Two weeks in, how does Mr Trump affect Australia?
I read with interest an article in The Saturday Paper called Goad of Silence by Mike Seccombe this morning, this led me down into an […]
Articles by Mel Mac
Human Services Privatisation Creep and TiSA
Australia has the highest rate of private incarceration per capita of any country in the world. We imprison more people now than in any time […]
The Centrelink debacle has only just begun …
We hear Artificial Intelligence (AI) bandied about a lot in recent times as well as innovation and agility and more recently we have been hearing […]
We can learn from the abestos scandal
Last week asbestos was found again in imported Chinese building materials, this time it was found at Perth Children’s Hospital (PCH) in the roof panels. […]
Gentrification Creep
The City of Sydney Council is concerned about the NSW government plans for a 20 and 30-storey tower precinct at the Waterloo housing redevelopment site […]
NSW Government push to amalgamate councils goes awry
The Independent Review Panel’s final report into local councils was released in October 2013 and recommended amalgamations of councils among other things. In September 2014 […]
Australia Post cannibalising mail and print for its own benefit
On August the 28th Australia Post (AustPost) applied to the Australian Competition Consumer Commission (ACCC) to increase not only the price of a stamp from […]
What does ChAFTA really mean for Aussie jobs?
The Chinese-Australia fair trade agreement (ChAFTA) began negotiations in May 2005 with the agreement formally signed on the 17th July 2015, by Australian Minister for […]
Housing inequality needs urgent addressing
Inequality and the divide between the rich and the poor has become a buzzword of sorts in recent years, with the likes of Occupy Wall […]
The chilling reality of the TPP
The TPP was conceived in 2003 as the Trans-Pacific Strategic Partnership Agreement (TPSEP) as a path to trade liberalisation in the Asia-Pacific. The original participating countries […]