The article below is abridged from a March 4 statement released by Adalah-NY: The Coalition for Justice in the Middle East. For more information, contactinfo@adalahny.org.
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In the face of the Rudd government鈥檚 refusal to confirm whether federally-funded maternity leave will be included in the upcoming May budget, the Australian Council of Trade Unions has retreated from its previous stance calling for immediate implementation.
As the Western Australian Coalition government slashes the state budget, vital community services for refugees are feared to be among the first to go.
鈥淲e have to cut down a lot of the clutter of anything, clutter of the work, focus product innovation, detail, all that is going on in the business but [we] just need to remove so much of the distraction to enable us to do that well鈥.
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National accounts figures, released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics on March 4, showed that the Australian economy contracted by 0.5% in the three months to December, despite the federal government鈥檚 $10.6 billion stimulus package, which was paid out to pensioners and families before Christmas.
A March 2 open letter to minister for climate change Penny Wong has described the federal government聮s climate policy as 聯completely out of step with both current climate science and targets in other developed countries聰. The open letter was endorsed by 65 climate action groups (CAGs).
Two hundred workers and supporters protested outside the Pacific Brands factory in Wentworthville, Western Sydney on March 6 in response to the clothing company鈥檚 plans to slash 1850 jobs around the country.
When the federal industry minister Kim Carr announced the ALP government would give the car industry $6.2 billion in taxpayers鈥 money in November, he declared that it amounted to a 鈥渘ew beginning鈥.
On February 20, more than 200 workers were fired without pay from the Lavington-based Drivetrain automotive parts factory in Albury, New South Wales, as the company entered receivership.
Deputy PM Julia Gillard聮s outspoken support for Israel聮s attack on Gaza earlier this year prompted angry criticism from many, including from inside her own party.
The current economic crisis comes after 14 years of boom conditions, which delivered a profits bonanza to the bosses. Workers鈥 share of the national income has declined from 60% in 1978 to 51% today. At the same time, the cost of living has risen significantly.
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