The Guardian • Issue #2038 • January 30, 2023
Blow up the pokies
Australia has the highest per capita gambling losses in the world – more than double those of the USA. These losses come at a huge...
Read moreAustralian troops to train Ukrainian soldiers
In a decision that will ensure even more death and destruction, the Australian Government has sent 70 Australian Defence Force (ADF) personnel to the UK...
Read moreHow easy is it to launder money?
Troy Stolz was employed by the gambling industry lobby group, ClubsNSW as an anti-money laundering compliance auditor. He turned whistle blower after finding that 95...
Read moreColonialism’s dead hand
In 2000 the same issues of land ownership and forms of government were behind the conflict of the two opposing “freedom” fighter groups which erupted...
Read moreInvitation for peace
Dear Friends We would like to invite you to take part in a short campaign intended to contribute to our efforts to oppose the Federal...
Read moreEvery child
Every child has the right to a high-quality education, delivered by qualified and professional teachers in their local neighbourhood. It is Australia’s public education system...
Read moreRecord rent increases
Last year Australia recorded an overall increase in rents of 10.2 per cent, the biggest-ever rent increase recorded nationally. The cost of rent has risen...
Read moreProtest for resettlement
Hundreds of mostly Afghan refugees protested last week in Jakarta calling for resettlement and for basic support while they are stranded in Indonesia. The protest...
Read moreDINGO
As the Albanese government pours billions of dollars of taxpayers’ money into fuelling the war in Ukraine it is offering the fossil fuel miners $500...
Read moreSurrendering sovereignty
The US-Australia Force Posture Agreement has opened the gate for the US to set up Australia as a launching pad for its next war. When...
Read moreEnd the blockade!
1st January marked the 64th anniversary of Cuba’s national liberation. On New Year’s Day, 1959, the brutal US-backed dictator Fulgencio Batista fled the country after...
Read moreStop the War
LONDON: The first ever Stop the War Coalition trade union conference held last weekend looked at how to build a bigger peace movement – and...
Read moreGLOBAL BRIEFS
PERU: The tense confrontation between the police and protesters seems to be escalating daily. Only last week the police raided the largest public university in...
Read moreGlass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
For readers who are in a hurry to get to the more communist stuff in this communist paper, I’ll be brief. Glass Onion is an...
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