August 2019 - Page 2 of 2 - May Day Victoria

Letter reveals more of Morrison’s move towards big brother government

26 August 2019 Editor 0

By Jim Hayes The big brother style of the Scott Morrison government continues to become entrenched. From carrying on the restrictions on basic freedoms, like the right to be presumed innocent until convicted by evidence, […]

United States lifts its attack on Venezuela

16 August 2019 Editor 0

by Joe Montero Last week, Donald Trump issued his Executive Order to “block the property of the government of Venezuela,” and authorised sanctions on persons, companies and nations, said to provide support for the Venezuelan […]

Witness K lawyer has been committed to stand trial

16 August 2019 Editor 0

By Adam Carlton Lawyer and former ACT Attorney General, Bernard Collaery, has been committed to stand trial. His alleged crime? to defend a former spy, who leaked the fact that Australia was bugging the meetings […]

Keeping on pretending the economy is good is self-defeating

16 August 2019 Editor 0

By Joe Montero Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) retail sales figures released on 2 August confirm that the nation is entering the worst retail trade period ever recorded. In a nutshell, the Australian the economy […]

Victoria’s teachers to support student strikers for climate

16 August 2019 Editor 0

Contributed by a member of the Australian Education union The Victorian Branch of the Australian Education Union (AEU) has thrown its support behind the next school students climate strike, which is going to take place […]

Video: Families demand answers about debts Centrelink says are owed by disability pensioners

16 August 2019 Editor 0

Centrelink’s robo debt stem is continuing to hurt Australians. Here are some examples that show the situation is getting worse, even though there is widepread recognition that the debts are often false, unfair and punish […]

Colombian paramilitaries crossed the border and assassinated six Venezuelans on 27 July

16 August 2019 Editor 0

by Joe Montero Late in the morning, on July 28, Kevin Navas Rodriguez and a group of friends were on the Tipoco Reserve, off the main highway at Sucre (Barinas State in Venezuela).

The rise in Australia’s political corruption is creating the means to end it

16 August 2019 Editor 0

By Joe Montero A group of former judges, lawyers and integrity experts has just formed a new anti-corruption body called the Centre for Public Integrity. By doing so, they join in with the serious concern […]