Editor, Author at May Day Victoria

Video: Australia’s summer heat records keep piling up

23 February 2019 Editor 0

Climate change is influencing extreme weather, globally and locally. Devastating droughts and floods; severe heatwaves; earlier, hotter and more dangerous bushfire seasons… the list goes on.

Morrison government diverts embarrassment with return to Howard era response to asylum seekers

23 February 2019 Editor 0

By Joe Montero. The passing of the Medical Evacuation Bill was a defeat for the Morrison government. Sort of anyway. The minister can intervene and prevent a medical evacuation and the new law does not […]

Online activist organisation GetUp is targeting the Liberal’s Kevin Andrews at the coming federal election

23 February 2019 Editor 0

By Joe Montero The GetUp campaign against Kevin Andrews is partly because he topped the list of an internal poll of Victorian members. Andrews was rated as even worse than Tony Abbott and Peter Dutton.

Stay out of Venezuela

15 February 2019 Editor 0

The United States led war of destabilisation economic sabotage and intervention being waged against Venezuela must be stopped

10 February 2019 Editor 0

Statement on behalf of the May Day Committee (Melbourne) by the secretary Len Cooper. The May Day Committee (Melbourne) condemns the United States led campaign of destabilisation and economic sabotage being waged against Venezuela and […]

Corruption in Australia is serious and calls for urgent action to take it on

9 February 2019 Editor 0

By Adam Carlton Driving the growing call for a national corruption commission the growing perception from the public that corruption in the worlds of politics and business is a growing blight in Australia.

Letter shows Morrison and banks worked together

9 February 2019 Editor 0

By Joe Montero Anger is building around how the Morrison government is handling the release of the Commissioner Haynes’ report from the bank Royal Commission.

We must put an end to fossil fuel political donations

9 February 2019 Editor 0

By Ugly It’s an open secret that the fossil fuel lobby has its tentacles embedded in politics. Recent data on political donations provides a glimpse on donations made to political parties by coal, oil and […]

Australia must punish those responsible and do much more to address the wrongs of the banks

9 February 2019 Editor 0

By Jim Hayes The big four banks and the AMP have just been lashed by Commissioner Kenneth Hayne for massive dishonest conduct. He has urged that criminal charges be laid under the Corporations Act, which […]

Video: Seafarers in Western Australia act on use of cheap labour on our ships

4 February 2019 Editor 0

Resource companies in Australia are killing the Australian shipping industry and seafarers are fighting back. Video by Kyle McGinn MLC

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Video: Australia’s summer heat records keep piling up

Morrison government diverts embarrassment with return to Howard era response to asylum seekers

Online activist organisation GetUp is targeting the Liberal’s Kevin Andrews at the coming federal election

Stay out of Venezuela

The United States led war of destabilisation economic sabotage and intervention being waged against Venezuela must be stopped

Corruption in Australia is serious and calls for urgent action to take it on

Letter shows Morrison and banks worked together

We must put an end to fossil fuel political donations

Australia must punish those responsible and do much more to address the wrongs of the banks

Video: Seafarers in Western Australia act on use of cheap labour on our ships