Video
Video: Inequality is hurting Australia
As a society we need to acknowledge that inequality is growing in Australia and this is the first step towards doing something about it. We need to decide on whether we want an Australia where […]
Articles by The Editor
Notices
Celebrate and defend public housing
From Friends of Public Housing Sunday 15 October at 1 .p.m. Celebrate & Defend Public Housing – Community Rally Sun 13:00 at Debneys Park · Melbourne, VIC. Learn more Thanks to Friends of Public Housing […]
Article
Privatising universities places individual corporate interest above society’s needs
By Joe Montero Ross Gitten’s article (The Pen 19 September 2017) about the backdoor privatisation of Australian universities has prompted the following comments. To begin with, he is right to suggest that government defunding is […]
Article
Uniting Church calls for increase to Newstart and Youth Allowance
From Western Australia Showing a bit of leadership, the Uniting Church in Western Australia has called on the Federal Government to make an immediate commitment to increase Newstart and Youth Allowance payments to allow thousands […]
Submissions
Fair Go For Pensioners (FGFP) Coalition Victoria Incorporated claims
The following Statement of Claims, authorised by the Steering Committee of Fair Go for Pensioners Coalition Inc Victoria (FGFP), is to be presented to our elected Ministers and Representatives of the Victorian and Federal Parliaments.
Article
Tackling poverty in Australia
The following paper was written and presented by Lew Wheeler, Co-convener of the Fair Go For Pensioners (FGFP) Coalition Victoria. She was a guest speaker at the Melbourne Unitarian Peace Memorial Church on Sunday 13 […]
Article
The sole breadwinners who should be celebrated
This article by Clare Payne, published in the Sydney Morning Herald (22 August 2017), calls for recognition that in today’s reality, many principal household wage earners are women and this includes those that are single […]
Article
Newstart is not enough for basic needs
David Ciady reported on the ABC’s PM radio that Australians on Newstart, Centrelink’s unemployment benefit,researchers at the University of New South Wales say that current payments are not enough to meet basic necessities, The key […]
