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Australia’s ACCC bats for media monopoly takeover of Internet news

22 May 2020 Editor 0

Contributed from a member of the Media Entertainment and Arts Alliance Rupert Murdoch’s Newscorp and Nine Entertainment have been pressing the Australian government for a law that forces online platforms to pay them, as publishers, […]

Peter Dutton opens door to attack our rights a little wider

22 May 2020 Editor 0

By Jim Hayes Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton is now pushing changes to laws that will allow the Australian Security and Intelligence Organisation (ASIO) to spy on Australians as never before, and without oversight, strengthening […]

Proposed new ASIO law is part of shift to increasing authoritarianism

22 May 2020 Editor 0

By Joe Montero The Morrison government has just used the cover of the Covid-19 pandemic to introduce into the parliament a new bill, which will allow agents of the Australian Security and Intelligence Organisation (ASIO), […]

Leaks show government moving to pull help from workers and small business

22 May 2020 Editor 0

By Ben Wilson There is a push form the government to end support for for people who have suffered loss of wages and struggling small business, as soon as possible. Leaks filtering out suggest there […]

The war in West Papua is real and still going on

19 May 2020 Editor 0

By Jim Hayes Unknown to most Australians, a war is going on just north of Australia. Fuelling it, is a bid by West Papuans to win independence form Indonesian rule. The war is intensifying. Civilian […]

Government promotes the bullying of people on JobSeeker payments

19 May 2020 Editor 0

By Ugly The private operators in the Job Network program and nowadays called Jobactive providers, have been showing just what a caring lot they are, by bullying those who come to them after losing their […]

The Australian economy is not going to suddenly fix itself

19 May 2020 Editor 0

By Joe Montero The Reserve Bank’s latest forecasts have shed the optimism that was there only a few months ago, and forecast a downward slide for Australia’s economy. A lot of blame is being put […]

Another coup against Venezuela has been attempted and defeated

19 May 2020 Editor 0

By Joe Montero In the very early hours of 3 May, an armed group headed towards the shore of Venezuela by boat. They landed at La Guaira, in the country’s north, just 32 kilometres from […]

Israeli’s annexation plans are entirely unacceptable to the world

19 May 2020 Editor 0

By Adam Carlton A United Nations (UN) human rights expert warned on 1 May, that the Israeli government’s plan to annex significant parts of the West Bank Palestinian territories and East Jerusalem, is going to […]

May Day 2020 in Melbourne

3 May 2020 Editor Comments Off

This year, instead of the usual activities held during the week around 1 May, the main focus was on a Webinar held on Sunday 3 May. It went well, despite the occasional technical hitch. Those […]