Opposition leader Angus Taylor wants to make permanent residents who are not citizens ineligible for welfare payments and NDIS support. He also wants the number of migrants to be tied to housing construction. Jonathan Strauss looks at why.
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Labor is boasting that its latest budget delivers the most significant transformation of the tax system in a quarter century. But, as Peter Boyle argues, this is more spin than reality.
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Defence minister Richard Marles’ announcement that he plans to raise military spending by $53 billion will help boost weapons’ company profits and shore up Australia’s position as deputy sheriff for the United States in the Asia Pacific, argues Isaac Nellist.
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The Fair Work Commission’s landmark decision to abolish some junior rates is a positive step, but Isaac Nellist argues that the deck is still stacked against young people.
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The United States and Israel’s illegal war on Iran and Lebanon is not only causing the widespread death and displacement of innocent people, Ben Radford argues it adds urgency to the need for an energy transition.
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The full extent of the human and environmental costs of the latest illegal imperial war launched by the United States and the racist settler-colonial state of Israel will be difficult to determine. Peter Boyle reports.
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With millions already struggling in a cost-of-living crisis, supermarket giants Coles is finally being investigated for price gouging. Isaac Nellist argues we should bring Coles and Woolworths into public hands.
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A new Australian Council of Social Services report criticised generous tax breaks for driving up home prices and supercharging inequality. Ben Radford argues that without significant grassroots pressure, the political establishment will not budge from its investor-friendly housing system.
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Oxfam’s latest global inequality report shows how growing global inequality is a direct threat to our democratic rights, writes Jacob Andrewartha.
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We have to push back against NSW Labor’s unprecedented attack on our right to protest genocide and invasions, and what we choose to wear on our T-shirts, argues Rachel Evans.
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State Labor governments are rushing to restrict democratic rights and boost police powers to quash dissent and distract from failures, argues Isaac Nellist.
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Labor can be pushed to intervene and repower Tomago if enough unionists and community organisations demand it, argues Zane Alcorn. The dying coal industry will not simply say goodbye.