Vacant property tax expected to raise $80m in push to increase housing affordability
Contributed by Joe Montero The Andrews government’s move to impose a tax on those who leave properties unoccupied for more than 6 months in the…
Fracking industry is trying to overturn Victoria’s ban
Contributed from Victoria Daniel Young, the Shooters Fishers and Farmers Party (SFFP) member in Victoria’s upper house, plans to introduce an amendment that will overturn the state’s present moratorium on…
Video: March to show you have no confidence in the Turnbull Government
Editorial comment On the weekend of March 15-16, Australians will listen to the call out and join in the streets to voice “no confidence,” in…
Video: Doing a Hollywood makeover on the White Helmets
The information here, is a compilation of several contributions made to The Pen by concerned readers.
Video: The battle to save the Great Australian Bight is still on
Contributed from Victoria The Wilderness Society is doing its part to help save the Great Australian Bight.
Tens of people rally across the United States in March4Trump
This commentary on the ‘March 4 Trump’ rallies, by Andy Campbell of the Huffington Post, reveals the spectacular failure of pro-Trump rallies that had…
Stormont in crisis as Sinn Fein destroys DUP’s overall majority for the first time
The following article appeared in the Independent today (5 March 2018) is from Siobhan Fenton. It deals with the with result of the recent Stormont…
The $9 billion home affordability scheme is to be dumped
This article appeared in the Australian (10 February 2016) and was sent to us by Friends of Public Housing (Victoria). In an accompanying note, it is…
Affordable housing must be regarded as a human right
Contributed by Joe Montero There is a debate in Australia, over the need for affordable housing. At present, it is seriously limited. The argument is…
Company profits surge to record highs and Turnbull wants to give them a tax cut
Contributed by Joe Montero In a recent article in The Age (27 February 2017), Eryk Bagshaw wrote that company profits have surged to record highs,…
