ACTU: Un-amended JobMaker scheme will only create insecure work
The ACTU has sounded the warning that the rejection of amendments to JobMaker by the federal government is likely to create a new wave of insecure work and risks displacing [...]
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Human Rights Law Centre Call For Reform For Political Donations
The Human Rights Law Centre reform is needed so the interests of the people, the planet, and future generations come before those of big political donors — in other words [...]
Environment: Climate model suggests we may be past the ‘point of no return’
New climate modelling suggests that even ceasing all greenhouse gas emissions today might not be enough to stop global warming. The reduced complexity model suggests that [...]
Prime Minister Morrison Fails Public Morality Test And Protects The “Boy’s Club”
(Comment/Opinion) The evangelical, god fearing Prime Minister of Australia has failed the public morality test by refusing to deal with the allegations made public this week [...]
Around 1 in 6 Australians drank more alcohol during the COVID-19 pandemic, but 1 in 6 drank less
According to Australian research around 1 in 6 Australians drank more alcohol during the COVID19 pandemic – but around 1 in 6 Aussies also drank less. One reason for [...]
We asked 24 women to reflect on images of ‘hot’ men — and it’s good news for those with ‘dad bods’
shutterstock Andrea Waling, La Trobe University; Duane Duncan, La Trobe University, and Gary Dowsett, La Trobe University Since the 2012 hit film Magic Mike explored the [...]
Pfizer: COVID-19 vaccine 90% effective, lame duck Trump tries to claim the good news
Pfizer claims that initial studies have determined their COVID-19 vaccine is 90% effective at preventing the disease. Lame duck President Trump has tried to share in the good [...]
6 New Covid 19 Cases In Qld
Queensland now has 6 new cases related to the Youth Detention Centre cluster. The cases are located in Bundamba, Marsden, Carindale, North Ipswich and Forest Lake. New [...]
COVID-19: Household Contact Maybe Greater Risk
A new peer-reviewed study from China shows that that household contact maybe the main way COVID-19 is being spread. People with a more server clinical case of COVID-19 were [...]
‘We are taboo everywhere’: how LGBTIQ+ people, and their children, become stateless
Bruno Domingos/Reuters Thomas McGee, University of Melbourne No child should be denied her rights because her parents are LGBTIQ+, and no family should have to endure the [...]
