Video: In Australia we have people working full-time living in poverty
The return to a living wage would be significant step forward in the fight against poverty in this country. Video from Sky News Australia Labor's…
A creaking financial system and falling US Treasury bond yields raise recession fears
Contributed by Joe Montero At the end of last week global share prices fell substantially. A certain fall in share prices at a given time,…
Chemist warehouse workers call for respect from their employer
Chemist Warehouse distribution centre workers in Victoria and Queensland are campaigning to keep their jobs, to not have them transferred to a labour hire firm,…
Report back from the delegation to Venezuela is important
The three person team went there to find out what is really going on. What they came back with will surprise some people. Venezuela is…
Liberal win in NSW cannot hide that more voters are fed up with what is on offer
Contributed by Ben Wilson The coalition has managed to fall over the line in the New South Wales election and retain its hold on government….
Australia’s refugee ‘islands of despair’
Australia’s continued detention of about 1,000 refugees and asylum-seekers on two remote Pacific islands has garnered international criticism as details emerge of alarming rates of…
Is unemployment really going down in Australia?
Contributed by Joe Montero Why did an article in Melbourne’s age doing trumpeting the headline “jobless rate falls to a near eight-year low” (Shane Wright…
Djab Wurrung protectors increase presence as police stand down
This article is by Rachael Hocking NITV NEWS 19 Mar 2019). First Nations people fighting to protect culturally significant trees and to ensure proper consultation…
Government’s proposed Centrelink changes are a cosmetic attempt to hide that the system will be made even worse
Contributed by Ben Wilson The situation is about to get worse for job seekers. They already suffer through a Centrelink system that has its robo…
New Zealand murders are an outcome of the politics of hate
Contributed by Jim Hayes The mass murder committed by an Australian in New Zealand has put a spotlight on the promotion of racial division by…
