November 2020 - May Day Victoria

JobActive agencies are abusing unemployed people and must be stopped

12 November 2020 Editor 0

Contributed Something’s got to be done about the jobActive agencies and their exploitation of the unemployed. An article in The Saturday Paper revealed that $500 million in public money was handed over to them during […]

Scott Morison announces JobSeeker payments are to be slashed

12 November 2020 Editor 0

By Joe Montero It was officially announced yesterday by Scott Morrison. Unemployed Australians will have $100 per fortnight taken form their JobSeeker supplement by December.

Bendigo dairy workers on strike for secure work and pay

12 November 2020 Editor 0

By Ugly Workers at the Lactalis dairy processing factory in Bendigo walked out on an indefinite strike last Thursday, over wagers and jobs guarantee issues. There is concern that management is trying to use the […]

US election has not ended the great divide and the still deepening crisis

12 November 2020 Editor 0

By Joe Montero It happened. Donald Trump is out. Joe Biden is in and the world is celebrating. While the election result and what it leads to is primarily a matter for the American population, […]

The movement behind Trump is in Australia too

12 November 2020 Editor 0

By Jim Hayes Lately, the world had witnessed the spectacle of gun toting vigilantes in the streets of the United States egged on by their President. This week we have seen mobs reacting over unsubstantiated […]

Australia now has almost zero interest and billions for the banks

12 November 2020 Editor 0

By Joe Montero We must look closely to the Reserve Bank’s cut of the interest rate to 0.1 percent, the buying of $100 worth of government bonds, to provide protection to the banks and other […]

Australians want action on climate and there’s no excuse to look backwards

12 November 2020 Editor 0

Matt Kean, the NSW Minister for Energy and the Environment wrote this opinion piece (Sydney Morning Herald 28 October 2020), where he makes it clear that climate change is not only a reality but something […]

May Day Victoria

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Month: November 2020

JobActive agencies are abusing unemployed people and must be stopped

Scott Morison announces JobSeeker payments are to be slashed

Bendigo dairy workers on strike for secure work and pay

US election has not ended the great divide and the still deepening crisis

The movement behind Trump is in Australia too

Australia now has almost zero interest and billions for the banks

Australians want action on climate and there’s no excuse to look backwards