Trust me, I’m a Deregulated Banker
By 2353NM Those that remember the dim dark distant days of the Global Financial Crisis, or GFC, would be aware that a lot of the financial […]
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Seeking the Post-COVID-19 Sunshine: Should Opinion Polling lead our Political Participation?
By Denis Bright In the absence of a high-profile opinion polling in the forthcoming Queensland election, I took the initiative of contacting YouGov in Sydney […]
Forced Income Management: The Cashless Welfare Card
By Tina Clausen YOUR assistance is URGENTLY needed to stop the further roll out of the privatisation of Social Security via the forced income management […]
So, How Will You Do It Better?
By 2353NM In the next 12 to 18 months there are a number of elections coming up across Australia. Presumably, in amongst the cries of […]
The ‘Panama Papers’ exposed the greed of the rich – and then nothing happened
By Paul Gregoire The Panama Papers could have been a massive moment in history. However, the culture of tax havens, loopholes and our richest paying […]
Australia’s poor old women
By Jane Caro Despite women facing the wage gap, eventual poverty and possible homelessness, the government is quite happy to blame us for our fate. […]
The big lie
By Leonie Saunders A little over two weeks have passed since I listened intently to the presenter of the ABC’s Statewide Drive program, Nicole Chvastek […]
The forced sterilisation of women in detention is nothing new
By Mikayla Chadwick The headlines may have shocked the world, but the forced sterilisation of immigrants in detention centres is not new, nor should it […]
The $3.5 billion investment in the NBN is not an upgrade
By Laurie Patton The Coalition has announced that a further $3.5 billion will be poured into the NBN. But, don’t get it twisted, this is […]
Will the pandemic force us to recognise how privileged we are?
By Claire Harris With a pandemic sweeping across the globe, I’m wondering if this is the moment when we finally realise how fortunate we are. […]
‘Climigration’: Whole communities are moving due to climate change
By Dr Tony Matthews Climate change increasingly threatens communities all over the world. News of fires, floods and coastal erosion devastating lives and livelihoods seems […]
Truth be known
By Robert Stygall A new mutant strain of Covid emerged – to be known as Covid-X. This was even more virulent than the first strain, […]
Newspoll, Insiders, and what’s new in politics
1 I have always said that polls at this time of the election cycle only ever tell us what people are thinking at the time, […]
Low hanging fruit
By John Haly Disparaging the unemployed youth as lazy, pampered and opposed to hard work is a conservative mantra. Conscripting youth into the army (as […]
Addressing the mental health needs of asylum seekers: A compassionate and trauma-informed approach
University of South Australia Media Release A new study by The University of South Australia has found mental health issues such as post-traumatic stress disorder […]