2020 - Page 12 of 15 - May Day Victoria

Adani has been caught up in yet another corruption scandal

5 April 2020 Editor 0

By Ben Wilson Opposition to the Adani coal mine continues, although it is not making so Many headlines at the present. As well as maintaining the pressure on Adani, businesses working or seeking to […]

Centrelink is not designed to help and may ignite anger into something more potent

5 April 2020 Editor 0

Contributed A visit to the local Centrelink office turned out to be an ordeal. Not that I am any different from anyone else lined up inside and outside on the footpath, waiting for something to […]

The present crisis is pushing Australia to make a choice about which road we take from here

5 April 2020 Editor 0

By Joe Montero It hasn’t sunk in yet how serious the social and economic impact from the Covbid-19 outbreak will be. But it will. There is no way to escape it. A concerted effort to […]

Global banks ‘failing miserably’ on climate crisis by funnelling trillions into fossil fuels

5 April 2020 Editor 0

This article by Patrick Greenfield and Kalyeena Makortoff (The Guardian 18 March 2020), provides a timely warning. Two of them Citi and JP Morgan Chase happen to be the principal owners of the Commonwealth, Westpac, […]

IMF blocks help for Venezuela’s Covid-19 fight

5 April 2020 Editor 0

By Jim Hayes The International monetary Fund (IMF) has just refused Venezuela a loan to purchase some raw materials, needed to produce medicine to tackle Covid-19, and the spokespeople for the IMF have the gall […]

Video: Venezuela’s president Nicolas Maduro praises Cuba and China for help with Covid- 19

5 April 2020 Editor 0

This is part of the 10 March report to doctors on the pandemic threat and Venezuela’s response. this was the nation’s Doctors Day. Venezuela has been preparing for the likely outbreak of Covid- 19 in […]

International court war crimes case against the United States and others to go ahead

17 March 2020 Editor 0

By Jim Hayes The International Criminal Court (ICC) ruled on 5 March 2020, that the United States, the Afghan government and the Taliban should be investigated for war crimes. This includes intentional attacks against civilians, […]

What does the Reserve Bank’s lowering of the interest rate again really mean?

17 March 2020 Editor 0

By Joe Montero After a great deal of speculation, the Reserve Bank of Australia cut the interest rate from 0.75 to 0.5 percent on 3 March. The move has its fans and critics. The truth […]

Suicides continue in the Kimberley with communities waiting for the Government to act

17 March 2020 Editor 0

Suicide among young Frist Nation people in West Australia’s Kimberly is an epidemic, made all the worse by ongoing government neglect. Recommendations from a coronial inquiry have not been implemented yet. This is a crisis […]

Video: The future productivity and viability of Australian farms

5 March 2020 Editor 0

It is irresponsible not to be addressing #ClimateChange and demanding #ClimateActionNow.in the serious and urgent manner it requires. Video from Anika Molesworth

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Year: 2020

Adani has been caught up in yet another corruption scandal

Centrelink is not designed to help and may ignite anger into something more potent

The present crisis is pushing Australia to make a choice about which road we take from here

Global banks ‘failing miserably’ on climate crisis by funnelling trillions into fossil fuels

IMF blocks help for Venezuela’s Covid-19 fight

Video: Venezuela’s president Nicolas Maduro praises Cuba and China for help with Covid- 19

International court war crimes case against the United States and others to go ahead

What does the Reserve Bank’s lowering of the interest rate again really mean?

Suicides continue in the Kimberley with communities waiting for the Government to act

Video: The future productivity and viability of Australian farms