New ABS data highlights jobless family strain
After a brief respite from the perils of the rising unemployment figures which have become a symptom of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the Australian Bureau […]
Articles by William Olson
Dropped charges heighten calls for media law reform – MEAA
A three-year storyline ordeal for a pair of Australian Broadcasting Company (ABC) journalists may be over, but the stigma upon their federal investigations remains, and […]
COVID and household impact – the worst fears, confirmed
Recent data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) out on Tuesday has confirmed what many people have already feared: that a direct correlation exists […]
Budget leaves arts industry out in the cold
The continued and ongoing neglect of the arts and entertainment sectors by the Morrison government since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic was highlighted by […]
Budget doomed without quick and fair, equal action – ACTU’s O’Neil
Michele O’Neil, the president of the Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU), wasted neither time nor words of vitriol at responding to the details of […]
Australian screen content laws to be dealt a blow in new budget
While federal communications minister Paul Fletcher has tipped his hand ahead of next week’s reading of the 2020-21 budget regarding new investments in Australian film […]
Reverse JobKeeper cuts and protect working people, say unions
Two days after assailing the Morrison government for inaction on a jobs plan amid ushering in the cuts to the JobSeeker and JobKeeper subsidies, the […]
Jobs plan must be a way forward, says ACTU
On the day where the Morrison government’s announced cuts to the JobKeeper and JobSeeker subsidies take effect, the Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) have […]
Industrial relations reform talks breached again as deadline approaches
With less than a week to go in the scheduled agenda for the industrial relations reforms negotiations which have been ongoing since early June, Sally […]
Internationally, unions fearful of Abbott’s past trade reputation
Last month, former Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott – in what can be best described as a sly move on the international front politically, even […]
Workers unite for aged care reform
The Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) and leaders from three of its affiliated unions banded together on Monday to call for a reform package […]
Return focus to ABC’s funding – Hanson-Young
‘Well done for the Morrison government in giving a $5 million grant to the Australian Associated Press (AAP), but what about the ABC?’ – such […]
Thinktank validates that JobKeeper and JobSeeker cuts are lethal
Unemployment figures for the month of August may look good on the surface, but when the impending cuts to JobKeeper and JobSeeker hit at the […]
Include the ABC and SBS in media code talks, say the Greens
In an observation viewed as another episode of neglect towards Australia’s public broadcasters, the Morrison government should include public broadcasters such as the ABC and […]
Need for legislation advocated as press freedom inquiry commences
An almighty battle over press freedoms – and potentially, how that may snowball towards defining the public’s freedom of speech – is currently brewing in […]