Country
Video: Dairy farmer talks about working for almost nothing
Thank Woolworths and Coles Supermarkets. I just worked for $2.46 per hour to provide you with milk. Video by Shane Hickey
Month: August 2018
Centrelink
Promoters of cashless welfare card really want to cut benefits
Contributed The National Party has called for every Australian under 35 on a parenting payment or Newstart should receive a cashless welfare card.
Government
Challenge to Turnbull more than a plot
By Joe Montero The ongoing brawl within the Liberal Party and the dumping of Malcolm Turnbull is proof that something big is happening on the Australian political landscape, and it is not limited to the […]
Refugees
Nauru 12-year-old Nauru boy at imminent risk of dying
The following by Ben Doherty (the Guardian 16 August 2018) tells of the disgraceful manner in which the Australian authorities are treating vulnerable children detained at in Nauru. Imagine how desperate a child must be […]
Environment
The NEG is a con that will deliver neither lower prices or cleaner energy
By Jim Hayes A lot of people are talking about the National energy Guarantee (NEG). As Malcolm Turnbull and his government pursue it, the opposition grows.
Centrelink
Real Unemployment accounts for over 18 percent of the workforce
By Joe Montero According to the latest statistics from Roy Morgan, unemployment stood at `10 percent in July. The Morgan rate differs from the 5.4 stated by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) for June, […]
Corruption
Great Barrier reef money and the stink of corruption
By Adam Carlton The Turnbull government has handed over $444 million to a shonky outfit, which falsely claims that it works for the preservation of the Great Barrier Reef, and this has bounced back to […]
International
Video: Israeli airstrikes have been targeting civilian neighbourhoods in Gaza
Israel is continuing its war against Palestinian civilians in Gaza. A block of flats is repeatedly targeted by missiles (see bottom video clip). The victims are not combatants. In this case one man died and […]
Economy
Misconduct by banks and other financial institutions will not be stopped by tinkering at the edges
By Jim Hayes Founding chairman of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC), Professor Allan Fels, has slammed the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC), and accused it of being a toothless tiger, when it […]
Economy
Big finance and big media are behind the new rise of fascism
By Joe Montero The way big commercial media reports on what is happening has narrowed down considerably in recent times. This is evident across most developed countries, and in Australia, this is even more true […]