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Medicare information is being sold on the Internet

07/09/2017 The Editor 0

By Ben Wilson Beware. Personal information handed over to a government authority is not secure.

ACTU leader calls on unions to fight neoliberalism

07/03/2017 The Editor 0

By Jim Hayes Sally McManus, the secretary of the Australian Council of Trade Unions has called on the nation’s unions to campaign against three decades of neoliberalism that has caused a lot of damage to […]

The proposed changes to disability support pension are dangerous and unfair

07/03/2017 The Editor 0

This article by Toby Hall (The guardian Australia 21 June 2017) takes issue with the federal government’s intention to disqualify people with disabilities, who also caught up in the harmful use of alcohol and other […]

Penalty rate cut will depress Australia and help to destroy the Turnbull government

06/19/2017 The Editor 0

Contributed by Joe Montero It is obvious that the move by the Turnbull government to cut penalty rates for many Australians is producing a backlash.

OECD says one third of Australian age pensioners live in poverty

06/19/2017 The Editor 0

By Ugly There is something terribly wrong, when older Australians living on the Age Pension are forced to live in poverty. According to a recently released by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), […]

Federal budget outcomes for single mothers and their children

05/30/2017 The Editor 1

From Jenny Davidson: Council of Single Mothers and their Children Vic The 2017 Federal budget includes a requirement for new and existing single parents who receive government benefits to prove they are not in a relationship […]

Uluru Indigenous Convention goes for a treaty

05/28/2017 The Editor 0

Contributed by Jim Hayes The Uluru Convention of 250 leaders of Australia’s First Nations has ended up rejecting the focus on constitutional recognition, in favour of working to secure a sovereign treaty. A second proposal […]

We are not being told the true story of unemployment

05/28/2017 The Editor 0

By Joe Montero The claim that Australia’s unemployment rate went down from 5.9 in March to 5.7 in April is not true. My short response is based on the latest jobs figures from the Australian […]