May Day Victoria

Centrelink outsources calling system to Serco

24 October 2017 Editor 0

by Adam Carlton Centerlink’s call services were outsourced to British multinational services company Serco last week, on a three-year pilot contract worth $51.7 million. The Community and Public Sector Union condemned it immediately and called […]

IMF acknowledges fall in wages growth but offers no solution

24 October 2017 Editor 0

By Joe Montero The International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) latest economic outlook report, notes that industrialised economies are experiencing slow wage growth and Australia is at the head of the pack. Under the heading Seeking sustainable […]

Tax Office admits major corporate tax avoidance

24 October 2017 Editor 0

Contributed The Australian tax Office has now put a figure on the amount of tax avoidance being carried out by major corporations and multinationals. Major corporations are defined as those with a gross income of […]

Film night and discussion in Melbourne

9 October 2017 Editor 0

Video: American college students react to 1940’s race film

9 October 2017 Editor 0

College students view race hate speech and make a connection between with this and what is unfolding today. Video from FBE

Thousands come out against Adani coal mine

9 October 2017 Editor 0

By Jim Hayes On Saturday, thousands took part in events around Australia, observing the national day of action to oppose the proposed Carmichael coal mine in Queensland’s Galilee Basin.

Toyota Altona plant closure and the death of the car industry

9 October 2017 Editor 0

By Joe Montero The Toyota manufacturing plant in Melbourne closed last Tuesday. For Australia, this is the second last act that will put an end to the 92-year-old car manufacturing industry. The last to go […]

Reserve bank maintains the rate of interest at a record low

9 October 2017 Editor 0

By Joe Montero Something is going on. The Reserve Bank has just kept the official rate of interest at a low 1.5 percent for the thirteenth time in a row.

Catalan referendum scores massive vote for independence

3 October 2017 Editor 0

By Joe Montero The fallout of the independence referendum in Catalonia is that many more people voted than expected, given the circumstances of an outright assault on the ballot by the paramilitaries that had been […]

Campaigning in South Australia for Newstart increase

3 October 2017 Editor 1

From South Australia The Anti-Poverty Network in South Australia, with the support of the South Australia Council of Social Service and Uniting Communities, is engaged in a campaign to force the government to raise the […]