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Debating the Accord, the union and neoliberalism
The May issue of the journal Labour History carried a roundtable discussion of my book How Labour Built Neoliberalism. The special section 'Assessing the Accord and Labour’s Role in Neoliberalism' (paywalled) features contributions from Frank Bongiorno (ANU), Ian...
Will freezing nurses and midwives’ wages really help the economy?
This article was originally written for the members of the NSW Nurses & Midwives Association, and published in The Lamp on May 25, 2020. Not only is it pretty nasty to suggest a freeze to the wages of nurses, midwives and other healthcare workers while they are on...
The false promise of a national universities deal
By Elizabeth Humphrys and Amy Thomas Union members in the National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU) are in the midst of a turbulent debate over a proposed national Jobs Protection Framework (JPF). Universities have been excluded from the JobKeeper scheme just as...
Jack Mundey & the Green Bans
There have been a range of tributes to Jack Mundey since he died last Sunday night, but I wanted to post a few here. I spoke to James Purtill's from TripleJ/ABC The Hack , and I really liked his piece as it thinks through the legacy of the Green Bans and Mundey's role...
Work, unions and the climate crisis
Last week Freya Newman, Natasha Heenan and I had an opinion piece published by the ABC on the bushfire smoke impact on workers in Sydney and Canberra. We looked at the impact of the climate crisis on workers, and what collective response unions might lead. You can...
2019 Election: From Anti-politics to a Green New Deal?
I participated in a really enjoyable interview with Teishan Ahearne for Earth Matters (3CR and syndicated nationally on community radio) on the recent Australian election. We talked anti-politics, climate action, Adani and Western Sydney. We asked what way forward in...
Podcast: The Bridge
Last year Sarah Gregson took part in a Symposium on the West Gate Bridge, as part of the Art & Industry Festival. The festival commissioned a podcast, The Bridge, which was produced by Overland magazine and Witness Performance. The podcast is...
Anti-politics and post-election audacity
I did a short interview (11 mins) with Peter Burdon on the federal election result, anti-politics, and where to from here for social change. You can listen via the Radio Adelaide website.