Abbott’s Strategy Exposed With Thomson Affair

August 26, 2011 in Rants & Raves
Tags: Australia, carbon price, climate change, Craig Thomson, democracy, Liberals, personal opinion, politics, Tony Abbott

A little while ago I wrote a piece for The Angle about Tony Abbott’s political style using boxing as an analogy. Well it would seem that Abbott has gone from probing jabs to body blows to now trying for an outright KO. With the Liberals’ attacks on the carbon price fizzling out, they needed something [...]

Fiji’s Military Regime Smashing Workers’ Rights

August 25, 2011 in Campaigns, Rants & Raves
Tags: democracy, Fiji, Frank Bainimarama, government, human rights, personal opinion, politics, regime, trade unions, workers, workers rights

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 though for workers is that they have no rights. The ruling military regime under Frank Bainimarama has recently issued a decree that effectively stamps [...]

Workers’ Rights In Retail And Fiji

August 22, 2011 in Campaigns, Rants & Raves
Tags: Australia, Fiji, human rights, politics, Productivity Commission, retail sector, workers rights

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’ lives. It made me think about what these workers [...]