Mary Merkenich

From misappropriating JobKeeper funds, to illegally sacking thousands of workers, to Alan Joyce鈥檚 enormous 鈥減ay鈥 rises, the scandals associated with Qantas are piling up. Mary Merkenich argues it should be renationalised.

The RBA wants unemployment to go up

The Reserve Banks of Australia's talk about the need to 鈥渋ncrease productivity鈥澛爉eans less regulation and more 鈥渇lexibility鈥 for the bosses.聽Mary Merkenich 补苍诲听Pip Hinman report.

Melbourne Extinction Rebellion organised three colourful and diverse days of actions on the climate crisis. Mary Merkenich reports.

NTEU members holding banner

More than 600 Victorian National Tertiary Education Union members crammed into Victorian Trades Hall for their first stop-work meeting in a decade, as part of their fight for better conditions and fair pay. Mary Merkenich reports.

Environment, union and left groups are pushing back against anti-protest laws that target environmentalists. Mary Merkenich reports.

Given how many are being crunched by the cost-of-living crisis, public sentiment would be on the unions鈥 side if they took united action for wage rises, argues Mary Merkenich.

Claims the new IR laws will聽close聽the gender pay gap 补苍诲听strengthen equal pay laws are welcome. But, as Mary Merkenich 补苍诲听Sarah Hathway argue, the laws聽will divide workers and weaken the Better Off Overall Test.

About 60 people took聽part in a funeral for trees, forests and animals lost due to destruction caused by the North East Link project. Mary Merkenich reports.

The rising cost of living and the strain on public services mean聽Labor must junk its support for聽the Coalition's stage 3 tax cut policy, argues Mary Merkenich.

The crisis in public education will not聽be solved by pitting teachers against each other聽or outsourcing responsibility for graduates' jobs. Mary Merkenich argues for greater聽funding for smaller classes and more teachers on fair wages.

Where do we draw the line when deciding who has an 鈥渦nfair鈥 advantage in elite sports, asks 惭补谤测听惭别谤办别苍颈肠丑?听

A聽significant number of members are leaving聽the Australian Education Union because聽it failed to wage a strong campaign聽for聽workload relief and fair salaries, argues Mary Merkenich.