May Day Victoria

A new attack on the unemployed is on the way and there is good reason to oppose it

25 June 2021 Editor 0

By Adam Carlton The federal government is trying to rush a bill though parliament, imposing measures to make it even harder to get unemployment payments.

Doctors reveal crisis in Australian emergency departments

15 June 2021 Editor 0

Melissa Davey’s account of the state of emergency departments in Australia hospitals (The Guardian 15 June 2021) should be of great concern to all Australia. How is it that this could be happening in such […]

500 American journalists call for revealing facts of Israel’s oppression of Palestinians

15 June 2021 Editor 0

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been toppled by a coalition of opponents. Most of the world has welcomed the change. Netanyahu presided over a long list of human rights violations against Palestinians. The new […]

The G7 gathering re-affirms business as usual produces nothing of substance

15 June 2021 Editor 0

By Joe Montero Scott Morrison goes to London and the G7 summit in Cornwall. Australia is not a member of the group and there because of an invitation from the United Sates to be an […]

Morrison government turning Australia into a U.S. military base and allowing more Marines into Darwin

15 June 2021 Editor 0

By Joe Montero The message coming out from early G7 connected talks between Australia and the United States, is that there will be an expansion of joint military activity. A new joint brigade made up […]

New Medicare cut is part of ambition to destroy Australia’s affordable public health system

15 June 2021 Editor 0

by Jim Hayes Scott Morrison and his government are carrying out another major attack on Medicare. This time via an overhaul to raise health costs and downgrade the quality of access to care at the same […]

Assange’s father and brother touring U.S. to demand journalist’s freedom

31 May 2021 Editor 0

Jessica Corbett covers the coming U.S. tour by Julian Assange’s father John Shipton and brother Gabriel Shipton (Common Dreams 28 May 2021). Starting on 6 June, the tour plans to meet up with activists, journalists […]

Video: Australia’s Crony Capitalism – Free Market Fantasies and the Invisible Hand(outs)

31 May 2021 Editor 0

Australia’s is not a capitalist economy as they would have us believe. It is extremely monopolised, and the biggest corporations are closely linked to government. Many of them depend on generous welfare handouts to them […]

Time to silence the drums of war

31 May 2021 Editor 0

The following article by Joseph Camilleri (Pears and Irritations 5 May 2021) deals with the present hyping up of fear over China and war talk, as a case of déjà-vu, of the cold War hysteria […]

Israel forced to call ceasefire but Palestinians still under occupation

31 May 2021 Editor 0

By Joe Montero The first notes for this article were penned last week, when the bombardment of Gaza and other atrocities against the Palestinian population showed no sign of slowing down, and the Australian government […]