Video: Defend the Pillaga and Great Artesian Basin
The gargantuan Environmental Impact Statement for the Narrabri CSG project in North West New South Wales is out for public feedback and CSG Free North…
Coates Hire is trying to impose a 40 percent wage cut
Contributed by Ben Wilson Another big employer has joined in the rush to impose massive pay cuts on its workforce. This time it’s Australia’s largest…
Up to 70 News Corp Australia photographers made redundant
Amanda Meade writes (the Guardian 15 May 2017) that job cutting in the media industry is now focused on News Corp. It is less than…
Unions to hold Peoples Breakfast in Melbourne
Contributed by Ugly The Victorian Trades Hall Council’s we are union campaign has organised a breakfast to be held on Southbank on Sunday 21st May at 10am…
China’s $1 Trillion plan to shake up the global economic order
Contributed by Joe Montero less than 48 hours ago ago, China’s president Xi Jinping addressed a gathering of state leaders, including Russia’s Vladimir Putin in…
War declared against Corbyn on British election
Contributed by Jim Hayes As the British election campaign roles on, a few things are becoming clearer, even from as far away as Australia. The…
Tax Justice Network wants gas companies to pay tax share
Contributed by Joe Montero A review of the Petroleum Resource Tax (PRRT) by former treasury official Mike Callaghan has found that there are problems with…
NSW EPA probes coal-fired power plants over pollution claims
Peter Hannam reported (Sydney Morning Herald 14 May 2017) that AGL owned Bayswater power station in Muswellbrook (NSW), cheated on emission readings and this has…
Centrelink continues its nasty tricks to deny payments
Contributed from Queensland The mistreatment of people by Centrelink is not changing, as those working the system continue to cling on to processes designed to…
The 2017 budget has axed research to help Australia adapt to climate change
The following from Tayanah O’Donnell (Research Fellow, University of Canberra) and Josephine Mummery (Research Fellow and PhD Candidate, climate change policy, University of Canberra), shows…
