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Move in Timor-Leste to give highest honour to Australia’s witness K

25 June 2021 Editor 0

By Ben Wilson José Ramos-Horta, the Independence leader, Nobel peace prize winner, and former President of Timor-Leste, , has praised Australian former spy and whistleblower witness K. He said that the whitstleblower should be awarded […]

The UN is moving to list the Great Barrier Reef as threatened by global warming

25 June 2021 Editor 0

By Jim Hayes United Nations officials have begun moves to put Australia’s Great Barrier Reef on the UNSCO list of “in danger” world heritage sites. Being on the list would pressure the Australian government to […]

Morrison government and media join in hypocritical and false defence of democracy

25 June 2021 Editor 0

By Joe Montero There is a great deal of hypocrisy when the Morrison government and big media led by Rupert Murdoch’s empire make a stand for who they call fighters for democracy and turn a […]

A new attack on the unemployed is on the way and there is good reason to oppose it

25 June 2021 Editor 0

By Adam Carlton The federal government is trying to rush a bill though parliament, imposing measures to make it even harder to get unemployment payments.

Doctors reveal crisis in Australian emergency departments

15 June 2021 Editor 0

Melissa Davey’s account of the state of emergency departments in Australia hospitals (The Guardian 15 June 2021) should be of great concern to all Australia. How is it that this could be happening in such […]

500 American journalists call for revealing facts of Israel’s oppression of Palestinians

15 June 2021 Editor 0

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been toppled by a coalition of opponents. Most of the world has welcomed the change. Netanyahu presided over a long list of human rights violations against Palestinians. The new […]

The G7 gathering re-affirms business as usual produces nothing of substance

15 June 2021 Editor 0

By Joe Montero Scott Morrison goes to London and the G7 summit in Cornwall. Australia is not a member of the group and there because of an invitation from the United Sates to be an […]

Morrison government turning Australia into a U.S. military base and allowing more Marines into Darwin

15 June 2021 Editor 0

By Joe Montero The message coming out from early G7 connected talks between Australia and the United States, is that there will be an expansion of joint military activity. A new joint brigade made up […]

New Medicare cut is part of ambition to destroy Australia’s affordable public health system

15 June 2021 Editor 0

by Jim Hayes Scott Morrison and his government are carrying out another major attack on Medicare. This time via an overhaul to raise health costs and downgrade the quality of access to care at the same […]

Assange’s father and brother touring U.S. to demand journalist’s freedom

31 May 2021 Editor 0

Jessica Corbett covers the coming U.S. tour by Julian Assange’s father John Shipton and brother Gabriel Shipton (Common Dreams 28 May 2021). Starting on 6 June, the tour plans to meet up with activists, journalists […]

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Move in Timor-Leste to give highest honour to Australia’s witness K

The UN is moving to list the Great Barrier Reef as threatened by global warming

Morrison government and media join in hypocritical and false defence of democracy

A new attack on the unemployed is on the way and there is good reason to oppose it

Doctors reveal crisis in Australian emergency departments

500 American journalists call for revealing facts of Israel’s oppression of Palestinians

The G7 gathering re-affirms business as usual produces nothing of substance

Morrison government turning Australia into a U.S. military base and allowing more Marines into Darwin

New Medicare cut is part of ambition to destroy Australia’s affordable public health system

Assange’s father and brother touring U.S. to demand journalist’s freedom