dangers of respirable crystalline silica dust inhalation.Sat, 16 May 2026 05:09:00 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/b99cf6e1-8b11-4663-ad9b-390b1d4714aL/duym-m16.html2026-05-16T05:09:00Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/05/16/jbko-m16.htmlBy the government’s own figures, its changes to the tax regime for property investment will not decrease super-inflated housing prices even slightly.Sat, 16 May 2026 04:58:38 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/17728bcd-0d53-4e94-b566-59da3ebb39bL/jbko-m16.html2026-05-16T04:58:38Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/05/16/ccsc-m16.htmlIndia: Haryana sanitation workers continue statewide strike; Bangladesh: Barishal University teachers demand promotions; Australia: Wambo coal mine workers hold another 3-day strike; ACT public servants and teachers walk out for better pay and conditions; DXC Technology workers strike again.Sat, 16 May 2026 00:35:31 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/c3a0e391-41d4-4379-bc63-2457b71252cE/ccsc-m16.html2026-05-16T00:35:31Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/05/15/wjrg-m15.htmlThis speech was delivered by Cheryl Crisp, Socialist Equality Party (Australia) national secretary, at the 2026 May Day Online Rally, organized by the WSWS and the ICFI.Fri, 15 May 2026 22:02:35 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/5b035552-4011-4021-b9d8-db9910df796C/wjrg-m15.html2026-05-15T22:02:35Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/05/15/bckr-m15.html“It will be disastrous for tens of thousands of people, including workers in the sector. The burden will fall onto families, creating even more physical, mental, and financial pain.”Fri, 15 May 2026 04:30:01 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/eead7173-0707-453d-a7e4-d3682ba59b1J/bckr-m15.html2026-05-15T04:30:01Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/05/15/snhq-m15.htmlThe speech was a political signal that amid its crisis, the opposition Liberal-National Coalition is turning to a fascistic, Trump-style “Australia First” appeal.Fri, 15 May 2026 04:14:18 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/a21b66c4-2490-46aa-ae83-4487090d818B/snhq-m15.html2026-05-15T04:14:18Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/05/14/zrie-m14.html“My pay has gone down 12 percent since 2021. That’s a sharp fall, not a minor fall. Since the economic uncertainty prompted by COVID, it hasn't improved. So now we're forced here today to vent our frustrations.”Thu, 14 May 2026 05:07:40 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/cbe8034e-ecb6-4f26-9592-d57566da182L/zrie-m14.html2026-05-14T05:07:40Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/05/14/skww-m14.htmlMore than 1,000 Melbourne local government workers held a 24-hour strike last week. The action included workers in waste collection, maternal and child health services, aged care, childcare, libraries and parks maintenance.Thu, 14 May 2026 05:07:01 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/e40c3fe1-61c0-4cda-a220-56065fb369fL/skww-m14.html2026-05-14T05:07:01Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/05/13/kfde-m13.htmlAmid a cost-of-living crisis, the government is carrying out an onslaught against the most vulnerable sections of the working class, including the disabled and the poor.Wed, 13 May 2026 05:57:41 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/8eaed2d3-60c4-44e4-a154-e7442821ff9M/kfde-m13.html2026-05-13T05:57:41Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/05/13/txaw-m13.htmlThe upgraded Vuvale Union is part of an expanding web of alliances and arrangements escalating Pacific involvement in the US-led preparations for war against China.Wed, 13 May 2026 02:23:31 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/bcb0169d-5896-4700-9b43-bf025c1ffefD/txaw-m13.html2026-05-13T02:23:31Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/05/12/udfy-m12.htmlThe meetings will outline the socialist perspective needed to halt the descent into global war and the accompanying onslaught on the conditions of the working class.Tue, 12 May 2026 05:09:15 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/87c64810-b1bd-454c-b9a4-d9cae647bc0N/udfy-m12.html2026-05-12T05:09:15Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/05/12/nilx-m12.html“There’s clearly money for the military and for war, but there’s never enough money for people and their basic needs.”Tue, 12 May 2026 05:06:08 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/e95e014f-46dc-4e81-9aa2-1698c1ff413L/nilx-m12.html2026-05-12T05:06:08Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/05/11/wjcn-m11.htmlThe meeting of health and disability workers unanimously passed a resolution opposing the cuts to the National Disability Insurance Scheme and discussed a campaign to mobilise health workers against Labor’s brutal austerity agenda.Mon, 11 May 2026 06:25:57 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/b8bf6b4e-966b-42dd-adb2-f813cf6a90eL/wjcn-m11.html2026-05-11T06:25:57Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/05/11/szsq-m11.htmlThe plunge of the Liberal vote to just 12 percent, in a seat held by its previous leader, indicates that the traditional conservative party of the ruling elite is on the brink of collapse.Mon, 11 May 2026 05:50:54 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/ed4df5c0-e58e-4886-a8be-44a28b232b1B/szsq-m11.html2026-05-11T05:50:54Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/05/09/kczs-m09.htmlResidents of nearby Orange have raised concerns mining activity contributed to the most powerful seismic event ever recorded in the region.Sat, 09 May 2026 02:57:23 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/14fc7965-2c1d-436b-ae14-c724468e074A/kczs-m09.html2026-05-09T02:57:23Z