Best Cfmeu Podcasts (2025)

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CFMEU Update & Stop the Demolitions

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Two stories this week the first looks at the CFMEU Administration and a move at the latest delegates meeting in Victoria to have the process of elections reignited and a move to show the Administration the door.The second story takes us to the large Save Public Housing Rally held on Aug 2 in Melbourne where the Victorian Government is determined to…

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Concrete Gang

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Weekly update from the CFMEU Construction & Genreral (Vic/Tas). Report on a downed crane in high wind. Lucky escape for workers but a slow process of dismantling and sussing reason. Cheerios and condolences feature, No footy because the team followed did so badly. Sooks and Scallywags.By Gorilla, Campo, Three Trees, Golden Sparrow

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Phil Coorey on: Iran attacks, budget crisis and Canberra’s ‘Braveheart’ parliament 29:02

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Political editor Phillip Coorey on the debt bomb facing the next generation, the ‘Braveheart ’situation in parliament and the Iran-led attacks in Australia. This podcast is sponsored by CMC Markets Further reading: The VW, the tobacco kingpin, and Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Sloppy criminals who reused a stolen car for arson attacks on a synagogue a…

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Unions, Solidarity and Palestine

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For this weeks episode we focus on the many different intersections between workers of every type and Palestine as well taking a front row seat to the Palestine Solidarity rallies that took place on the 24th of August where VTHC secretary Luke Hilakari spoke.By Tobia Severi, Michal Kedem, Luke Hilakari

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Helensburgh miners chalk up two wins 10:47

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Why is a 130-year-old coal mine back in the news? Miners at Metropolitan mine in Helensburgh have been chalking up the wins this month, securing a strong new EA despite being locked out by their bosses and winning a monumental case in the High Court. Join us to catch up on what’s been going on at Australia’s oldest mine.…

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Why you should boycott Caltex || South Australia’s marine disaster: A glimpse of the future?

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Featuring the latest in activist campaigns and struggles against oppression fighting for a better world with anti-capitalist analysis on current affairs and international politics.Presenters: Chloe DS, Zane Alcorn, Mary MerkenichNewsreportsHeadline news presenters respond to the court decision blocking the planned pro-palestine march over Story Bri…

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The chequebook of Mormon: $500m on Australian farms in six months 23:01

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This week on The Fin podcast: senior writer Greg Bearup on why the Mormon Church is buying up vast tracts of Australian farmland and whether it’s in the national interest. This podcast is sponsored by CMC Markets Further reading: Mormon church’s $490m spending spree exposes trade deal blind spot Farmers fear the American church could change the fac…

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Workers get the points in fair work battle

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James speaks with former ASU (Australian services Union) delegate Jeff about his battle in fair work to win for his workplace. A winning story that took their fight to fair work to battle it out for 5 years before winning back unpaid wages to members. We also hear some current industrial actions in Union news.…

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Malaysian socialist: Why young people are turning to socialism || Global Movement to Gaza

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Featuring the latest in activist campaigns and struggles against oppression fighting for a better world with anti-capitalist analysis on current affairs and international politics.Presenters: Chloe DS, Jacob AndrewarthaNewsreportsThe presenters discuss the following issues and political developments including responding to the Albanese government's…

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Do we really need to bring back the baby bonus? 24:04

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This week on The Fin podcast: senior writer Myriam Robin on how worried we should be about declining fertility rates, whether they could and should be reversed and why politicians in Australia are so reluctant to talk about it. This podcast is sponsored by CMC Markets Further reading: Can Australia escape the global fertility crisis? Not too long a…

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BWS & Dan Murphy's No Vote & Palestine is Union Business

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We talk with Josh Cullinan, Secretary of RAFFWU the Retail and Fast Food Workers Union about the no vote in the upcoming eba negotiations with BWS & Dan Murphy's. We follow with Palestine as Union business with a speech by Arthur Rorris from the South Coast Labour Council at the most recent Sydney Palestine Rally.…

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Lidia Thorpe: RED LINES against genocide || March in Harbor Bridge for Palestine

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Featuring the latest in activist campaigns and struggles against oppression fighting for a better world with anti-capitalist analysis on current affairs and international politics.Presenters: Chloe DS, Jacob Andrewartha, Mary MerkenichNewsreportsDiscussion from the presenters about the legacy of Hiroshima Day and what lessons we can draw for buildi…

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A 'strike' at the heart of the millionaires' factory 31:46

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This week on The Fin podcast: senior reporter Jemima Whyte and associate editor Joyce Moullakis on whether Macquarie has lost its edge, who might be in line to take over the top job and what happens when you threaten the pay packets of a millionaires’ factory. Further reading: Macquarie scrambled to lobby proxy firms ahead of fraught AGM The compan…

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Updates on the CFMEU Administration || Green Left Supporter Drive "Powering Rebellion" || Les Thomas "The Firing Line"

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Featuring the latest in activist campaigns and struggles against oppression fighting for a better world with anti-capitalist analysis on current affairs and international politics.Presenters: Chloe DS, Jacob Andrewartha, Zane AlcornNewsreportsThe presenters discuss the Western government's push towards recognition of Palestine and why it shoudn't d…

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"What the f*** did you do?" Sam Altman on being fired & rehired for AI’s biggest job 29:28

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This week on The Fin, Technology editor Paul Smith talks about his interview with Altman and reveals what it would take for the AI chief to pull the plug. Further reading: What OpenAI’s Sam Altman suggests you do to keep your job The race is on to build machines that can outthink humans. The tech founder in charge of ChatGPT says there is one thing…

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NSW workers taken for a ride

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This episode Host James Brennan speaks on the cuts to NSW transport workers, as we hear from the NSW public service association industrial manager Nathan Bradshaw about the proposed cuts to public sector roles in the transport sector in NSW.By James Brennan with Nathan Bradshaw

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BHP win is worth $30,000 to 2,300 miners 11:24

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BHP’s been told! The Fair Work Commission has ruled its labour hire rort is over and it needs to cough up the $30,000 per person it’s been dudding ‘Operations Services’ workers at its Peak Downs, Saraji and Goonyella Riverside mines. That’s over 2,300 mine workers. We find out what happens next.By Grahame Kelly - National General Secretary, Jason Noonan - Peak Downs Lodge President, Mitch Hughes - Queensland District President

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Is Xi Jinping losing his grip on power in China? 25:57

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This week on The Fin, North Asia correspondent Jessica Sier and Lowy Institute senior fellow Richard McGregor on whether Panda diplomacy works and why Beijing needs a succession plan. This podcast is sponsored by Workday. China ordered this Aussie flower farm to grow rice. Then they found a solution In a country of 1.4 billion people, keeping every…

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The Precarious Migrant Worker with Panos Theodoropoulos

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Speaker Panos Theodoropoulos will discuss major themes in his research, drawing from his immersive ethnographic research inside the UK’s warehouses, factories and kitchens. He explores how precarity shapes migrant lives — and how resistance to neoliberal systems still emerges from the ground up. Theodoropoulos will reflect on the intersections of m…

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Rejecting Jillian Segal's pro-genocide plan || Fighting for Health & Safety at Aldi

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Featuring the latest in activist campaigns and struggles against oppression fighting for a better world with anti-capitalist analysis on current affairs and international politics.Presenters: Jacob Andrewartha, Chloe DS.NewsreportsPresenters discuss the points raised in Labor must abandon AUKUS now published on Green Left and comment on Albanese's …

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The rates call that stunned economists, markets and... our reporters 27:56

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This week on The Fin podcast, economics editor John Kehoe and senior reporter Jonathan Shapiro on the RBA’s shock decision on interest rates, what it means for the economy and whether the next generation could be the first to be worse off than their parents. This podcast is sponsored by Workday. Further reading: Gen Z will be richer than their pare…

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Aldi Sacks HSR / NTEU & CPSU Members Voice Victories

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Two Union Worker victories and the beginning of what is shaping up to be a Union wide stoush over the sacking of an HSR at an Aldi store for doing her job. The two victories are the win by the NTEU National Tertiary Education Union in the Federal Court for Monash University to pay back pay to it's teaching staff and the historic win of the CPSU Mem…

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Childcare Worker response to the Crisis in Childcare || Building the Palestine Solidarity movement || Grill'd workers fight back

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Featuring the latest in activist campaigns and struggles against oppression fighting for a better world with anti-capitalist analysis on current affairs and international politics.Presenters: Jordan AK, Jacob Andrewartha, Stephaine Mierisch,NewsreportsHeadline news discussion from the presenters responding to the the government's proposed sweeping …

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‘Law of the jungle’: the struggle to clean up the CFMEU 25:45

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This week on The Fin podcast, workplace correspondent David Marin-Guzman on what has been done to stamp out a culture of fear and intimidation in the CFMEU and whether it's working. This podcast is sponsored by Workday. Further reading: High Court leaves CFMEU administrator with no more excuses The failed High Court challenge to the CFMEU administr…

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CFMEU Women & Workers' Memorial

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Two stories this week the first looks at the CFMEU Administration & it's decisions in relation to CFMEU Women.Our second story goes to the proposed new Worker's Memorial to be built beside the historic eight hour monument across from Victoria Trades Hall. We speak to Jill Anholt, sculpture artist, whose concept has been chosen for the site.…

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How do you become a union legend like Bob Hawke? 15:50

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Bob Hawke could scull a beer faster than anyone on the planet, he also gave us Medicare. But when he was a union advocate what was so special about him people wanted him to be Prime Minister? We find out and meet a heap of other union legends who brought us the rights we all enjoy at work today.By Liam Byrne - Author of No Greater Power: The History of Union Action in Australia

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ASU Campaign for Multi-employer bargaining || Lifting Australia’s ban on refugees in Indonesia

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Featuring the latest in activist campaigns and struggles against oppression fighting for a better world with anti-capitalist analysis on current affairs and international politics.Presenters: Jordan AK, Mary MerkenichNewsreportsDiscussion from the presenters on the following newsreports drawing from Green Left and other news-sources.Bob Vylan, Knee…

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Does inheritance matter more than a career? 26:11

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This week on The Fin, Chanticleer columnist James Thomson and Wealth reporter Lucy Dean on the surge in inherited wealth, what’s behind it and what can, or should, be done about it…. This podcast is sponsored by Workday. Further Reading: You're probably part of Australia's new inheritocracy How inheritance is upending the marriage market How do the…

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Save the Merri-bek Library Social Worker

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On Monday 23rd June, community members rallied at Coburg Town Hall to save the social worker position at Merri-bek libraries.In February, Merribek Council ended the successful 2-year pilot program for a permanent social worker in the library, and had refused to commit to the program. The protest called on the council to fund a full time in-house li…

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LA protests: Resisting Trump's racist deportations || Iranian left response to the Israel's war against Iran

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Featuring the latest in activist campaigns and struggles against oppression fighting for a better world with anti-capitalist analysis on current affairs and international politics.Presenters: Chloe DS, Jacob AndrewarthaNewsreportsPresenters discuss the following headline news drawing on the following articlesAntoinette Lattouf win a victory for all…

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Virgin’s rollercoaster return & why Australia is a two-airline town 25:35

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This week on The Fin podcast: senior reporter Ayesha de Kretser and Chanticleer columnist Anthony Macdonald on Virgin’s return to the market, why it will struggle to stay in its lane and whether Australia can ever sustain more than two airlines. This podcast is sponsored by Aussie Broadband Further reading: Virgin prepares for IPO take-off in a tes…