Australia
Australia lines up with US for war with China
By Peter Symonds, February 11, 2012
The Australian defence posture report is the latest sign of the Obama administration’s aggressive push against China on all fronts.
Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and the Pacific
February 11, 2012
Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and the Pacific
Australia community workers awarded delayed “equal pay” rise
By Will Morrow, February 8, 2012
So-called “historic” pay rises granted to social and community sector workers will be staggered over nearly nine years, still leaving the workers extremely underpaid.
Thousands evacuated as floods hit north-eastern Australia
By Richard Phillips, February 7, 2012
Heavy rains have struck north-eastern Australia, engulfing numerous towns, killing a young mother and forcing thousands to evacuate.
New wave of job losses in Australia
By Alex Messenger, February 6, 2012
Backed by the Gillard government, the corporate elite is using the economic crisis to carry through wholesale cost-cutting to match the austerity measures being imposed on workers internationally.
Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and the Pacific
February 4, 2012
Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and the Pacific
Australia: Coal terminal workers strike over enterprise agreement
By Richard Phillips, February 3, 2012
The union’s main concern is to limit the dispute as it engages in closed-door talks with management.
Australia: NAPLAN “breaches” by schools almost double
By Erika Zimmer, February 2, 2012
The results point to the immense pressure on schools and teachers to achieve high scores under the Gillard government’s My School testing regime.
Australia: New flood evidence delays Queensland election
By Richard Phillips, February 1, 2012
Having ruled Queensland almost continuously for the past 20 years, the Labor Party faces a landslide election defeat, with deep-seated opposition on a range of issues.
Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and the Pacific
January 28, 2012
Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and the Pacific
Toyota Australia slashes 10 percent of workforce
By Will Marshall, January 25, 2012
The destruction of the car workers’ jobs has been orchestrated by the company with the Labor government and the trade unions.
Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and the Pacific
January 21, 2012
About 100,000 teachers from 24,000 non-government primary schools held a three-day strike on January 17 to demand that they be brought onto the government’s payroll. The teachers threatened to walk out over the issue in March last year and last December several thousand struck and demonstrated at the Shah
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