Last fortnight, the leaders of Australia’s states and territories came together for the National Cabinet Meeting and demonstrated all the spinelessness of factionalism within the modern ALP, and the merging together of left and right within modern Labor in all but name.

The CFMEU’s “End the housing crisis, tax super profits” campaign was taken to the ALP’s Conference this week. Despite organising three marches across the Brisbane CBD to the steps of the conference, the campaign was quickly silenced in the pro-status quo atmosphere of the conference.

Environmental activist Emil Davey was driving through City Beach, a suburb of Perth, when a van raced in front of his car and slammed on the breaks. Davey watched in horror as a man jumped from the van, pulled a gun, and pointed it at him through the windshield.

The ALP likes to talk a big game about First Nations rights, but on the ground it's business as usual with more avoidable Indigenous deaths in custody. Since the damning Royal Commission into Indigenous deaths in custody back in 1991, little has changed. A stark reminder of this came recently when Wiradjuri man TJ Dennis killed himself in a NSW's Silverwater Correctional Complex.

Following an outspoken industrial campaign against the Minns Labor government in New South Wales, the Health Services Union recently accepted an offer put forward by the ALP.

The ongoing struggle between members of the NSWMA and the NSW state Labor government has taken a new turn. This week, the membership of the NSW Nurses and Midwives Association voted on, and passed, a motion to accept the 4 per cent pay rise that was so ‘generously offered’ to the union.

As Labor faces growing opposition to its Yes campaign for the Voice to Parliament, they have resorted to the classic liberal tactic of guilt-tripping people into uncritical support for its weak proposal

West Australian Police have continued their campaign of harassment and intimidation against environmental activists from Disrupt Burrup Hub (DBH).

The Australian Communist Party and Community Union Defence League from our New South Wales organisations recently held events in two of the state's regional hubs as part of our Housing Campaign.

This fortnight, the Australian Labor Party have reintroduced their Housing Australia Future Fund bill.

Last week, the Transport Workers Union descended upon Canberra with convoys of transport workers including truck driver employees, owner drivers, and transport gig workers.

The Australian Education Union launched its national For Every Child campaign this fortnight to secure full funding for public schools.

The CFMEU has recently launched a campaign called "End the Housing Crisis" which is lobbying for a super profits tax to fund social and "affordable" homes.

The Australian government continues to implement policies that do not meet the material needs of struggling Australians. They always spruik “mutual obligations” to supposedly help people find employment, but the real-world outcomes of these programs have had the opposite effect.

Cover image attribution: Nick-D, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons

As we struggle day by day against every new evil capitalism throws our way, it's worth taking a step back to see where we've come from. The following Red Report Back, originally published in the first hard copy edition of the Militant Monthly - now Militant Worker, let's us do just that.

In the gamblers paradise of New South Wales, the issue of poker machines is shaping up to be an important electoral factor.

Once again, people in towns and cities across Australia are gearing up to hold Invasion Day protests on the 26th of January – a day of mourning for Indigenous people.

AMWU members at Callide Power Station took protected action this week against anti-worker employer, Downer DMH operations.