The Savannahlander isn’t just a train — it’s a lifeline. Its loss would be a blow to Queensland's Outback Tourism, wiping out one of the last remaining outback rail experiences of its kind. Communities along the route rely on this service to bring in visitors, support local jobs, and keep small businesses alive. For tourists, it’s a chance to see a side of Australia you can’t reach any other way. By joining this campaign, you’re helping protect a unique piece of Queensland’s history, regional livelihoods, and an unforgettable experience that should remain open to everyone — not just history books.

Bus drivers are critical because they keep our state moving, taking kids to school, commuters to work, and our families to shops, medical appointments and more. We need to keep them safe so they can do their essential job without fear, stress or harm, ensuring reliable and secure transport for everyone.

Exposure to aluminium welding fumes causes cancer, irreversible lung damage, and neurological harm. An immediate reduction to the WEL is critical to protect workers. Despite the evidence available about the risks, and the Safe Work Australia recommendation, there are employers and government bureaucrats who have suggested a delayed implementation or to forgo the change altogether. We cannot allow political resistance or delay to come before the health and safety of workers. Ministers can decide on this matter any time between now and 31 July 2025.  We need to make sure they hear directly from the people who are most affected. We need to make sure they hear directly from the people who are most affected – the workers and families who suffer the risks of exposure every day.

Every Queenslander deserves the right to work or study in a space free from harassment and discrimination. The Respect at Work laws represent a crucial step forward in creating safer, more respectful spaces for all Queenslanders – whether they are at work, university, TAFE or school. These laws were the result of extensive consultation arising from the 2020 Respect@Work Report and the 2022 Building Belonging Report. Passed by Parliament in September 2024 and scheduled to commence from 1 July this year, these reforms have now been delayed. The LNP now claims everyone wants more consultation, but we know this is simply an excuse to delay these important protections without justification. These laws include important new protections against discrimination to ensure workers cannot be sacked for extreme reasons like having fertility treatment to have a child, or because they have been a victim of family and domestic violence. They also introduce a positive duty, requiring employers to proactively prevent discrimination and harassment, rather than only responding after harm has occurred. Queenslanders cannot wait any longer. These laws need to be enacted now.

In mid-2024, workers at Padre Coffee's Brunswick East roastery made the decision to unionise. This was not a step taken lightly – but it was a necessary one. Since the business was bought out by corporate coffee giant Seven Miles, working conditions have steadily declined. The sense of family and community that once defined the workplace has been lost under a top-down corporate culture. The tipping point came when one of our colleagues – our workplace delegate – began discussions with management about taking leave to undergo gender affirmation surgery. At the same time, the team had grown increasingly concerned about low wages, rising workloads, and a lack of workplace respect. Together, these experiences pushed workers to unionise and begin the process of negotiating an Enterprise Agreement that could secure better, fairer conditions for all. Padre workers currently earn salaries starting at just $55,000 a year – an amount that reflects industry-wide issues, but falls well short of what's needed to live in Brunswick East, let alone thrive. Meanwhile, the Company has appointed two CEOs, both reportedly earning salaries in the $300,000 range – meaning one executive's pay equals the entire annual wages of the roastery team combined. At the end of 2024, a round of redundancies made our small team even smaller, further increasing the pressure on those who remained. Despite this, the Company has refused to improve redundancy conditions or even consider a single wage increase in bargaining. Gender affirmation leave isn’t a luxury – it’s about basic dignity. Trans people face significant financial, social and emotional costs in accessing affirming healthcare. No one should have to quit their job just to transition safely. Paid gender affirmation leave is one small, critical step toward visibility, safety and equality for trans workers – and the fact that it’s being dismissed sends a harmful message about who belongs in our workplaces. Padre’s Brunswick East workers are proud to be part of this community – but they can’t fight this fight alone. The Company has shown little interest in engaging meaningfully at the bargaining table. Now, we need our community to help push for change.

While operated by the for-profit company Healthscope, Northern Beaches Hospital has been plagued by persistent complaints. Staff, patients, and families report chronic understaffing, poor patient outcomes and a culture that puts profits before patients.  Public ownership would restore accountability, improve staffing levels and working conditions and ensure safety for patients and workers alike.  Unions campaigned alongside NSW Labor in opposition to oppose the privatisation of these essential health services. Now it’s time for the Labor Government to honour their commitment and return the hospital to public hands where it belongs.  Add your name today to demand a healthcare system that puts people before profit.  

Let’s be clear: this isn’t about flexibility. It’s about protecting what workers already fought for, and rely on, to earn fair pay and balance work and life.  If big business get away with this, it won’t stop here.  We call on the Australian Government to:  • Reject big business’ dangerous push to gut work from home rights  • Lock in national protections that guarantee fair pay, breaks, and hours – no matter where you work  • Enshrine the right to request work from home for all workers who can, and want to, do their job remotely  Sign the petition below to tell big business ‘hands off”! 

Our colleagues across Australia have secured vital improvements to pay and conditions because they have access to the industrial rights that our employers want to deny us. The VCEA is seeking a ‘cooperative’ multi-employer bargaining process, but we’ve seen what that really means: dysfunction and massive delays, a process stacked against us, and deeply unfair constraints on our ability to effectively campaign for a fair and timely outcome. When we last took large-scale industrial action (mirroring protected action taken by government school staff), Catholic employers sought injunctions against our union and individual members were intimidated with the the threat of fines. If we commence bargaining under their so-called ‘cooperative’ model, employers could use this to attempt to prevent us from successfully applying for a Single Interest Authorisation for many months, locking us out of our fundamental industrial rights during the most important stages of bargaining. Employers could apply for that Authorisation now, allowing good faith bargaining to commence this year without denying basic rights to over 30,000 hard-working staff. The VCEA’s refusal to do so isn’t just unfair, it contradicts core Catholic values of dignity, justice, and the right to take industrial action when needed. We must stand up for fair bargaining! Read more here

This year Melinda took close to six months of approved paid and unpaid leave to care for her terminally ill mother in Queensland, who sadly passed away in April 2025.    During this time, Melinda also had to deal Cyclone Alfred and another sick family member.    Just weeks after her mother’s death, while still grieving, Melinda requested one last week of leave to deal with issues related to her mother’s estate.    Instead of doing the compassionate thing, Pfizer rejected Melinda’s final leave request and terminated Melinda's employment. The date of the dismissal was mere days before Melinda had advised she could return to work.                   Pfizer’s heartless decision targets a worker for putting the wellbeing of a family member first.   Melinda is a respected Union Delegate and also an inaugural UWU Convention Delegate who has stood up for worker's rights for decades.    Pfizer’s response? Sack her when she needed support the most. Pfizer's brand is based on caring and protecting our communities. This double standard in how they treat workers is shocking. No one should lose their job for caring for their terminally-ill parent.    This is about compassion and fairness. Send a message to Pfizer: Reinstate Melinda now!

All the evidence from experts is clear. We need to: • Massively increase the supply of housing; • Boost social housing; • Scale back negative gearing and reassess tax breaks for wealthy landlords; • Develop nationally consistent rental laws that set consistent standards and protect renters' rights; and • Allocate housing for key workers. Home ownership is currently out of reach for most Australians – but that doesn’t need to be the case.

Warlpiri people and supporters are mobilising for justice and for systemic change in response to the horrific death in custody of Kumanjayi White. These immediate demands stem from deep grievances about the conduct of the police investigation so far are an important stepping stone towards justice. Warlpiri leader Ned Hargraves explains the circumstances of Kumanjayi White's death: "The young Warlpiri man who died in police custody in Coles in Alice Springs on Tuesday May 27 is my Jaja (grandson). I am angry and frustrated that yet another one of our young men has lost his life at the hands of the police. We know that he was held down by two police until he lost consciousness and perished. But at the moment we are in the dark about what really happened. It is disgraceful that police are already putting out stories that portray my jaja as a criminal. They are trying to run him down. We demand they stop spreading stories and show some respect. Family representatives need to see all available footage of this incident immediately - both CCTV and body cam so we can understand what happened to my Jaja - but so far they are refusing to grant this. We need an investigation completely independent of police  This young man was living away from his community, in town, in supported accommodation because of his disabilities and he was very vulnerable. He needed support and not to be criminalised because of his disability. What are the police doing using such force on a vulnerable young man in a supermarket? Did they even try to de-escalate? This happened on the 5th anniversary of the death of George Floyd - during Reconciliation Week - but my people have to confront another death in custody. My people are being routinely brutalised by police. We are going into jail in record numbers - men, women and children alike. We are suffering badly under the shadow of the NT Intervention and under a Country Liberal Party government in the NT that is making many racist policies against us - sending more people to jail and threatening our sacred sites. This is making racists more confident to attack us. We have put forward many solutions to improve Warlpiri relations with the justice system that continue to be ignored. The death of my Jaja needs to be a moment when we come together to fight for change. Enough is enough! We need justice!"

We call for an end to the occupation of Palestine and a just and sustainable peace in accordance with UN Security Council resolutions, including the removal of illegal settlements, the withdrawal of Israel from all Palestinian lands along with the dismantling of the separation wall. We call on all countries to recognise, without delay, Palestine as a sovereign state with East Jerusalem as its capital. This will confirm the right of the Palestinian people to self-determination in a free and independent Palestine. Implementing a two-state solution is the path to lasting peace, safety and security for both the peoples of Israel and Palestine.