The Baird Coalition government is rushing its legislation for the privatisation of NSW power assets through the Legislative Assembly, without waiting for the report of the Legislative Council鈥檚 inquiry into the sell-off, due on June 2.
The move to fast track the bill before the inquiry, chaired by Christian Democrat leader Fred Nile, releases its report, exposes the inquiry as a sham, according to Greens NSW MLC John Kaye. Premier Mike Baird has ridden roughshod over the process and denied the public a proper investigation into the long-term impacts of the sale.
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On May 19, the federal government鈥檚 Royal Commission into Trade Union Governance and Corruption released a 116-page discussion paper recommending a swathe of new attacks on union rights.
The proposals give the clearest indication so far of the likely outcome of the expensive inquisition into the union movement when the commission releases its findings in December.
The document presents little more than a sweeping wish list of restrictions on the rights of union officials and the ability of unions to carry out their work to benefit members.
Celebrating referendum victory in Dublin. Photo: An Phoblacht.
As most of Ireland celebrates marriage equality 鈥 passed overwhelmingly in a May 22 referendum - the six counties in its north carved off and still claimed by Britain remain excluded.
A 59-year-old Aboriginal man died in Darwin on May 21 while being held under controversial new 鈥減aperless arrest laws鈥. These laws give police the powers to arrest people for summary offences 鈥 such as 鈥渙bscenity鈥, undue noise, offensive language 鈥 and hold them for up to four hours at a time.
In NSW, a program that has been proved to prevent Aboriginal deaths in custody has lost funding under the federal government鈥檚 ironically named Indigenous Advancement Strategy.
It was clear early on that something special was happening in the May鈥 鈥24鈥 鈥琹ocal government and regional elections across the Spanish state.鈥 In Spanish elections,鈥 鈥瑃he voter participation rate gets announced at鈥 鈥1pm and鈥 鈥6pm鈥 鈥 鈥瑆hile voting is still taking place.鈥 鈥琖ell before the polling stations closed,鈥 鈥瑃he news was that participation was up about鈥 鈥5%鈥 鈥琲n Catalonia and about鈥 鈥8%鈥 鈥琲n the working-class districts of Barcelona.鈥
Last week, the Gippsland environment group Goongerah Environment Centre (GEC) was shortlisted for the prestigious United Nations World Environment Day Awards in the Habitat Restoration and Biodiversity category.
The announcement came as the Victorian government was threatening to prosecute GEC volunteers for exposing an illegal rainforest logging operation.
The federal government wants to allow burning native forest waste to qualify for renewable energy subsidies under the Renewable Energy Target (RET).
They reached a compromise with Labor early this month for a renewable energy target of 33 gigawatt hours (GWh).
However, negotiations have since broken down due to the federal government鈥檚 fine print inclusion of burning native forest biomass in furnaces and the retention of two-yearly reviews of the RET.
A new enterprise bargaining agreement reached by the Shop, Distributive & Allied Employees鈥 Association (SDA) is set to leave thousands of low-paid workers worse off, according to detailed analysis conducted by union official Josh Cullinan, the May 24 Sydney Morning Herald said.
鈥淐ullinan, who works for the National Tertiary Education Union, did the analysis in a personal capacity, estimated Coles could be saving more than $20 million a year in wages by underpaying its staff.
Exorbitant gas and electricity bills are threatening Victorian living standards.
The Essential Services Commission (ESC) of Victoria reported that more than 34,000 households were disconnected from essential utilities in 2013/14.
The residential electricity disconnection rate increased this year to 1.47 disconnections per 100 customers, a 36% increase on the 1.07 disconnections in 2012/13.
The ESC also reported an increase in the gas disconnection rate to 1.33 disconnections per 100 customers, a 42% increase on the rate in 2012/13.
FRANCE BANS GROCERS FROM THROWING OUT LEFTOVER FOOD
French supermarkets will be and must instead donate it to charities or for animal feed, under a law passed unanimously by the French National Assembly to crack down on food waste.
Freedom Fallacy: The Limits of Liberal Feminism
Edited by Miranda Kiraly & Meagan Tyler
Published by Connor Court, 2015
With Miley Cyrus declaring herself 鈥渙ne of the biggest feminists in the world鈥, and Beyonce performing at the 2014 MTV Music Awards in front of a huge illuminated sign that read 鈥淔eminist鈥, it would appear that feminism has gone mainstream.
The township of Camberwell in the Hunter Valley and Camberwell coalmine in the background.
Early this month, Beyond Zero Emissions published a report called , which highlighted the potential economic risks to Australia because of its heavy dependence on fossil fuel exports.
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