Excellent – you took the first step into politics by reading this
Now might be the time for you to consider joining a political party – one that takes positions based on evidence rather than ideology, one that listens, thinks about the …
Uluru Statement from the Heart wins the Sydney Peace Prize
It’s more than 4 years since the 250 First Nations people presented us with the Uluru Statement from the Heart and little progress has been made despite overwhelming support from …
$723,000,000 wasted on gas-gen
Slammed by the IEEFA as not making sense, the Government appears determined to spend $610 million of public money on the Kurri Kurri gas-fired power generator in the Hunter Valley, …
Wasting time, energy and $s on oil refineries
It is beyond belief that the government would waste $2 billion to prop up oil refineries – money that should have been spent years ago improving both emissions and fuel …
Budget: the glaring omissions
The ABC $58.6 million went to SBS, AAP, community broadcasting and the media regulator but the ABC’s funding will drop by $10 million for 2021-22. Former ABC bureaucrat, Michael Ward says the …
Budget: Aged care
The $17.7 billion package for aged care is welcome but it is $3.5 billion/year whereas the Royal Commission recommended an additional $10 billion a year – much of which was …
A universal right to high quality, safe and timely support and care, free from mistreatment and neglect, inhumane treatment, and any form of abuse.
Aged care platform released
The Royal Commission into Aged Care has found significant fault in the aged care system as a whole and uncovered neglect, abuse, indifference, and poor leadership. It says one third …
More reasons to give up gas
The Climate Council released its report today – Kicking the Gas Habit: How gas is harming our health. The findings of the report were that children living in houses with gas …
Ahmed: Every door is closed to me
No work rights, no study rights, no access to Medicare – this is the plight of asylum seekers denied access to bridging visas for years and years. It was brought …