Editor, Author at May Day Melbourne

New generation is worse off than those born before

March 7, 2022 Editor 0

By Joe Montero The Brotherhood of St Laurence’s twelfth Life Chances report has come out and what it reveals comes as no real surprise. Australians born after 1990 […]

Ukraine is showing elements of forgetting the lessons of history

March 7, 2022 Editor 0

By Joe Montero Though the 1920’s and 1930’s fascism grew to a scourge in Europe and other places. Its financiers were the super-rich in Europe […]

Fairy tales about Australia’s economic performance hide the truth

March 3, 2022 Editor 0

By Joe Montero So, the Australian economy is doing well and grew by 3.4 percent in the last quarter? This is what the official figures just […]

Video: The Cooper floodplains are threatened by coal seam gas

March 3, 2022 Editor 0

The future of the Channel Country is on the line. While the Queensland Government delays protecting the rivers and floodplains, oil and gas giants are […]

Roots of Ukrainian crisis must be addressed to find the peace

March 3, 2022 Editor 0

By Joe Montero Everyone will agree that the invasion of Ukraine by Russian forces is a terrible development. People have already died and more will […]

Liberal’s loss in NSW result of rising unpopularity and changing national political landscape

February 17, 2022 Editor 0

By Joe Montero Scott Morrison and his team haven’t yet lost May’s federal election but it’s not going too well for them. Their fall isn’t […]

A federal election is coming and how should we deal with it

February 17, 2022 Editor 0

Contributed I thought I’d write down a few thoughts on the coming federal election. This one is more important than usual. Australia faces a combination […]

The corruption of corporate political donations is still here

February 17, 2022 Editor 0

By Jim Hayes You can tell we are entering election season. Corporate donations are rolling into the political parties. The fossil fuel companies are there […]