Australia

From Louisiana to Queensland: how American slave owners started again in Australia

June 18, 2020 // 0 Comments

Lorne sugar plantation in Mackay, 1874. State Library Queensland Paige Gleeson, University of Tasmania Scott Morrison says “we shouldn’t be importing” the Black Lives [...]

One million Australians download Government app to fight Covid-19

April 27, 2020 // 0 Comments

Over 1 million Australians have downloaded the government’s app to fight COVID-19. The application designed as a track and trace mechanism and to assist in monitoring the [...]

Covid-19 Stimulus: Right Size, Wrong Shape – @TheAusInstitute

March 13, 2020 // 0 Comments

Senior Economist at the Australia Institute,Matt Grudnoff, in responding to the Morrison government’s stimulus package details has said that the size of the stimulus is [...]

Greens to introduce law: 14 days coronavirus leave for all affected workers

March 13, 2020 // 0 Comments

Amid the Covid-19 crisis and the subsequent community discussions around how vulnerable casual workers are in Australia, Greens Leader Adam Bandt MP said that when parliament [...]

ACTU calls for two weeks paid special leave for all workers

March 11, 2020 // 0 Comments

The ACTU Executive today has called on the Morrison government to provide a guarantee of two weeks paid leave for all workers, permanent, casual and contract, who are forced [...]

Healing the Past by Nurturing the Future – Helping First Nations Australians to heal complex trauma as parents

December 14, 2019 // 0 Comments

Becoming a parent is a major change in life for anyone. It is filled with hope, joy, and fear — and this is the case if you have grown up in a stable and safe environment. [...]

Australia’s Gay Profile 2019

December 11, 2019 // 0 Comments

Back in 2015 RealNewsOne published an article on Australia’s gay profile. At that time the debate around same-sex marriage was raging and feelings were high. Tony [...]

Antibiotic resistance is an even greater challenge in remote Indigenous communities

December 11, 2019 // 0 Comments

Asha Bowen, Telethon Kids Institute and Steven Tong, The Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity Antibiotic-resistant infections already cause at least 700,000 [...]

Teachers’ pay in Australia: it starts out OK, but goes downhill pretty quickly

September 4, 2019 // 0 Comments

If you want to earn a high income in Australia, you’re often better off having no degree than having a bachelor degree in teaching. Shutterstock/Monkey Business Images [...]

Jim Chalmers considers tilt at leadership

May 21, 2019 // 0 Comments

Michelle Grattan, University of Canberra Labor’s finance spokesman Jim Chalmers has confirmed he is considering standing for Labor leader, which would put him up against [...]