If the country wants to move forward, we need a Sovereign Treaty agreement and land rights.
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Australian government hostility to China is about an imperialist alliance with the United States and not in the interests of Australian workers.
Behind the “We’re all in this together” rhetoric, it seems clear that employers and the government were not going to waste a crisis; they saw the talks as an opportunity to weaken industrial relations laws they judge to be “holding back” the economy.
This long, dirty war has very deliberately been conducted in secret.
The passing of the Greens-initiated motion for a Green New Deal (GND) in Victoria in the Legislative Council on November 11 is a significant step forward.
Biden’s narrow win provides only some relief from Trumpite racism and all its associated dangers, because his political approach differs little in substance (as opposed to style) from Trump, institutional racism remains.
Action to reduce emissions is needed now — not in 30 years!
Socialist Alliance supports the mounting calls for a federal anti-corruption agency, but this alone is not enough.
Albanese rushed to support the Coalition’s plan to give billions in more tax-cuts-and-subsidies for its business mates — to be funded by a historic increase in public debt to nearly $1 trillion.
There is a big lie at the heart of Frydenberg’s budget speech. The rich don’t need more public largesse; if they wanted to create more jobs they already have more than enough money to do this.
Australia must call on all countries to distance themselves diplomatically from the hard-right regime in Turkey.
Australia is shaping up as the battleground for a showdown between corporate media giants, with the federal government keen to appear as if it is taking a stand for media diversity.