Centrelink
Privatisation of Centrelink services is making matters even worse
By Ben Wilson It was bound to happen. Privatised outsourcing of customer information provision at Centrelink is giving incorrect information to people.
News
Corruption
Australia becoming more corrupt warns former judge
Nick O’Malley writes in the Sydney Morning Herald (14 November 2018), about the support of former judge, David Harper, for the creation of a national commission against corruption. In O’Malley’s considered view, Australia is becoming […]
Economy
Report shows the scale of government handouts to the rich
By Joe Montero A report commissioned by Anglicare from Per Capita brings out some of the details to what most people already know, that is, that the richest part of Australian society receives much more […]
Rights
America should be a warning to other countries according to Joseph Stiglitz
Prize winning economist Joseph Stiglitz, who will be in Australia next week to receive the Sydney peace prize on 15 November and talk about the lessons the rest of the world can learn from America’s […]
Rights
Unclaimed wages likely to top one billion dollars
This article published in The Age (29 October 2018) and written by Anna Patty refers to research revealing that migrants workers are being used as a chap source of labour in agricultural seasonal work, and […]
Centrelink
Government scraps crackdown on disability support
By Adam Carlton Don’t be fooled by it. Announcement of the governments of an end to the Department of Human Services current crackdown of disability payments, does not mean that it has suddenly found a […]
Unions
Success of Change the Rules rallies has the Morrison government reeling
By Joe Montero After hundreds of thousands of workers hit the streets around Australia over the this week, the Morrison government and its big end of town backers have been left reeling. It was not […]
Rights
Dad faces unjust deportation
From Victoria Christian Feetham’s story is a case where the chase for law and order has gone horribly wrong. The Apollo Bay resident turned out to be a soft target, to exercise the new deportation […]
