Community
Morrison’s attack on GetUp is still on
By Ugly I have been a supporter of GetUp for some time and I make a regular financial contribution. Tens of thousands of people like me keep the online activist network alive.
Year: 2019
Health
A nursing home system that provides dignity and a reason to live is what Australia needs
By Ugly We all know that the $22 billion aged care industry in Australia is a scandal. Bad for patients and set up for unscrupulous private providers to exploit, which the government has helped to […]
Unions
Morrison is pushing his dream of destroying the unions
By Ben Wilson It’s going from bad to worse. The attack on Australia’s union movement has gone up another notch, as the Morrison government continues with its obsession to put an end to it a […]
Economy
Keeping on pretending the economy is good is self-defeating
By Joe Montero Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) retail sales figures released on 2 August confirm that the nation is entering the worst retail trade period ever recorded. In a nutshell, the Australian the economy […]
Centrelink
Video: Families demand answers about debts Centrelink says are owed by disability pensioners
Centrelink’s robo debt stem is continuing to hurt Australians. Here are some examples that show the situation is getting worse, even though there is widepread recognition that the debts are often false, unfair and punish […]
Media
Why did people who should know better join the Julian Assange lynch mob?
By Joe Montero The story about Julian Assange and WikiLeaks conspiring with the Russians to make Donald Trump the president of the United States, has been one of the big hoaxes of out time. Not […]
Corruption
The rise in Australia’s political corruption is creating the means to end it
By Joe Montero A group of former judges, lawyers and integrity experts has just formed a new anti-corruption body called the Centre for Public Integrity. By doing so, they join in with the serious concern […]
Community
Fair Go For Pensioners conference was a great success
By Joe Montero It’s taken a little time to digest the outcome of the fair Go For Pensioners (Victoria) 10 June conference that took place in Coburg (Melbourne). A lot of discussion took place, and […]
