NSW Labor’s 2025-26 budge hands subsidies to developers and other private businesses but largely ignores the welfare of workers and the poor. Jim McIlroy reports.
Economy
The corporate media, economists and employers are complaining that productivity in Australia is too low. Some describe it as a national disaster. But is it even a problem, asks Mary Merkenich?
The Shehbaz Sharif government’s disastrous neoliberal policies have led to a sharp decline in Pakistan’s agricultural production, Farooq Tariq reports.
As capitalism’s inherent barbarism is being exposed via the West’s enabling of genocide in Gaza, organisers of the Ecosocialism 2025 conference are confident its program will attract significant interest. Jacob Andrewartha reports.
Protests have been held across Aotearoa New Zealand against the right-wing coalition government, after it forced through a bill amending the country’s Equal Pay Act. Zara Lomas reports.
Thousands rallied on Parliament House lawns to oppose the Liberal government’s plans to proceed with a new Australian Football League and AFL Women’s stadium at Macquarie Point. Philippa Skinner reports.
In the second part of our interview, Green Left’s Federico Fuentes spoke to Canadian socialist activist and author Sam Gindin about the impact of United States President Donald Trump’s tariff war on workers, and how they can respond.
The second-term Anthony Albanese government has no excuse not to raise welfare payments in a cost-of-living and housing crisis, argues Pip Hinman.
Amid the biggest housing crisis in Australia’s history and public housing being sold off, the most vulnerable public housing tenants say they are now even more isolated. Suzanne James reports.
In the first part of our interview, Canadian socialist activist and author Sam Gindin discusses the impacts of United States President Donald Trump’s tariff war on global capitalism with Green Left’s Federico Fuentes.
Indignation and resistance to United States President Donald Trump’s bullying, deportations and economic reprisals are spreading across Latin America, writes Steve Ellner.
Environmentalists say the toxic practices of industrial-scale fish farms damage Tasmania’s reputation as “clean and green”. Philippa Skinner reports.
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