IMF: Fix bargaining for better pay – Australia needs a pay rise
Research by the International Monetary Fund has revealed that the erosion of people’s rights in the workplace has led to less pay for workers. The International Monetary [...]
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FactCheck: have the Trump tax cuts led to lower unemployment and higher wages? No it hasn’t
Fabrizio Carmignani, Griffith University The evidence on the ground is very clear. The Trump tax cuts have led to stronger investment, stronger growth, lower unemployment [...]
Labor to restore penalty rates, health funding and protect Medicare
Bill shorten has outlined Labor’s vision for Australia at the Queensland ALP state conference this weekend. With the background of the disunity of Liberal Party at a [...]
Liberal Chaos: Primary Vote Crashes In Wentworth down 22 points, 50.9% less likely to vote Liberal
With the former, defenestrated Prime Minister, Malcolm Turnbull resigning from Parliament the Liberal Party primary vote crashes over 22 points to 39.6%, compared to 2016 [...]
Syrian refugees in Lebanon continue to play the resettlement waiting game
By Marika Sosnowski Twitter: @MikiSosnowski “The camp is better now than it was,” Abu Iday told Global Voices. As the informal leader of a small gathering of Syrian [...]
ABS: Dwelling approvals fall in July
Recent figures released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics show that the number of dwellings approved in Australia fell by 1.3 per cent in July 2018 in trend terms. [...]
Court opens door to domestic violence victim to sue police for negligence
In refusing to strike out Smith’s claim, the court has accepted that it is arguable police could owe a common law duty of care to specific victims of domestic violence to [...]
Could Section 44 exclude Tony Abbott and Barnaby Joyce from parliament?
Luke Beck, Monash University Tony Abbott and Barnaby Joyce have each accepted job offers from new Prime Minister Scott Morrison to serve as his special envoys. The prime [...]
37-year-old Sydney to face court over sexual assault
A 37-year-old Sydney man charged with sexual assault will face court today. It is alleged that he met his victim through an online dating app, Bumble. The police believe that [...]
A ‘woman problem’? No, the Liberals have a ‘man problem’, and they need to fix it
Chris Wallace, Australian National University Politics isn’t rational. Prejudice trumps performance. Politics is run by thugs. These are three reasonable conclusions from [...]
