More than 40 not-for-profit community preschools across Northern NSW say they are joining a day of action on Wednesday (tomorrow), with teachers, educators, families...

The largest pro-Palestine demonstrations in Australia’s history are planned for this Sunday, 24 August, as a broad national coalition combining every major Palestine organising group in the country unites for a national day of action.

NSW health minister Ryan Park says it’s not too late for Australia’s peak doctors’ union to return to the Industrial Relations Commission (IRC) instead of going ahead with planned strike action this week.

With flood-ravaged Norco in Lismore under scrutiny, the Australian Manufacturing Workers’ Union, the Australasian Meat Industry Employees Union, and the Electrical Trades Union met with management on Thursday to discuss the company’s plans for its Lismore ice cream factory.

Unions that have been advocating for workers in the Northern Rivers communities say they want Norco to commit to getting the factory back to its full capacity as soon as possible.

'In many parts of the world constituted by trade union officials,' declared Dyson Heydon, 'there is room for louts, thugs, bullies, thieves, perjurers, those who threaten violence...' But the same strictures apply to the business community and even to Heydon’s own legal profession. Mungo MacCallum