Unions NSW and Immigration Minister Andrew Giles will hold a press conference on Wednesday, August 2 about migrant worker exploitation.
Who: NSW Secretary Mark Morey, Immigration Minister Andrew Giles, activists and workers
When: 11am Wednesday, August 2
Where: Australian Parliament House, Mural Hall
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The Super Members Council welcomes legislation introduced to Parliament today that will boost the super of 1.3 million of the nation’s lowest-paid workers, who are mostly women. The Government’s Building a Stronger and Fairer Super System Bill would unfreeze the Low-Income Super Tax Offset (LISTO) for the first time in 13 years. This historic reform will powerfully lift the retirement incomes of the very lowest paid workers across Australia. For a woman who earns the minimum wage across her whole working life, it could deliver up to $60,000 more in her super by retirement – dramatically lifting her income. The…
SYDNEY, Tuesday 10 February 2026 — In response to the violent attacks by NSW Police on peaceful protesters gathering in Sydney last evening, Dr Susie Byers, Head of Advocacy at Greenpeace Australia Pacific, said: “The right to peaceful assembly is a fundamental pillar of a healthy democracy and a basic right of all Australians. “The violent actions of NSW Police officers in Sydney last night are a significant escalation in the suppression of the right to protest in NSW, and part of a larger national trend of targeting and criminalising protesters. These actions have a chilling effect on democracy and…
10FEBRUARY,2026 Who:Charles Darwin UniversityNorthern InstituteAdjunct ProfessorRolf Gerritsen. Topics: Resignation of Kat McNamara as MLA for Nightcliff. Mc Namara was the first elected Greens politician in the Northern Territory. Northern Territory politics. Remote and northern Australiandevelopment. Contact details:Call +61 8 8946 6721or email [email protected] to arrange an interview. Quotes attributable toProfessor Gerritsen: “I estimate that about 10 per cent of theNightcliffelectorate will not have voted at the last NT election because they are recent arrivals to the Territory. This will favour Labor, mainly because of these people bringing ‘southern’ attitudes to politics and the federal Coalition's disarray will weigh heavily. “This…
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