Contractor dies in workplace accident at BlueScope Steel blast furnace
A worker has died after he was struck by a falling steel beam at the Port Kembla steelworks.β¦
#NewsBeep #News #Headlines #AU #Australia #BlasFurnacereline #bluescopesteel #PortKembla #Steel #Steelworks #workplacedeath
https://www.newsbeep.com/255246/
Thereβs an actual plot point in this book that a character has a dream about ducks, and then their school goes to Wollongong Uni open day, and sits on the duck pond lawn, and thus the character is convinced that their dream is being realised today.
Combine that with the action going down in the steelworks, and thereβs a lot of niche references for Wollongong folk.
I loved this comic book *so* much!
Incredibly stylish artwork, with lots of little details packed into it. Definitely something to reread look for stuff.
The dialog is not just authentically Australian, but authentic for Wollongong / Port Kembla. (When a character says they got some food in at βcringeβ on the way over, Iβm like thatβs Cringila!)
Oh, and itβs also a Godzilla comic!
Pig Iron Dispute November 1938 https://unionsong.com/u150.html
Port Kembla strike
https://atui.org.au/2021/11/11/pig-iron-bob-and-the-1938-port-kembla-strike/
#Dalfram #PortKembla #watersideworkers #organize #strike
#militaryindustrialcomplex #antimilitarism
#NSW parliament passes new laws bringing harsher penalties on #protesters
By Heath Parkes-Hupton
Posted Fri 1 Apr 2022
"The NSW Parliament has passed tough new punishments for protesters the state government says wish to wreak 'economic chaos' on #SydneyAustralia.
"Under legislation that cleared both houses today, people could be fined up to $22,000 and/or jailed for a maximum of two years for #protesting illegally on #PublicRoads, #rail lines, #tunnels, #bridges and #industrial #estates.
"The new offence applies to #ports in #Newcastle, #PortKembla and #PortBotany, but the government says it intends to add more facilities.
"Attorney-General Mark Speakman said the laws applied to activities that 'shut down major economic activity'.
"It comes after a string of demonstrations by #ClimateActivists last month disrupted operations around Sydney's Port Botany, the largest container hub in NSW.
"Members of #BlockadeAustralia staged protests on bridges, roads, freight rail lines and a crane to call for greater action on #ClimateChange.
"This morning, four people were arrested after blocking peak-hour traffic on the Princes Highway in Sylvania.
"#FireproofAustralia has claimed responsibility for that incident, which saw traffic blocked by people holding banners across the road."
#Australia #Fascism #ClimateAction #ClimateActivism #CriminalizingDissent
Concerns #PortKembla could be a military target if it becomes an #Australian #nuclear submarine base #auspol
The NSW Ports boss says she has been kept in the dark by Defence about whether it will host a nuclear submarine base at Port Kembla, despite reports the port is now firming up as the preferred location.
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