Economy

Antipoverty Centre: ‘Nuclear subs means more inequality’

The Antipoverty Centre has criticised Anthony Albanese’s decision to spend a staggering $368 billion on nuclear submarines. Isaac Nellist reports.

Campaign for a nuclear free Cockburn Sound launched

Stop AUKUS WA launched its Nuke Free Cockburn Sound campaign the day after the PM announced the AUKUS nuclear submarine deal. Leonie Lundy reports.

Kohei Saito to speak at Ecosocialism 2023

Japanese Marxist academic Kohei Saito, author of Capital in the Anthropocene, will be a keynote speaker at Ecosocialism 2023, organised by Green Left. Peter Boyle reports.

Workers need unions to take action over inflation, cost-of-living pressures

Given how many are being crunched by the cost-of-living crisis, public sentiment would be on the unions’ side if they took united action for wage rises, argues Mary Merkenich.

Whingeing billionaires don’t need placating

Superannuation tax concessions now cost as much as the age pension and more than the National Disability Insurance Scheme, writes Peter Boyle.

Hugo Chavez’ legacy commemorated

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez was a leader for Venezuela, Latin America and the whole world, a meeting to mark 10 years since his death, was told. Chris Slee reports.

Lack of opportunity shop

The closure of the traditional opportunity shop means the losers are people who can least afford it, argues Darren Saffin.

Corrupt and fraudulent: Laying bare the Adani Group

A two-year investigation by Hindenbug Research found evidence that Indian conglomerate Adani Group had engaged in a brazen stock manipulation and accounting fraud scheme over decades. Binoy Kampmark reports.

Spain: Pedro Sánchez launches ‘class war’ election campaign

With elections due in the next 12 months, Spanish Socialist Workers Party (PSOE) prime minister Pedro Sánchez is hoping his pro-worker posture will be enough to secure victory over the right and keep the independence movement at bay, writes Dick Nichols.