The Communist Party of Australia (CPA),known as the Australian Communist Party (ACP) from 1944 to 1951,was an Australian political party founded in 1920. The party existed until roughly 1991,with its membership and influence having been in a steady decline since its peak in 1945. Like most communist parties in the west,the party was heavily involved in the labour movement and the trade unions. Its membership,popularity and influence grew significantly during most of the interwar period before reaching its climax in 1945,where the party achieved a membership of slightly above 22,000 members. Although the party did not achieve a federal MP,Fred Paterson was elected to the Parliament of Queensland at the 1944 state election. He won re-election in 1947 before the seat was abolished. The party also held office in over a dozen local government areas across New South Wales and Queensland.
The Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU),originally the Australasian Council of Trade Unions,is the largest peak body representing workers in Australia. It is a national trade union centre of 46 affiliated unions and eight trades and labour councils. The ACTU is a member of the International Trade Union Confederation.
The Shop,Distributive and Allied Employees' Association (SDA) is the largest private sector trade union in Australia,representing retail,fast-food and warehousing workers,and has branches in every state and territory. Its membership is predominantly in casual and insecure employment within the retail and fast food sectors. The union also represents a significant membership of workers from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds.
WorkChoices was the name given to changes made to the federal industrial relations laws in Australia by the Howard government in 2005,being amendments to the Workplace Relations Act 1996 by the Workplace Relations Amendment Act 2005,sometimes referred to as the Workplace Relations Amendment Act 2005,that came into effect on 27 March 2006.
Gregory Ivan Combet is an Australian former politician and trade unionist. He was Secretary of the Australian Council of Trade Unions between 1999 and 2007. He was elected member for the New South Wales Federal seat of Charlton for the Australian Labor Party at the 2007 election and was immediately appointed Parliamentary Secretary for Defence Procurement in the First Rudd Ministry on 3 December 2007. Combet was the Minister for Climate Change,Industry and Innovation in the Second Gillard Ministry before announcing his resignation from the ministry on 26 June 2013 following Julia Gillard's defeat in a leadership ballot. He previously served as Parliamentary Secretary for Climate Change,when Penny Wong was the Minister.
Jeff Lawrence is an Australian trade unionist who was the Secretary of the Liquor,Hospitality and Miscellaneous Union (LMHU). Lawrence was Secretary of the LHMU,one of Australia's biggest unions,from 1990 to 2007.
Carlingford High School is a comprehensive,co-educational government high school located in Carlingford,Sydney,Australia. The school has approximately 1180 enrollments and has achieved top Higher School Certificate scores.
Kathy Jackson was the national secretary of the Health Services Union of Australia (HSU) between January 2008 and February 2015. In August 2015,Jackson was found by the Australian federal court to have misappropriated union funds and was ordered to repay $1.4 million in compensation,with a criminal investigation pending.
John Cameron "Robbo" Robertson is a former Australian politician who served as the leader of the Labor Party in New South Wales from 2011 to 2014. Before entering politics he was prominent in the union movement.
Michael Alexander Williamson is an Australian former trade union official implicated in the Health Services Union of Australia (HSU) expenses scandal. In October 2013 Williamson pleaded guilty to two charges of fraud totaling nearly A$1 million,one charge of fabricating invoices and another charge of recruiting others to hinder a police investigation. The same day that he pleaded guilty,Williamson declared himself bankrupt. An earlier independent report commissioned by the union detailed that companies associated with Williamson and his family had allegedly fraudulently received more than $5 million from the union in period from 2006 to 2011. In the District Court of New South Wales in March 2014,Williamson was sentenced to seven–and–a–half years of imprisonment;with a non–parole period of five years.
The Builders Labourers Federation (BLF) was an Australian trade union that existed from 1911 until 1972,and from 1976 until 1986,when it was permanently deregistered in various Australian states by the federal Hawke Labor government and some state governments of the time. This occurred in the wake of a Royal Commission into corruption by the union. About the same time,BLF federal secretary Norm Gallagher was jailed for corrupt dealings after receiving bribes from building companies that he used to build a beach house.
The Health Services Union expenses affair was an Australian political scandal that concerned criminal activities associated with the financial affairs of the Health Services Union of Australia (HSU),between 2006 and 2007;and the Health Services Union "east branch" (HSUeast) between 2006 and 2011.
Gerardine Mary "Ged" Kearney is an Australian politician and trade unionist. She has been a member of the House of Representatives since March 2018,representing the Division of Batman and later the Division of Cooper for the Australian Labor Party. She was previously president of the Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) from 2010 to 2018. With the election of the Albanese government at the 2022 Australian federal election,Kearney was appointed Assistant Minister for Health and Aged Care on the 1st of June 2022.
The Edna Ryan Awards,also referred to as simply "The EDNAS",are Australian awards established to recognise women who have "made a feminist difference". The inaugural Edna Ryan Awards were held in 1998,the year following the death of Edna Ryan. Ryan was a life-long feminist,labour movement activist,and mentor and role model for a whole generation of women. These awards were created to honour her life and work by a group of her friends,particularly Eva Cox and other members of the Women's Electoral Lobby (WEL).
The Retail and Fast Food Workers Union (RAFFWU) is an Australian trade union for workers in the retail and fast food industries.
The SEARCH Foundation is a left-wing,membership-based Australian not-for-profit organisation,with a number of high-profile members linked to the left of the Australian labour movement. SEARCH is an acronym for "Social Education,Action and Research Concerning Humanity".
Joanna Braithwaite is a New Zealand painter. Braithwaite has been interested in exploring exchanges between people and animals since studying at the School of Fine Arts,in Canterbury in the mid-1980s. She has said her work has always tended toward the autobiographical,so what is happening in her environment creeps into the work.
John Setka is an Australian trade unionist.
Luba Norma Grigorovitch is an Australian politician. She represents the Labor Party and former trade union official.
Bob Nanva is an Australian trade unionist and politician who is currently serving as a Member of the New South Wales Legislative Council.
