Government threatening of Kerryn Phelps is a measure of its growing desperation
Contributed by Ben Wilson [updated on 29 November 2018] Responding to pressure over a number of fronts, the Coalition government is threatening to hit with…
Julia Banks’ defection is good for Australia
Contributed by Joe Montero One does not have to agree with all of Julia Banks’ political opinion to recognise the courage she has shown in…
Proposed deportation laws are wrong and a new threat to human rights in Australia
Contributed from Victoria The Australian government’s proposal for withdrawing citizenship and deporting convicted terrorists through a chance in the Citizenship Act, may sound to the…
The new wave of Liberal Party bloodletting has begun
Contributed by Joe Montero The Liberal Party’s disaster at last weekend’s election in Victoria, is behind a new wave of internal bloodletting, and the first…
American car industry cuts and the decline of the United States as unrivaled global power
Contributed by Jim Hayes The American car industry looks like its heading into trouble. Ford is allegedly planning layoff 12 percent of its workforce, in…
Lawyers launch class action for telecom companies labour hire supplied subbies
Contributed by Ugly Lawyers have launched what they are calling an “unprecedented” class action for 4000 workers in the telecommunications industry. It is alleged that…
The lessons of last weekend’s election in Victoria
Contributed by Joe Montero As we all know, Labor did not only vin the Victorian election on the weekend. It was a landslide, decimating the…
Video: This is what it’s like to be a Palestinian prisoner in Israel
As the relentless attacks on the Palestinian civilian population by the armed forces of Israel, and claimed to be defensive, it looks more like as…
What about offering every Australian a government funded job?
Contributed by Joe Montero American economist Professor Stephanie Kelton has been visiting Australia, and while here, suggested that the Australian government should fund large scale…
Video: The scary views of the American religious right
Here is an insight into the rise of fascist ideas in the name of Christianity inside the United States. It is happening in Australia…
