Victorian Trades Hall Council have initiated a new campaign to unite unions and community organisations in defence of basic rights. A Fair Australia is a new organisation pulled together by Victorian Trades Hall Council to see if there is the basis for unity in action by unions and community organisations.

The first meeting was attended by around 70 organisations including Trades Hall, Brotherhood of St Lawrence, Islamic
Council, the Council of Churches and the Ethnic Communities Council.
Trades Hall Building Manager and well respected activist Jacob Grech told
The Socialist that: “We hope to provide a forum for where all Australians
can examine the issues of why is Australia less egalitarian and fair than it
was say 20 years ago. We want to look at what this means for Australia, and
the implications for Australia 20 years in the future if this trend is
allowed to continue.”
The Socialist Party in Melbourne have decided to get involved in this
important initiative. It is unique in recent times in that it is an attempt
to pull together unions and community groups around, not just concrete
issues like opposition to war, but on broader issues of opposition to the
Federal Government’s policies.