The rights of Indigenous workers are under attack.

September 26, 2018

The Liberal Government are backing laws that force Indigenous people into work, not for wages,…

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Indigenous workers begin unionising to fight ‘racist’ Community Development Program

July 2, 2018

A group of Alice Springs Community Development Program workers have released a powerfully worded statement…

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Community Development Program ‘racist, punitive, and expensive’, report says

The report released today has found that the remote aspect of the Turnbull Government’s controversial…

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Controversial work-for-the-dole scheme taking a toll on young Indigenous people

September 30, 2017

Eighteen-year-old Mel Inkamala is strolling around the Santa Teresa community garden with his left hand…

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NT families go hungry under the Community Development Program

June 27, 2017

The federal government’s work-for-the-dole scheme is denying Aboriginal people in remote communities basic rights, equal…

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Official FNWA launch

June 9, 2017

The First Nations Workers Alliance Official launch Friday 9th June 2017 – in conjunction with celebrating the…

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Union Support – Aunty Lorraine Brown

June 1, 2017

The trade unions were key supporters of the 1967 referendum and the fight for equal…

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ACTU Executive vows to end racist Community Development Program – FNWA

March 17, 2017

The ACTU executive has adopted a resolution authorising all means at the organisations disposal to…

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Welcome to the First Nations Workers Alliance.

March 7, 2017

Welcome to the First Nations Workers’ Alliance established by the ACTU to provide CDP workers…

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Remote Job Scheme ‘doing harm’

February 28, 2017

Remote Job Scheme ‘doing harm’ More than 200,000 fines were imposed on just 34,000 mainly…

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