World close to “irreversible climate breakdown,” warn major studies
With the Cop27 meeting in Egypt starting in days, this is good time to reproduce an article by Damian Carrington (The Guardian 28 October 2022)….
Lula wins Brazil’s presidential election
Contributed by Joe Montero Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has won the Brazilian presidential election and the sitting and ultra-right president Jair Bolsonaro has lost. But…
Australia is in danger of becoming a nuclear base
Contributed from Victoria Who would have thought an Australian government would start tearing up the nation’s long-standing opposition to nuclear proliferation, and to do it…
The reality behind the rise of the political far right in Europe
Contributed by Jim Hayes The apparent rise of fascist like movements and governments in Europe is grabbing worldwide attention and worry. Something is afoot. The…
The Age Pension: how it works and pension poverty
This discussion is a joint effort of Fair Go For Pensioners and Living Incomes For Everyone (LIFE). It is the result of our investigation, where…
Arrested Australian citizen faces extradition to the United States for working in China
Contributed by Ugly Australian authorities are collaborating in the attempt to extradite an Australian citizen from Australian soil. The former American military pilot and flight…
Labor’s first budget deserves conditional support and a press for much more
Contributed by Joe Montero The Albanese labor government’s first budget delivered by Treasurer Jim Chalmers brought down a package that had some good parts and…
World is failing to act on looming debt crisis
Contributed by Joe Montero One of the biggest problems in the world today is enormous debt burden faced by poor nations. Most of the loans…
This year’s floods show that nature is striking back
Contributed by Joe Montero Ongoing flooding across a large part of Australia should be another wakeup call. There is absolutely no doubt that more frequent…
Global Inflationary Tsunami Thanks to U.S. – Not Ukraine
According to John Ross (Peoples Dispatch 12 October 2022) the inflation hitting the world’s economies has its origin in the United States manipulation of the…
