May Day Victoria

Coles and Woolworths have been robbing us

23 May 2023 Editor 0

By Joe Montero Everyone knew it all along. Now the hard evidence is in. Coles and Woolworths have been price gouging and made big increases to their profit margins by doing this. Some would suggest […]

Market fundamentalism is an obstacle to social progress

23 May 2023 Editor 0

Richard D Wolff is a Professor of Economics Emeritus, University of Massachusetts, and previously from Yale University and a Visiting Professor at the University of Paris at the Sorbonne (France). Today he is a Visiting Professor in the […]

The cost of the obscene tax cut to for the rich is now blowing out

23 May 2023 Editor 0

By Joe Montero New Parliamentary Budget Office costings on the Stage Three Tax Cuts, which had been requested by the Greens, has revealed that the cost is rising and now sits at $20 billion for […]

The budget delivered minor gains and failed on the key issues

10 May 2023 Editor 0

By Joe Montero Make no mistake, the budget delivered last night by treasurer Jim Chalmers took on the shape of a major public relations exercise. It pretended to deliver to the battler. The gives are […]

Will tonight’s budget bring gain or pain?

9 May 2023 Editor 0

By Joe Montero On the eve of the federal budget, a great deal is being made of the expected $15 billion surplus, something that hasn’t been seen for 15 years. How can this be when […]

May Day 2023 in Melbourne

4 May 2023 Editor 0

The military expenditure blowout does not serve Australia’s interests

28 April 2023 Editor 0

By Joe Montero The cost of Australia’s new military expenditure is much more than most of us think. Attention is on the AUKUS submarine program. It doesn’t stop here though. But let’s start with the […]

Rupert Murdoch’s Fox News escapes facing justice in the United States

28 April 2023 Editor 0

By Jim Hayes The much publicised case of fox News v Dominion Voting Systems in the United States has been settled outside the court for a payment of $US787.5 million. Fox News, and this means […]

Government report calls for increasing Jobseeker and Youth Allowance

28 April 2023 Editor 0

Contributed Despite the release of Labor’s own report calling on a substantial lift to Jobseeker and Youth allowance payments, the Albanese government seems to be in no mood to listen. The report calls for a […]

Why May Day is important and why it deserves your support

15 April 2023 Editor 0

From Len Cooper Secretary of the May Day Committee (Victoria) Every year May Day supports the struggles of the unions for better wages and conditions, and their struggle for basic union rights. Every year May […]