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Closing Loophole Bill Partially Passed, NSW GOV De-privatises Social Housing Maintenance and Northern Rivers Community Ignored: Red Report Back 13.11.2023-20.11.2023
Alex Muddle Alex Muddle

Closing Loophole Bill Partially Passed, NSW GOV De-privatises Social Housing Maintenance and Northern Rivers Community Ignored: Red Report Back 13.11.2023-20.11.2023

In this Red Report Back:

The Senate passed a motion to split the government’s industrial relations legislation into four separate bills with backing from Senators Jacqui Lambie, David Pocock, the Coalition and One Nation. Introduced by Lambie and Pocock in mid-September, the bill sought to spin-off and pass areas of the ‘Closing Loopholes Bill’ they perceive as less fraught

The NSW Government is preparing to make a slight retreat from the privatisation free-for-all in the state in recent years. In a revealing move, the management of maintenance for 95,000 “social” housing properties will be brought back under public control, with the government labelling the current system “confusing, disjointed and unworkable”

It’s been almost two years on from the climate-change driven NSW floods that destroyed almost five-thousand homes, and severely impacted the lives of tens of thousands of northern rivers residents, yet many of these families remain forgotten and ignored.

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Centrelink Debt Recovery, Milk Workers Strikes, and Albo Toes the Imperalist Line in Palestine: Red Report Back 30.10.2023-12.11.2023
Alex Muddle Alex Muddle

Centrelink Debt Recovery, Milk Workers Strikes, and Albo Toes the Imperalist Line in Palestine: Red Report Back 30.10.2023-12.11.2023

In this Red Report Back:

Centrelink repayments for 86,000 people have been paused over concerns the debts may be unlawful.

Albanese travelled to Washington to eagerly perform his role as representative of Australia, the lieutenant of American imperialism. The PM stood idly as US President Joe Biden, leader of the imperialist world, spread disgusting propaganda that cast doubt on the death toll in Gaza.

On the 25th of October, strike action led by the United Workers and Transport Workers Unions ended in a pay increase for roughly 1,400 Victorian dairy workers across 13 sites.

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In Defence of the Militant No Vote
Alex Muddle Alex Muddle

In Defence of the Militant No Vote

Over the course of this campaign, we have had many confronting and heated discussions with people from all sectors of society regarding our position on the Voice and Constitutional Recognition. We acknowledge the harmful impact this dialogue and referendum process have had on First Nations peoples and their communities. In looking at the research for this article and hearing from our First Nations comrades, we cannot help but see a malicious intent by the colonial state to deliberately use this issue to sow division and leave First Nations peoples exposed to emotionally and physically confronting situations.

To those taking the time to read this article, we wish to clarify that we do not attempt to belittle or attack the many individuals and organisations who have genuinely good intentions in support of the struggle for First Nations justice.

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