Laughing Gear
By Ross Sharp Once upon a time … It is 1983 and I am 24 years old, employed and on a wage of about $20,000 […]
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The system is the problem
By Christian Marx Over the past three decades, the political and sociological narrative has become narrower than ever. Sensible social policies are now trumpeted as […]
Young voters want structural change locally and abroad
By Callen Sorensen–Karklis Its election time again, time to choose which people we want to represent us in the Parliament. A time to pick something […]
The mythical $80,000
By 2353NM Some reading this would be able to remember the days when the urban dream was the quarter acre block in a ‘nice’ suburb, […]
Is everybody happy now?
By now everybody in Australia knows who Duncan Storrar is. Until a week ago he was just an Australian battler who had faced more challenges […]
Trickle down thinking breeds inequality
By Ad astra In a piece published on 13 April, I predicted that inequality would be a hot button issue in the upcoming election. Now […]
Jobs and growth, but what jobs?
By Ken Wolff There are two key aspects to the government’s ‘jobs and growth’ mantra: one that it has been successful in creating 300,000 jobs […]
The Festering Seed at the Heart of Victim Blaming
By Jennifer Ellem I’ve given a great deal of thought to this piece over the past weeks and have come to realise that what I […]
Public transport is too expensive for the unemployed
By Tracie Aylmer As someone who has tried absolutely everything to get off benefits, only to fail time and again, I have few funds to […]
The murky depths of links between Transfield/Broadspectrum and politics
By Tracie Aylmer A while ago I did some research on mining companies, as well as Broadspectrum (when it was called Transfield). The research was […]
My innovation is bigger than your innovation
By Ken Wolff Malcolm Turnbull launched his ‘National Innovation and Science Agenda’ on 7 December last, three days after Labor had launched its ‘start ups’ […]
Why are we still searching for Flight MH370
By Bob Rafto Follow the money on Flight MH370 There’s hardly a week that goes that doesn’t have some human drama of folks in distress […]
Homelessness is a major issue
By Tracie Aylmer Apart from the super rich who love playing games with the rest of us due to their love of manipulation and control, […]
Why the public want religion to be taxed
By Brian Morris How the Budget ultimately plays out may not be known until election night. Does the electorate believe Scott Morrison has pulled all […]
Caveat emptor
By Christian Marx It is important to remember that everything the Right do policy wise, is economically or power related. Their core goal is to […]