Immigration officials are secretly shifting asylum seeker families from Nauru to Adelaide as part of an operation to remove all children from the island’s regional refugee processing centre.
It’s about time.
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America should be a warning to other countries according to Joseph Stiglitz
Prize winning economist Joseph Stiglitz, who will be in Australia next week to receive the Sydney peace prize on 15 November and talk about the lessons the rest of the world can learn from America’s mistakes, was interviewed by Gareth Hutchens. This was published in the Guardian 5 November 2018. Stiglitz will also be speaking at the Athenaeum Theatre in Melbourne on 19 November
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Europe and rising political instability
By Joe Montero
Europe’s slide into political instability continues and at this point it is Germany, France and the United Kingdom that are leading the way. Continue reading Europe and rising political instability
The truth behind the Bolsonaro election win in Brazil
By Joe Montero
The election of Jair Bolsonaro in Brazil has been greeted by much of the world’s media as a defeat of the Workers Party, and expression of democracy and therefore the will of the people. Is this an accurate description. Well – not really. Continue reading The truth behind the Bolsonaro election win in Brazil
Video: Call on our politicians to protect our food and water
Coal seam gas extraction (fracking) remains a serious threat to Australia, despite the campaign against it stalling the rise of this industry for a while. Companies involved are still working on pressing ahead. Some of the nation’s best growing food areas are being targeted. People power can stop it.
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Unclaimed wages likely to top one billion dollars
This article published in The Age (29 October 2018) and written by Anna Patty, refers to research revealing that migrants workers are being used as a chap source of labour in agricultural seasonal work, and in hospitality and retail. To do this, employers are holding back wages and other monetary entitlements.
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Video: Thousands of civilians killed in Yemen
Saudi Arabia, is being backed by the United States and the other of the feudal kingdom’s supporters, including Australia, in the carrying out of a genocidal war that is targeting civilians. Following is a graphic illustration of the impact of a recent air strike.
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Video: Join 23 October Melbourne rally and help change the rules
It’s time to turn around record inequality and bring back the fair go.
We need everyone out on the streets. Continue reading Video: Join 23 October Melbourne rally and help change the rules
The Trans-Pacific Partnership is just plain no good
By Joe Montero
Among those who know something about it, the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) is very unpopular. The suggestion that it is about corporate greed trying to impose a multinational agenda that is not in the interests of the countries concerned is often made. Continue reading The Trans-Pacific Partnership is just plain no good
Government must be stopped from allowing schools to discriminate
By Jim Hayes
In a bizarre effort to turn reality upside down, the Ruddock so-called inquiry into religious freedom has recommended allowing private schools, to turn away gay students who are gay or have a different sexual orientation, has become the talk around this country. Closely associated is the call to also allow these schools to get rid of gay teachers and adopt discriminatory employment practices. Continue reading Government must be stopped from allowing schools to discriminate