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...
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Australian 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...
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How 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...
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Colonialism’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...
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Invitation 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...
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Every 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...
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Record 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...
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Protest 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...
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DINGO
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...
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Surrendering 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...
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End 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...
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Stop 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...
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GLOBAL 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...
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Glass 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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