Centrelink
Another cancer patient denied by Centrelink
Contributed Castlemaine resident David Wybar had been on Newstart for three years. He was unemployed, and Castlemaine is not exactly thriving with job opportunities.
Year: 2019
Environment
The rise of Extinction Rebellion is a very positive development in battle to end global warming
By Joe Montero We are Hearing quite lot about the new ecological movement known as Extinction Rebellion. But what is this movement, which first emerged in the united kingdom, began to spread around the world, […]
International
An open letter to the Australian Government from the Philippine community and supporters in Australia
A range of Philippine community and other organisations in Australia, concerned about the growing violation of human rights in the Philippines and the role of Australia in aiding the militarisation of this country, have endorsed […]
Corruption
Water buyback scandal indicates corruption and warrants action against those responsible
By Ben Wilson There’s something really rotten about the way the water buyback deal is being run through the Federal Department of Agriculture and Water Resources.
International
Video: Assange arrested for exposing U.S. war crimes – with Paul Jay
Wikileaks released Manning’s leaked documents and exposed multiple crimes committed by the U.S. government and armed forces – Jay says this is getting lost in the corporate media coverage of Assange’s arrest; when he was […]
International
Rising tariff war between the United States and European Union underlines drive to dominance over investment
By Joe Montero Responding to pressure to open up to massive United States economic penetration, the European Union is moving to retaliate by imposing tariff on American imports.
Rights
Julian Assange has been arrested and urgent action for his release is needed
Australian citizen and founder of WikiLeaks, Julian Assange has just been forcefully removed form the Ecuadoran embassy just hours ago.
Centrelink
Age pensioners protest to bring about a better deal for all on Centrelink benefits
By Ugly More than a hundred age pensioners gathered in Melbourne’s Federation on 11 April, to protest on Square, to protest the way they were treated in this year’s Federal budget.
Unions
Massive turnout in Melbourne marks Australia’s latest Change the Rules marches
By Joe Montero At least 150,000 union members and other Australians hit the streets in Melbourne to tell the Scott Morrison government that they are out to overthrow the present industrial relations system and fight […]
Unions
Deaths in building industry have become much too frequent
From New South Wales One young man dead and another seriously injured. This is not a war zone, but an all too common scene on Australian building sites.