New South Wales' latest budget offers cost-of-living relief for commuters and boosts spending on essential workers and renewable energy, but provides little for the housing crisis and forecasts a significant rise in state debt.
Police detained 33 coal miners and union leaders from Doruk Madencilik on Tuesday after they marched from Eskişehir to Ankara's energy ministry demanding five months of unpaid wages. Following the detentions, 110 miners launched a hunger strike outside the ministry. The mine was seized by Turkey's Savings Deposit Insurance Fund in 2016 and transferred to Yıldızlar SSS Holding in 2022, after which workers say violations escalated. Miners demand unpaid wages, severance, notice pay, safe working conditions, reinstatement of fired workers, and nationalization.
