Corruption in Australia is serious and calls for urgent action to take it on
By Adam Carlton Driving the growing call for a national corruption commission the growing perception from the public that corruption in the worlds of politics […]
Month: February 2019
Letter shows Morrison and banks worked together
By Joe Montero Anger is building around how the Morrison government is handling the release of the Commissioner Haynes’ report from the bank Royal Commission.
We must put an end to fossil fuel political donations
By Ugly It’s an open secret that the fossil fuel lobby has its tentacles embedded in politics. Recent data on political donations provides a glimpse […]
Australia must punish those responsible and do much more to address the wrongs of the banks
By Jim Hayes The big four banks and the AMP have just been lashed by Commissioner Kenneth Hayne for massive dishonest conduct. He has urged […]
Video: Seafarers in Western Australia act on use of cheap labour on our ships
Resource companies in Australia are killing the Australian shipping industry and seafarers are fighting back. Video by Kyle McGinn MLC
The truth about what is going on in Venezuela
Support for Juan Guaido’s attempted coup in Venezuela has not materialised quite in the way that its orchestrators had intended.
A guaranteed universal income is needed today
Making ends meet is getting harder for a lot of people. The wages share on national income continues to fall. One third of the workforce is in precarious work and often not earning enough to maintain their standard of living as it was. Unemployment benefits and pensions lag further and further behind.