After their long running “Respect” campaign, which recently saw two 24-hour hospital strikes, public sector nurses and midwives in South Australia are furious at the settlement that their union’s leadership is recommending for a Yes vote.

Victorian teachers and education support staff have overwhelmingly rejected their proposed pay deal, in a rank-and-file rebellion against pay cuts, unbearable conditions in schools and their own union leadership.

Japan is witnessing its largest wave of anti-war protests in decades as the government pushes up military spending in an effort to back US threats against China.