New Greens leader no break from the past
Richard Di Natale’s sudden ascension to The Greens’ leadership appears to mean the status quo remains—but that’s not what the left and the movements need. Many in The Greens’ left, including Senator...
View ArticleGroomed for war
One of the many myths about Australia’s involvement in World War I is that when the call to battle sounded in 1914, the cream of the nation’s manhood responded enthusiastically. Droves of young...
View ArticlePublic servants strike against Abbott’s cuts
Public servants are staging one-hour rolling strikes in a dozen agencies this month, as their union, the CPSU, ramps up what it says is the largest campaign of industrial action in 30 years. Tax...
View ArticleShorten shows he’s useless for stopping Abbott
Last year Bill Shorten’s budget reply turned the Liberals pale, as he lashed out at Abbott’s cuts and promised to block the worst attacks in the Senate. This year the Labor leader delivered a pathetic,...
View ArticleChildcare changes entrench unfair market system
The Liberals’ changes to childcare will only entrench a market approach that is expensive and has failed to provide places where they are needed. The current neo-liberal framework in childcare is a...
View ArticleBudget smoke and mirrors, but Abbott keeps his cuts
Tony Abbott is desperately praying that this year’s budget will save his skin. But the budget cuts from last year remain in place, and even his new spending on childcare relies on taking money...
View ArticleBorder policing kills: saving lives starts with welcoming the boats
The more lives lost at sea, the shriller become the hypocritical cries of “stop the boats”. At the time of writing 6000 asylum seekers remain stranded in the Malacca straits while only hours away, the...
View Article‘Saving lives at sea’? Let them drown says Abbott
More than 200 Rohingyan asylum seekers are dead, and thousands more are at risk, as asylum boats are turned back to sea between Indonesia and Malaysia. Despite the horror, Immigration Minister Peter...
View ArticleInside the system
Union sued over suicide prevention meeting Fair Work Building and Construction (FWBC), headed by Nigel Hadgkiss, is suing the CFMEU over a suicide prevention meeting at the South Australian Medical...
View ArticleEditorial: Abbott’s cuts and lies still coming, time to hit back
Abbott’s response to the standoff that left at least 8000 Rohingya asylum seekers stranded on the high seas, without adequate food or medical supplies, was obscene. Despite the obvious risk of...
View ArticleNew Greens leader no break from the past
Richard Di Natale’s sudden ascension to The Greens’ leadership appears to mean the status quo remains—but that’s not what the left and the movements need. Many in The Greens’ left, including Senator...
View ArticleGroomed for war
One of the many myths about Australia’s involvement in World War I is that when the call to battle sounded in 1914, the cream of the nation’s manhood responded enthusiastically. Droves of young...
View ArticlePublic servants strike against Abbott’s cuts
Public servants are staging one-hour rolling strikes in a dozen agencies this month, as their union, the CPSU, ramps up what it says is the largest campaign of industrial action in 30 years. Tax...
View ArticleShorten shows he’s useless for stopping Abbott
Last year Bill Shorten’s budget reply turned the Liberals pale, as he lashed out at Abbott’s cuts and promised to block the worst attacks in the Senate. This year the Labor leader delivered a pathetic,...
View ArticleChildcare changes entrench unfair market system
The Liberals’ changes to childcare will only entrench a market approach that is expensive and has failed to provide places where they are needed. The current neo-liberal framework in childcare is a...
View ArticleBudget smoke and mirrors, but Abbott keeps his cuts
Tony Abbott is desperately praying that this year’s budget will save his skin. But the budget cuts from last year remain in place, and even his new spending on childcare relies on taking money...
View ArticleBorder policing kills: saving lives starts with welcoming the boats
The more lives lost at sea, the shriller become the hypocritical cries of “stop the boats”. At the time of writing 6000 asylum seekers remain stranded in the Malacca straits while only hours away, the...
View Article‘Saving lives at sea’? Let them drown says Abbott
More than 200 Rohingyan asylum seekers are dead, and thousands more are at risk, as asylum boats are turned back to sea between Indonesia and Malaysia. Despite the horror, Immigration Minister Peter...
View ArticleInside the system
Union sued over suicide prevention meeting Fair Work Building and Construction (FWBC), headed by Nigel Hadgkiss, is suing the CFMEU over a suicide prevention meeting at the South Australian Medical...
View ArticleEditorial: Abbott’s cuts and lies still coming, time to hit back
Abbott’s response to the standoff that left at least 8000 Rohingya asylum seekers stranded on the high seas, without adequate food or medical supplies, was obscene. Despite the obvious risk of...
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