United Workers Union: winner takes all
Do the UWU elections offer a real alternative? Or have apparatchiks merely fallen out? Bob Sparks investigates.
ALP
Treading water ahead of a tsunami
Managerialism, not ambition, is the order of the day as the ALP top brass looks ahead to the next election, writes Marcus Strom
We won’t be silenced
Zionists continue to politicise the Bondi attack in efforts to silence the Palestine solidarity movement, writes Marcus Strom. We must make sure they fail.
Labour movement can break Cassandra’s curse on AUKUS
Marcus Strom delivered this address at the Peace is Union Business conference.
What is the point of this Labor government?
Hamish McPherson reviews Sean Kelly’s contribution in the Quarterly Essay.
Democracy on backburner in ALP platform consultation
On policy it’s clear that MPs, not members, call the shots. Hamish McPherson looks at the start of consultations on the National Platform.
‘Investigate credible allegations of IDF war crimes’: QLD Labor
The 2025 Queensland Labor Party conference started unusually and ended unexpectedly, a trade union delegate to the conference reports.
Defence procurement: reshuffling deckchairs
Defence insider tells Labor Tribune the new Defence Delivery Agency will ‘do nothing’. Marcus Strom argues it reveals much that’s rotten within the military.
Greenfields jailed but CFMEU construction union still in danger
Former CFMEU organiser Andrew Quirk, who blew the whistle on union corruption in 2014, outlines the three layers of failure that got us here.
Fight Marles’ naked militarism
The Albanese government is enmeshing Australia into Trump’s nuclear war planning. Hamish McPherson says ALP members must fight back.
Rare-earths deal: Trump locks Albo in
Pragmatism trumps any principle as the US ties Australia into its ongoing trade war with China, writes Marcus Strom.
The empty claim that AUKUS is good for jobs
Professor Al Rainnie from the University of South Australia argues we should fight for jobs that are socially meaningful, not dependent on militarism and the war machine