Australia's union movement is to hold a rock concert in Sydney to protest against the government's controversial industrial relations legislation, currently a highly contentious issue in Aussie politics due to the federal election, set to take place later this year, and the fact that opinions on the laws are one of the biggest issues disagreed on upon by the incumbent government led by John Howard and its Labour opposition.
During ten years in power, the Liberal party has reduced workers' rights and made it easier for companies to sack their employees, measures which some argue were necessary as previously, workplace legislation stifled growth and job creation. The event, Rockin For Rights, will seek to highlight the issue with a high profile gig featuring some of Australia's biggest rock acts entertaining around 40,000 people at the city's cricket ground. Well, I guess they're high profile if you're from Australia, because I'm not, to be honest, terribly aware of these confirmed acts: Hoodoo Gurus, the Screaming Jets and the Whitlams.
Someone I have heard of will be there, however - Labour MP Peter Garrett - who, I'm sure you'll remember, is the former lead singer of notoriously lefty Aussie band Midnight Oil.