Economy
Federal government unveils new billion dollar ‘JobTrainer’ skills package
Prime Minister Scott Morrison has unveiled a new billion dollar skills package aimed towards school leavers and young unemployed Australians......
$270 billion arms expenditure – a sensible precaution or a belligerent gesture?
Prime Minister Scott Morrison suggests that the post Covid world order will resemble the 1930’s, with China implicitly cast in......
Arts funding finally announced, but is it enough?
A Federal Government $250 million dollar arts and culture package will provide security to the country’s flagship arts organisations, but......
Policy can create a boom or bust for renewable energy jobs
Government policy decisions need to be made now to secure the future of work in the renewable energy sector, as......
Open letter to National Cabinet amid rent stress
The National Association of Tenants Organisations along with 70 groups and academics around Australia are submitting an open letter to......
Getting stimulus investment right
Researchers from the Australian National University have released a set of criteria they say Australian governments should follow if they......
ABC cuts further devastate Australian media landscape
This week ABC Managing Director David Anderson announced funding cuts will force the national public broadcaster to sack staff in......
Covid 19 brings cashless society one step closer
Only 30 percent of Australians still even use cash and that number has likely dropped over the past months. During......
New Progressive International launches: Internationalism or Extinction
The Progressive International, endorsed and supported by Arundhati Roy, Bernie Sanders, Naomi Klein and Yanis Varoufakis, seeks to unite, organise......
Eden-Monaro by-election: Two local women contest the seat
The Eden-Monaro by-election will now be a contest between Liberal Dr Fiona Kotvojs, a local beef farmer, and Labor’s Kristy......