More strikes ‘inevitable’ in NSW as government ramps up anti-union rhetoric

The removal of NSW's 2.5% public service wage cap has taken on a new urgency for unions, leaving government spoiling for a fight

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The New South Wales transport minister, David Elliott, started Monday on a rhetorical cliff and kept walking.

On Sydney radio station 2GB, Elliott described industrial action taken by the state's rail workers as terrorist-like activity", then accused the Rail, Tram and Bus Union of acting like cowards", spreading bullshit" and hijacking the city".