Video: Join 23 October Melbourne rally and help change the rules
It’s time to turn around record inequality and bring back the fair go. We need everyone out on the streets.
Month: October 2018
The Trans-Pacific Partnership is just plain no good
By Joe Montero Among those who know something about it, the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) is very unpopular. The suggestion that it is about corporate […]
Government must be stopped from allowing schools to discriminate
By Jim Hayes In a bizarre effort to turn reality upside down, the Ruddock so-called inquiry into religious freedom has recommended allowing private schools, to […]
We need wage theft laws now
A pre-election campaign to raise the need for laws against wage theft in Victoria is being directed at Liberal Party leader Matthew Guy. There is […]
Is there going to be a housing crash or not?
By Joe Montero Speculation about the future of Australia’s housing market is gathering a head steam. Financial analysts and commentators are arguing about whether it […]
Casualisation of work must be turned around
By Joe Montero According to the OECD, Australia is suffering from one of the highest incidences of temporary work in the industrialised world. It should […]
Calling for the scalps of bank chiefs is not enough
By Joe Montero Reacting to the revelations that have come out of the Royal Commission into the finance industry, Australian Labor Party leader Bill Shorten, […]
Video: Antarctica melting three times faster than it was
Antarctica is melting three times faster than it was just 10 years ago. Climate change is real, very real — and it is devastating our […]
Video: Union leader on the end of the “Permanent Casual”
The WorkPac v Skene federal court decision is an important union win that changes the law for casuals in coal mining. It says casual labour […]
Calls to dump the American dollar are getting stronger
By Joe Montero One of the consequences of the current global political and economic climate, is that the position of international trade by the American […]