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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Solar Citizens has criticised the budget for not assisting renters — about a third of the population — obtain access to cheaper energy. Jim McIlroy reports.
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Graham Matthews, the Socialist Alliance spokesperson on disability rights, said the budget is a vicious attack on people living with disability.
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The Civil Liberties Defence Centre was launched at a packed-out and star-studded event in Lidcombe. Stephen Langford reports.
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Public Protection Safety Officers, a new armed quasi-police force, will be deployed across the Northern Territory’s public transport network, liquor stores and public housing from June. Briar Bailey reports.
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If there is a crisis in the NDIS, the problem was never participants. Kyle Montgomery argues that the waste came from provider fraud, price gouging and privatised inefficiency.
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Two thousand council workers took strike action, for the first time in decades, after more than 12 months of failed bargaining. Stephanie M reports on the Australian Services Union action.
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Climate campaigners say NSW Labor’s decision to open the state’s west to gas exploration companies will harm the environment and make the transition to benign energy more difficult. Jim McIlroy reports.
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Ali Keshtkar argues the Iran war has exposed the underlying contradictions of an economy already organised around property speculation, financialisation and energy profiteering.
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The first three activists arrested for defying Queensland anti-free speech laws faced court this week. Jonathan Strauss reports.
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Peter Boyle spoke to Graham Matthews, the Socialist Alliance spokesperson on disability rights, about the proposed cuts to the National Disability Insurance Scheme in the upcoming budget.
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Hundreds of community preschool early child educators, members of the Independent Education Union of Australia NSW/ACT, rallied outside NSW Parliament for better pay and working conditions. Rachel Evans reports.