Environment
Morrison gives Santos nod to extract gas at Narrabri
By Ugly The Morrison government’s approval of the gas project at Narrabri made me angry. I bet I’m not the only one. A lot of us have spent years doing our bit to put an […]
Economy
Morrison ramps up exploitation of workers
By Jim Hayes Scott Morrison has made it clear. His government is about to move on with changing the industrial relations system. It is already heavily weighted against workers and restricts union representation, through limitation […]
Centrelink
JobActive agencies are abusing unemployed people and must be stopped
Contributed Something’s got to be done about the jobActive agencies and their exploitation of the unemployed. An article in The Saturday Paper revealed that $500 million in public money was handed over to them during […]
Centrelink
Scott Morison announces JobSeeker payments are to be slashed
By Joe Montero It was officially announced yesterday by Scott Morrison. Unemployed Australians will have $100 per fortnight taken form their JobSeeker supplement by December.
Community
Bushfire victims are still being ignored and this must change
Bushfire victim Janet Reynolds is one of the forgotten survivors and prepared to do something about it. She has joined up with GetUp in a campaign to force the Morrison government to honour its promise […]
Unions
Bendigo dairy workers on strike for secure work and pay
By Ugly Workers at the Lactalis dairy processing factory in Bendigo walked out on an indefinite strike last Thursday, over wagers and jobs guarantee issues. There is concern that management is trying to use the […]
Rights
The movement behind Trump is in Australia too
By Jim Hayes Lately, the world had witnessed the spectacle of gun toting vigilantes in the streets of the United States egged on by their President. This week we have seen mobs reacting over unsubstantiated […]
Economy
Australia now has almost zero interest and billions for the banks
By Joe Montero We must look closely to the Reserve Bank’s cut of the interest rate to 0.1 percent, the buying of $100 worth of government bonds, to provide protection to the banks and other […]
