Youth underemployment is the highest it’s been in 40 years
Contributed by Adam Carlton The Brotherhood of St Laurence has just released a report that has found youth unemployment in Australia is the highest it…
Brazilians protest against changes to pension system
Contributed from Victoria Tens of thousands of people took taken part in 1 April protests across Brazil, against planned reforms to the pension system, continuing…
Legal centres battle for funding reinstatement as Brandis denies it’s been cut
Contributed by Ben Wilson Community legal centres around Australia find themselves flooded with requests for help from people facing robo-debt and other issues at the…
Turnbull warns party faithful against drift to the right
Contributed by Jim Hayes Speaking at the Liberal Party State Council meeting on the weekend in Melbourne, Malcolm Turnbull warned against the party drifting to…
U.S. boycotts U.N. talks on nuclear ban while spending trillions to modernise nuclear arsenal
From Democracy Now Full interview with Princeton’s Zia Mian about the proposed U.N. nuclear ban treaty, the U.S. boycott and the U.S. trillion-dollar plan to…
Strikers at Fletcher Insulation are determined to fight on
Contributed from Victoria Striking workers are holding an around-the-clock picket outside their Dandenong factory over a proposed new workplace agreement.
Assange says CIA created ISIS
Following was The Pen by a reader. It is about a statement released by WikiLeaks on 24 March 2017, relating to captured cables that show…
Company tax cut is mostly symbolic
Contributed by Joe Montero Xenophon and his team joined with the Turnbull government to get through tax cuts to companies with a turnover up to…
WikiLeaks exposes CIA internet hacking programs
Contributed from Queensland Yesterday (31 March 2017), WikiLeaks releasedmore files from the Vault 7 collection of leaked documents, which includes software and associated manuals used…
Video: Trump expands U.S. military role in Saudi war on Yemen’s Houthi
From Democracy Now 30 March 2017 The U.S. is rapidly expanding military operations in Yemen, backing Saudi Arabia’s offensive against Houthi rebels that are accused…
