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Our government is trying to hide that the bushfires are unprecedented

19 November 2019 Editor 0

From New South Wales The venom with which leading politicians in the government’s ranks have thrown against those, who suggest the unprecedented wave of bushfires over a large part of Australia, has some connection to […]

Spain’s election raises the threat of fascism results in a progressive coalition

19 November 2019 Editor 0

By Joe Montero On the weekend Spain went to an election yet again. It was the second one for this year. In April, no party won enough votes to form a government. No coalition could […]

Video: Morrison government intends to force cashless debit card on more people

26 September 2019 Editor 0

A brief outline of some of the new government bill’s changes, showing the intention is to spread it from First Nations people to all Australians on Centrelink payments, covering the unemployed, and including including those […]

Victoria’s teachers to support student strikers for climate

16 August 2019 Editor 0

Contributed by a member of the Australian Education union The Victorian Branch of the Australian Education Union (AEU) has thrown its support behind the next school students climate strike, which is going to take place […]

Battle over Adani coal mine is heading for a showdown

13 June 2019 Editor 0

Ben Pennings, who is spokesperson for Galilee Blockade, writes that this is a critical time for the Adani coal mine in Queensland’s Galilee Basin. State approval of the mining company’s water might be about to […]

Catalan referendum scores massive vote for independence

3 October 2017 Editor 0

By Joe Montero The fallout of the independence referendum in Catalonia is that many more people voted than expected, given the circumstances of an outright assault on the ballot by the paramilitaries that had been […]

Centrelink debt collectors are being paid by commission

24 April 2017 Editor 2

Contributed by a Centrelink recipient No doubt many will find that news that the Department of Human Services has farmed out its debt collecting on commission distasteful.

It is not wages but other factors are driving up business costs

11 April 2017 Editor 1

By Joe Montero Wages are not a major cause of rising business costs. This is a bold statement in the face of all the rhetoric claiming the opposite to be true. This does not make […]