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.

The COVID-19 pandemic has hit India hard, with millions of Indian citizens catching the potentially deadly disease.

The RTBU’s Keep Freight On Aussie Trains campaign has shone a national spotlight on the intermodal rail freight sector.

RTBU members have forced the rail regulator to re-write its controversial proposal for mandatory audio and visual in-cab recording devices in all Australian trains.