A changing labour market has stolen from the incomes of most Australians
By Joe Montero A report from the McKell Institute says average wages growth has been falling since 2013. Average wages are now $250 a week […]
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Move in Timor-Leste to give highest honour to Australia’s witness K
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 […]
The UN is moving to list the Great Barrier Reef as threatened by global warming
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. […]
Morrison government and media join in hypocritical and false defence of democracy
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 […]
A new attack on the unemployed is on the way and there is good reason to oppose it
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
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. […]
500 American journalists call for revealing facts of Israel’s oppression of Palestinians
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 […]
The G7 gathering re-affirms business as usual produces nothing of substance
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 […]
Morrison government turning Australia into a U.S. military base and allowing more Marines into Darwin
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 […]
New Medicare cut is part of ambition to destroy Australia’s affordable public health system
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 […]