Chin Chin employees hit back at wage theft
This account of working in one of Melbourne’s most iconic restaurants, draws attention to the need for urgent action put an end to this practice,…
Pine Gap activists enter top secret facility to stop drone strikes
Contributed by Adam Carlton Tomothy Webb, Andrew Paine, Margarert Petrorius and James Dowling have fronted up in the Northern Territory Supreme Court, to face charges of…
Voters think the Turnbull government is on its own highway to hell
Peter Lewis writes in the Guardian (21 November 2017) that Malcolm Turnbull and the whole political system in Australia is on the nose. Australians want…
Cory Bernardi and the Australian Christian Lobby’s call arms
Contributed by Joe Montero At last Saturday’s (17 November 2017) national conference of the Australian Christian Lobby in Sydney, Senator Cory Bernardi told the delegates…
Farmers say innovation the only antidote to new climate reality
In this report, Derrick Krusch (The Citizen 15 November 2017) shows that there are farmers who are working hard to farm in more sustainable ways,…
The Green’s win in Northcote brings important consequences
Contributed by Jim Hayes The victory by Greens Candidate Linda Thorpe in the Northcote by-election is important, not so much because the win went to…
The unions are in the Turnbull government’s sights
Contributed by Joe Montero Anyone following developments can not help but be aware that a central plank of the government’s agenda, is to eliminate trade…
Commbank is ditching coal
Contributed by Ugly A year of campaigning and more than 100,000 people signing a petition, Commbank has finally decided to phase out investment in coal…
Injured workers will lose compensation the day after Christmas
Emma Reynolds (news.com.au 9 November 2017)writes about the impact that the change to workers compensation in New South Wales will have on injured workers, who…
Ageing homeless population set to soar as property prices bite
This article by Christopher Knaus (The Guardian 15 November 2017) is a damning piece about how older Australian are being treated by the Australian government….
