Health
Work and mental health
By Glen Work expresses our humanity, enriching us as social individuals, making us human. Paid work is part of what makes us human, giving us benefits, that can also be utilised in activities such as […]
Year: 2018
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Australian Paper workers striking to keep their conditions
By Ugly Since 16 January, workers at the Australian Paper plant in Preston have been on strike. They have set up a picket. It came after months of negotiation through the Australian Manufacturing Workers Union […]
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Foreign donations pour into the Liberal and National parties
The following article by Mike Seccombe (The Saturday Paper’s national correspondent 27 January 2018), provides a good insight into the fallacy of the Australian government’s foreign donations legislation. The Liberal and National parties are tied into […]
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Petition aims to stop Canberra’s Welfare Reform Bill
From the Australian Unemployed Workers Union The Australian Unemployed Workers Union (AUWU) is launching a campaign, to convince the cross bench Senators that they should reject the government’s Social Services Legislation Amendment (Welfare Reform) Bill, […]
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The leap in the number of billionaires in Australia is not good news
By Joe Montero The news that last year saw the largest increase of billionaires in Australia ever, is making the rounds. Their number has more than doubled over the past decade and was up by […]
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Privatisation of Public Housing in Victoria
From Lew Wheeler The decision by the Victorian State Government to sell off huge areas of publicly owned land and the demolition of public housing walk-ups on 9 inner-city public housing estates under their so-called Stage […]
