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Australia Finally Puts a Price on Pollution

After years of bitter disagreement about climate change and putting a price on our pollution in order to protect the environment, Australia’s Senate passed the Government’s ‘Clean Energy Future’ legislation. Personally as someone…

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A benign occupation and the Lord Mayor

NOTE: This was first published on The Angle titled “ Some Thoughts on Occupy Melbourne “ The Occupy Melbourne movement is pretty much dead in my opinion. Though it really didn’t come alive as was promised. On Friday morning the police…

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Climate Action Within Reach

This week marked another historic step towards laying the foundations for action on climate change. Last month I posted about my support for the carbon price package and urged people that visit my blog to also get behind the package. Well now it starts…

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Fiji’s Military Regime Smashing Workers’ Rights

Fiji becoming hell for workers This post first appeared on theangle.org as “Fijian Workers Face Increasingly Worsening Situation” Workers in Fiji might come across as super-friendly and bursting with positive vibes and good will. The reality…

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Workers’ Rights In Retail And Fiji

This post was originally published at R@W News Blog on August 18 . In the past week and a half the Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) has launched a couple of new campaigns. These are both big campaigns and have a direct impact on working peoples