As Labor faces growing opposition to its Yes campaign for the Voice to Parliament, they have resorted to the classic liberal tactic of guilt-tripping people into uncritical support for its weak proposal

West Australian Police have continued their campaign of harassment and intimidation against environmental activists from Disrupt Burrup Hub (DBH).

The Australian Communist Party and Community Union Defence League from our New South Wales organisations recently held events in two of the state's regional hubs as part of our Housing Campaign.

This fortnight, the Australian Labor Party have reintroduced their Housing Australia Future Fund bill.

Last week, the Transport Workers Union descended upon Canberra with convoys of transport workers including truck driver employees, owner drivers, and transport gig workers.

The Australian Education Union launched its national For Every Child campaign this fortnight to secure full funding for public schools.

The CFMEU has recently launched a campaign called "End the Housing Crisis" which is lobbying for a super profits tax to fund social and "affordable" homes.

The Australian government continues to implement policies that do not meet the material needs of struggling Australians. They always spruik “mutual obligations” to supposedly help people find employment, but the real-world outcomes of these programs have had the opposite effect.

Cover image attribution: Nick-D, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons

As we struggle day by day against every new evil capitalism throws our way, it's worth taking a step back to see where we've come from. The following Red Report Back, originally published in the first hard copy edition of the Militant Monthly - now Militant Worker, let's us do just that.

In the gamblers paradise of New South Wales, the issue of poker machines is shaping up to be an important electoral factor.

Once again, people in towns and cities across Australia are gearing up to hold Invasion Day protests on the 26th of January – a day of mourning for Indigenous people.

AMWU members at Callide Power Station took protected action this week against anti-worker employer, Downer DMH operations.

The “Uluru Statement from the Heart”, and the proposed referendum to include an Indigenous advisory body within the constitution and the parliamentary process has been a topic of debate within Australian politics for some time. The Uluru Statement’s origins begun on the 26th of May 2017, at the First Nations National Constitutional Convention. (Image Attribution: BrownHoneyAnt, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons)