Our Union Towns voted to keep our Liberal Free Zone

At the 2022 Federal Election, Hunter workers voted for stronger rights at work and a fairer society for all following nine years of conservative rule. For almost a decade, we had watched wages stagnate and wage/superannuation theft flourish. We watched the growing epidemic of casualisation rip through our workforce, as precarious employment began to outpace permanent jobs for the first time in Australia's history.

In 2022, we sacked Scomo and the Federal Coalition Government. Hunter workers elected a Federal Labor Government to back in our working class communities and to invest in our future. To restore TAFE, providing the skills needed for emerging industries, and to support our communities through the inevitable energy transition.

In 2025 we set out to defend our achievements, workplace protections, our public services, and the vulnerable in our communities.

Hunter workers voted accordingly, choosing to protect our rights at work and to resoundingly reject hate and division.

Hunter workers voted for a Just Transition and for investment in emerging industries, endorsing Labor's workers'-centred renewables roll out.

Thank you to all of our activist volunteers who campaigned to keep Dutton out!