Commentary In a video message, 16 members of Australia’s soccer squad, the Socceroos, recently criticised the human rights record of Qatar and advocated for the adoption of effective remedies to assist South Asian migrant workers who are employed in the construction of infrastructure needed for the FIFA World Cup. The highly anticipated soccer World Cup…
Union That Opposed Vaccine Mandates Outlawed by Queensland Government
November 1, 2022
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The head of the start-up Red Union—formed in response to the vaccine mandates—is vowing to fight the Queensland Labor government’s decision to effectively bar the organisation from operating in the state. On Oct. 28, the Palaszczuk government passed the Industrial Relations Amendment Bill, which tightens the criteria for registering new employee organisations, side-lining Red Union…
Did Brazil Have a Fair Election?
November 1, 2022
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Commentary The second round of Brazil’s presidential elections was held this Sunday, Oct. 30. The former president, Lula da Silva, who has served prison time for corruption, won 50.9 percent of the vote, and the incumbent, Jair Bolsonaro, received 49.1 percent. This is according to judges of the Electoral Superior Tribunal (TSE), Brazil’s top electoral…
Australia Pledges Extra $103 Million in Aid to the Solomons Despite Its Pro-Beijing Ties
November 1, 2022
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Australia’s diplomatic representative to the Solomon Islands has announced an extra $US103 million in aid to the Pacific country as part of an ongoing diplomatic offensive against Beijing’s influence with the Sogavare government. Australian High Commissioner Lachlan Strahan said the package will include support for health, education, governance, elections among several other initiatives, reported RNZ on Oct. 31….
Queensland’s Bid to Replace ‘Maternity Leave’ With ‘Birth-Related Leave’ Under Scrutiny
November 1, 2022
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The Queensland government is facing mounting pushback for its attempt to remove the terms ‘maternity leave and ‘her’ and replace them with gender-neutral languages like ‘long birth-related leave’ and ‘the pregnant employee.’ The criticism comes over four months after Anastasia Palaczcuk introduced several amendments to the Labor government’s Industrial Relations Act 2016, which passed parliament…
‘Maternity Leave’ Jettisoned for ‘Birth-Related Leave’ in Queensland, Australia
November 1, 2022
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Queensland employers will no longer be allowed to use the terms “maternity leave” or “her” and will instead be forced to adopt gender-neutral terms “long birth-related leave” and “pregnant employee.” Criticism has been ongoing for months after the Palaszczuk government introduced several amendments to the state’s Industrial Relations Act 2016. The new provisions aim to promote…
BP Reports $8.2 Billion Profit in 3rd Quarter
British oil giant BP announced a further share buyback on Tuesday as it reported an $8.2 billion (£7.1 billion) profit for the third quarter. The third quarter underlying replacement cost profits—a measure that oil companies often use—were slightly down from the second quarter’s $8.5 billion (£7.4 billion) owing to dropping oil and gas prices, but…
Silencing Medical Dissent: Doctors Oppose New Power for Regulators to Manage ‘Risks to Public Safety’
November 1, 2022
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Alternative union groups—formed in opposition to vaccine mandates—are resisting a new amendment that sharpens the powers of the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law, which was used during the pandemic to penalise medical practitioners for opposing government-backed lockdowns or mandates. In a submission to the Queensland Parliament, the Australian Medical Professionals Society (AMPS) and the Nurses’ Professional Association of…
Gold Trip Claims the 2022 Melbourne Cup
An old-fashioned approach has given a new-age racing partnership its finest moment, with top-weight Gold Trip winning the Melbourne Cup. In a triumph for spring perseverance, Gold Trip defeated Emissary and stablemate High Emocean in Australia’s greatest race. Gold Trip made light of his 57.5kg under jockey Mark Zahra, revelling in the soft ground to…
New Zealand Rolls out Alcohol Law Reform
The New Zealand (NZ) government has granted communities greater powers to set their own rules around alcohol sales, but wider alcohol law reform is expected to take time. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said she wasn’t comfortable with the way alcohol was currently marketed in the country. However, given how “embedded” alcohol advertising and sponsorship was…
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