Australia’s interstate and urban transport routes are often described as the arteries of the nation.

But in a pandemic, these arteries are not only essential to the movement of people and goods from one spot to another, they also can potentially transmit deadly diseases from town-to-town and state-to-state.

Workers in the NSW lockdown zones who have underlying health problems should be not be forced to choose between their health or their incomes.

Barry O’Sullivan is one of two delegates the RTBU is relying on to expand its footprint in the vast Pilbara region of Western Australia.

West Australian Government belligerence over maintaining the state pay cap for its employees has convinced the RTBU WA PTA Branch to join forces with other public sector unions to take action on a united front.

The recent Tasmanian election saw the Gutwein Liberal Government returned with a one-seat majority.

A recent decision to rule out a passenger rail service from the Adelaide Hills to the city is further proof that the Marshall Government just doesn’t care about public transport.

The RTBU has bypassed the NSW Government and gone straight to the people in its campaign to stop or reverse cuts to the Sydney network in preparation for private operators to take over.

Dogged action by RTBU Victoria members has stymied plans by Melbourne’s Metro Trains to unilaterally cut rail station staff and implement forced redundancies.

The RTBU has cleaned up at the recent Queensland Council of Unions’ Labour Day Dinner Awards.