From New South Wales
One young man dead and another seriously injured. This is not a war zone, but an all too common scene on Australian building sites. Continue reading Deaths in building industry have become much too frequent
From New South Wales
One young man dead and another seriously injured. This is not a war zone, but an all too common scene on Australian building sites. Continue reading Deaths in building industry have become much too frequent
The following was originally published on the Australia’s Science Channel website (28 March 2019). It outlines measures that must be taken to restore and protect the Murray-Darling river system. Blaming the drought is wrong. According to experts, river crisis is the result of human mismanagement of the water, and only proper management can fix the problem. Continue reading What an effective Murray-Darling water policy should look like
By Joe Montero
Make no mistake about it This year’s federal budget is an attempted con for election purposes, and its real content is to set up for a massive new cut to services. Continue reading This year’s National Budget is a con and continuation of business as usual
By Ben Wilson
It takes no genius to work out that if we don’t do enough to combat the threat of global warming, the world and humanity are in serious trouble. Most people want real action on this. The block is those people representing interests that are profiting from polluting our planet and those few that they manage to fool. Continue reading Starting with QBE – insurance companies are being pushed to quit coal
By Joe Montero
When Lucho Requelme and Federico Fuentes and I, found ourselves heading towards the border separating Venezuela and Columbia, it began an unexpected adventure. Continue reading What we found in going to the Venezuela-Colombia border
By Jim Hayes
The mass murder committed by an Australian in New Zealand has put a spotlight on the promotion of racial division by major media and a stream of mainstream politicians. Continue reading New Zealand murders are an outcome of the politics of hate
By Jim Hayes
Tens of thousands of young Australians, if not more, have once again taken part in the global school strike. Students in 123 countries and 2,000 cities called on governments to step up their game and take decisive action and cut back carbon emissions, which threaten catastrophic global warming. Continue reading Another huge school strike for climate action hits Australia
This is the second in a series of articles by Joe Montero, who recently visited Venezuela as part of a small delegation, to find out the truth of what is going on there
Continue reading What is the real political situation in Venezuela?
This news item from From SBS News (1 March 2019) highlights the plight of a group of workers who have contracted what is commonly called black lung and the mining companies have so far failed to take responsibility. They have launched to win compensation. All of Australia should know about this. Continue reading Mine dust victims call for coal levy
This is the first of Joe Montero’s articles from the front line in Venezuela, delayed because of an attack on the country’s electricity system, which has left most regions without power, water or communications for days. It has made life considerably harder for everyone. He went there as a journalist member of the Media Entertainment and Arts alliance and representative of the Venezuela Solidarity Campaign and the May Day Committee (Melbourne).
While on my Way to Venezuela, among all the good wishes and desire to know more of what is going on there, there were a handful of vitriolic counter reactions. Continue reading Is what we are being told about the situation in Venezuela true or a lie?