New legislation helps to extend Murdoch monopoly into digital media
By Jim Hayes Unknown to most citizens, the Australian parliament has passed legislation to compel tech companies to pay a fee for news content. Those […]
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Attack on union rights results in rising death toll
By Joe Montero When I was working for the Builders Labourers Federation back in the mid 1980’s, part of my responsibility was to research deaths […]
Big business and Morrison government want the minimum wage frozen
By Joe Montero In its submission to the current minimum wage case, Australian Chamber of Commerce (ACCI) and Industry has put that Australia cannot afford […]
Four-day working week to be tried in Spain
By Ben Wilson Spain is to pilot a four-day or thirty-two hour working week without loss of pay. This is likely to involve around 200 […]
JobSeeker and JobKeeper end today to open the door to neoliberalism on a new level
By Joe Montero The JobSeeker payment supplement has come to an end. Longer term unemployed, those now out of a job because of Covid-19, and […]
Corrupt will be protected with Morrison’s fake commission
Contributed After years of pressure to do something about the scourge of growing corruption in Australian politics, the Morrison government bowed to public pressure and […]
Something is seriously wrong with the global economy
By Joe Montero If we believe the political hype, the world is bouncing back nicely from the Covid-19 disaster, and this includes Australia. Unemployment is […]
