Trump got an icy reception at G20 summit
Contributed by Joe Montero As so many predicted, Donald Trump and the message he took to the Group of 20 summit at Hamburg received an icy…
Unions call on super funds and government to act on affordable housing
Contributed from New South Wales Unions covering teachers, police and other emergency and those working in other emergency services, have taken on the issue of…
Trump and his Mini Me march on the G20
Contributed by Joe Montero The G20 summit begins in Germany today and the Korean issue will dominate discussions. Australia’s head of state, Malcolm Turnbull has…
Trump ramps up Korean and China Sea tensions
Contributed by Jim Hayes Donald Trump has set out to lift the level of provocation of north Korea and China at the same time. It…
High court hear appeal for the prosecution of Tony Blair
Contributed from Victoria The British High Court has heard that the Chilcot inquiry concluded that the 2003 invasion of Iraq was unnecessary and that it…
Businesses refusing to pass on penalty rate cuts
This article by Alexandra Spring (The Guardian Australia 4 July 2017) shows that not all employers welcome the penalty rate cuts and that some are…
Australian households are not becoming better off
Contributed by Jim Hayes Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) information shows that total household wealth stood at a record $9.6 trillion at the end of…
Turnbull’s internships to provide cheap labour
Contributed by Joe Montero Malcolm Turnbull says he has a jobs plan and this is to provide 10,000 young unemployed people with 12-week job placements…
The Aussie dollar is being hammered
Contributed by Joe Montero Yesterday’s headline was that the Australian dollar went down yesterday by 0.7 percent, after the Reserve Bank announced it was going…
Medicare information is being sold on the Internet
Contributed by Ben Wilson Beware. Personal information handed over to a government authority is not secure. Evidence of this has come out via an expose…
