The Albanese government faces serious challenges
By Joe Montero Coming into office, the new Albanese Labor government faces some formidable challenges. The two most all-encompassing ones are an economy in poor […]
Wages and social security justice should be at centre stage of election campaign
Contributed A few days into the election campaign and two big issues are already being ignored, the falling share of wages and the even worse […]
Ending the Morrison government is the first step towards the future
By Joe Montero Scott Morrison declared on the weekend; this year’s federal election will take place on 21 May. When doing so, he pitched himself […]
Australia got a Budget for war and the privileged: Not for most Australians
By Joe Montero The budget just delivered by treasurer Josh Frydenberg has strong elements of a war budget, together with an eye on the coming […]
Signals that the coming budget will be a con are now out
By Joe Montero This year’s federal budget is coming up, and this time the details are being kept hidden from the public. In a budget […]
Fairy tales about Australia’s economic performance hide the truth
By Joe Montero So, the Australian economy is doing well and grew by 3.4 percent in the last quarter? This is what the official figures just […]
People on social security need enough to live on and the end of abuse
By Joe Montero We’re coming out of the Christmas period, and it won’t be long before the denigration of people on social security payments gets […]
