Australia

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 [...]

Coalition Win Will See 3000 Commonwealth Jobs To Be Cut

May 20, 2019 // 0 Comments

With the re-election of the Morrison Government the public service is set to lose 3000 jobs amd another $1.5 billion slashed from Commonwealth agencies. CPSU National [...]

Labor’s election defeat reveals its continued inability to convince people it can make their lives better

May 19, 2019 // 0 Comments

Geoffrey Robinson, Deakin University The election result was a triumph for the Coalition and a defeat for pundits. The result is even more striking when the drift to the left [...]

ACTU: Morrison has no mandate for regressive IR agenda – Morrison on notice

May 19, 2019 // 0 Comments

Australia’s trade union peak body has put the re-elected prime minister on notice saying Government’s narrow re-election means it has no mandate for a regressive IR [...]

Morrison is not the ’Fair Go’ PM for Australians, he is for banks, millionaires and corporations

August 27, 2018 // 0 Comments

Opinion: Scott Morrison talking about the fair go is the worst joke possible. This man is far from the fair go for Australians. This is the man who cut schools, cut [...]

Senator Wong pays tribute to Julie Bishop “for her trailblazing rote as the first Australian woman to be Minister for Foreign Affairs”

August 26, 2018 // 0 Comments

Senator Penny Wong has paid tribute to Julie Bishop for “her trailblazing rote as the first Australian woman to be Minister for Foreign Affairs.” The Senator [...]