by Georgia Rossiter | Jun 3, 2020 | Govt & Politics, News
Image Source: NSW Nurses & Midwives Association Twitter A bill to freeze the annual wage increase for public service workers was blocked by the New South Wales Upper House yesterday, after nurses protested across the state. The bill taken to the NSW Upper House...
by Brittany Birt | Apr 14, 2020 | Govt & Politics, News, TheStayHomer
The Australia Institute has found that 81% of Australian’s support the JobKeeper supplement payments to be extended to casual workers, without any restrictions on time served at the workplace. The study surveyed a nationally representative sample of 1,008 people...
by River Mccrossen | Oct 30, 2019 | Govt & Politics, News
An incoming Wollongong Undergraduate Students’ Association (WUSA) general representative has dismissed calls from his Labor and socialist counterparts to fund the student union with the university amenities fees. Kyle Douglas said a proposal by incoming President Alec...
by River Mccrossen | Oct 25, 2019 | Govt & Politics, News
The incoming President of the Wollongong Undergraduate Students’ Association (WUSA) has called for the student union to be funded by student amenities. Alec Hall is proposing up to two per cent of the Student Services and Amenities Fee (SSAF) to be set aside for...
by Zoe Bradbury | Jun 5, 2019 | Govt & Politics
As the weather turns wild and wet, the Wollongong library provides a safe haven for citizens to read and learn from thousands of voices from the past. But after 40 years of underinvestment for public libraries, library officials across the state have called on the...