The Guardian • Issue #1961 • May 17, 2021
Pro-business – Anti-worker
Women, aged care, and jobs were to be the focus of the 2021-22 federal budget – or so we were led to believe, prior to its release.
Read moreMorrison gov’t further damages relations with China!
Australia-China relations continue to deteriorate.
Read moreSolidarity with the Colombian people
The CPA condemns in the strongest possible terms the actions by the Colombian government of President Iván Duque against the people of Colombia.
Read moreHow the budget fails the elderly, women, and children
The Morrison Government’s attempt to show a commitment to women in this Budget ultimately does not reach the women it’s supposed to benefit.
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Issue #1961
Wharfies gain big wins in waterfront struggle – more to come, more to win!!
The waterfront has been in a significant struggle over the last three years.
Read moreColombia resists the shackles of neoliberalism
Nationwide protests broke out across Colombia on 28th April against the government’s attempt to introduce a tax reform that would further damage the working class.
Read moreOn Victory Day
Russian President Vladimir Putin gave an address at the Victory Day parade in Red Square, Moscow, on 9th May.
Read moreReserve bank of Australia shirks affordable housing responsibility
A recent ABC article reports that the RBA doesn’t see its monetary policy as a solution to increasing house prices.
Read moreFederal court upholds India travel ban
In a judgment handed down on the 10th May, the Federal Court of Australia (FCA) upheld the federal government’s India travel ban.
Read moreAssam’s statelessness crisis continues
In August 2019, a National Register of Citizens was published in Assam. It has created a crisis of statelessness in the region which is ongoing today.
Read moreIsrael kills dozens in Gaza airstrikes, escalates land theft and Palestinian expulsions
Last week, Israeli military forces began killing Palestinians – including women and children.
Read moreChina’s rocket debris falls to earth as “accurately predicted”
China’s space authority announced on Sunday that remnants from China’s Long March-5B Y2 carrier rocket reentered the Earth’s atmosphere, most of it burning upon entry, with some remnants falling in the Arabian Sea.
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