Despite threats from the Construction Forestry Mining and Employees Union administrator and the Master Builders Association, thousands of building workers marched on NSW Parliament in defence of the CFMEU and against Labor鈥檚 new anti-union law. Peter Boyle reports.
Housing
After years of campaigning by housing groups, New South Wales finally adopted reforms to the Residential Tenancies Act, including banning 鈥渘o-grounds鈥 evictions. Jim McIlroy reports.
The Renters and Housing Union (RAHU WA) has recently set up a Western Australian branch. Maz Misiewic听spoke to Sadie, a delegate for RAHU WA, about the housing affordability crisis and the role the union hopes to play.
Over the last 10 years, housing supply has increased faster than the population, but house prices have still risen听75%. Peter Boyle听looks at why Labor does not want the public to understand its tax concessions for the rich.
Hundreds marched from Flemington to North Melbourne to oppose Victorian Labor鈥檚 plans to demolish 44 public housing towers. Darren Saffin reports.
Public housing tenants and advocates demanded genuine solutions to the housing crisis outside NSW Parliament on World Eradicate Poverty Day. Rachel Evans reports.听
Residents in the City of Greater Geelong are concerned about an inappropriate planning application for a vacant block on the corner of Nevada Avenue and Cox Road. Sue Bull reports.
Labor is trying again to push its 鈥淗elp to Buy鈥 housing scheme back to parliament, even though a Senate vote delayed consideration of the bill until November. Alex Bainbridge reports.
Braden Smith, Greens candidate for Currumbin in the Queensland election, believes the challenges to transition away from a reliance on mining and energy are huge, but not insurmountable. Susan Price reports.
It is not enough to 鈥減unish Labor鈥 in coming elections. The real challenge is to build a political alternative that will act for the majority, not slavishly serve the billionaire class, argue Sue Bull, Jacob Andrewartha and听Sam Wainwright.听
Support for Green Party Presidential candidate Jill Stein and Vice Presidential candidate Butch Ware is the highest since the party鈥檚 candidate Ralph Nader ran for president of the United States in 2000, report Barry Sheppard and Malik Miah.
Labor is accusing the Greens of working with the Coalition to stop it from enacting its 鈥淗elp to Buy鈥 scheme.听The Greens respond it will only help 0.2% of those needing a place to call home and want to negotiate something better.听Alex Bainbridge reports.
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