May Day Victoria

Australia’s secret interrogation centre

18 April 2022 Editor 0

The following by Mark Willacy, Josh Robertson, Stephanie March and Kyle Taylor, is the result of an investigation for the ABC’s Four Corners program about an ugly episode of Australia’s involvement in East Timer (Timor Leste). The torture of detainees by […]

France’s presidential election and the fall of traditional politics

12 April 2022 Editor 0

By Jim Hayes Following France’s presidential election has been instructive. Like in Australia, it is obvious that a large part of the population has lost faith in its politicians. This became marked 2017 with the […]

Morrison’s purchase of hypersonic missiles is a crime against Australia and the world

6 April 2022 Editor 0

By Joe Montero Scott Morrison has recklessly committed Australia to having hypersonic missiles. Let’s speak plainly. The issue is too serious for this. It commits Australia to be used to serve as a launching pad […]

May Day in Melbourne: Sunday 1 May 2022

1 April 2022 Editor 0

Fight for the removal of the Morrison Federal Government and its anti-worker programme. Demand a workers’ programme from Labor. Let us make May Day 2022 another major demonstration against the Morrison anti-worker programme.  If […]

The budget should solve rising cost of living and not pork barrel for votes

29 March 2022 Editor 0

By Jim Hayes Hours before Treasurer Josh Frydenberg delivers this year’s budget, the big issue is the rising cost of living beginning to push down the standard of living for millions of Australians. Instead of […]

Video: John Pilger responds to Supreme Court refusal to hear Assange Appeal

29 March 2022 Editor 0

“The arguable point of law is that these fake, these phoney assurances [with #Assange‘s extradition] were put outside a court of law.” Video from Consortium News

What is really behind the Liberal’s loss in South Australia

21 March 2022 Editor 0

By Joe Montero The weekend’s election in South Australia saw the Liberal government fall and Labor take its place. Dissatisfaction over the handling of Covid, and the state health and ambulance services were factors. Keeping […]

The floods prove volunteers can only do so much when the government goes awol

19 March 2022 Editor 0

The following has been written by RFS volunteer in western Sydney and a GetUp member. He gives his view on the Morrison government’s failure to respond and provide vital support for communities suffering in the floods that […]

Signals that the coming budget will be a con are now out

19 March 2022 Editor 0

By Joe Montero This year’s federal budget is coming up, and this time the details are being kept hidden from the public. In a budget just before an election there are usually sound bites promising a […]

New generation is worse off than those born before

7 March 2022 Editor 0

By Joe Montero The Brotherhood of St Laurence’s twelfth Life Chances report has come out and what it reveals comes as no real surprise. Australians born after 1990 are on average worse off than those who were born […]