Despite recording 28 years of uninterrupted growth, it was already clear prior to the coronavirus pandemic that Australia’s economy was not working for everyone. In the last 20 years, manufacturing, as a percentage of GDP declined from 12% to 6%. Steel production …
Facial recognition technology is now in operation across every jurisdiction in Australia and governments and private companies are fast turning the nation into a surveillance state. We think that’s a …
The Coalition, in its vendetta against clean renewable energy, will this week push a bill through Parliament that obliges the Clean Energy Finance Corporation to manage a $1billion ‘Grid Reliability Fund’, …
Hooray for the Sex Discrimination Commissioner, Kate Jenkins, calling out companies that use non-disclosure agreements to stop women complaining about sexual harassment. This week a former AMP employee revealed she …
We call on the Morrison Government to do the one thing that it has consistently refused to do so far during this Covid crisis, to support Australian universities and prevent …
The Australian Democrats intend to contest the next Federal election and we will certainly need donations to win seats in the Parliament but here is how we will deal with …
We applaud the ACT Government for this week being the first jurisdiction to raise the age of criminal responsibility from 10 to 14. This brings the ACT in line with …
At a time when we need private sector investment to fuel economic recovery, the Clean Energy Council warns that investment in renewables is falling off a cliff with the number of large-scale …
The Morrison government is making an art form of selling stimulus but delivering none. The latest is talk of bringing forward the personal income tax cuts flagged for 2022. Craig …
The government’s National COVID-19 Coordination Commission (NCCC) is revealing who it really serves; Australia’s corporate and fossil-fuel lobby. Despite the release of the Australian Energy Market Operator’s much awaited Integrated System …
