The Guardian • Issue #2048 • April 17, 2023
Inequality deepens
New research shows one million people in NSW are living in poverty. With Western Sydney going backwards while Eastern Sydney is improving, inequality across the...
Read moreVoice to Parliament: the progressive YES
You’re going to hear a lot of negative things about the Voice to Parliament in the months between now, and when the referendum is held...
Read morePalm Sunday Peace Rally 2023 Adelaide
A gathering of dedicated peace activists met on the steps of Parliament House in North Terrace (Adelaide) in advocacy for peace which seems so fragile...
Read moreRental crisis requires bold government action
As a new report reveals hundreds of thousands of Australians are in need of public housing while rents are expected to remain high for years,...
Read moreWar Powers
A parliamentary report released 31st March on War Powers has failed to recommend the genuine reform many in the community expect. “The first recommendation confirms...
Read moreNSW: Coalition booted out
The message from NSW voters on 25th March was loud and clear. The Perrottet Coalition government took a hit, losing twelve of its 47 seats...
Read moreAction for jobs, pay, safety
Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union members launched major rallies across Australia on Wednesday 5th April as anger mounts over serious issues facing the nation...
Read moreDINGO
The Victorian government has been urged to list the fat-tailed dunnart as vulnerable, with the last surviving small marsupial of the state’s volcanic plains under...
Read moreASIO powers revisited
In 2002 legislation introduced by the Howard Coalition government represented the most dangerous offensive against civil liberties and democratic rights yet seen in Australia. The...
Read moreGREEN NOTES
Anna Pha The horrendous spectacle of a carpet of millions of dead fish floating on the Darling River at Menindee is yet another wake-up call...
Read moreOn the path towards modernisation
The Communist Party of China (CPC) kindly invited the CPA to participate in the online forum of the CPC in dialogue with World Political Parties...
Read moreGLOBAL BRIEFS
YEMEN: Saudi and Omani delegations arrived in Yemen to negotiate a permanent ceasefire deal with Houthi officials. The visit follows the Oman-mediated consultations between Saudi...
Read moreChina’s peaceful development is a great boon to the world
Last month, China’s annual Two Sessions, the National People’s Congress (NPC, China’s top legislature) and the National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference...
Read moreHALF THE SKY
Elle Be In 2020, a bipartisan effort in New South Wales finally achieved success in the long-standing struggle for the legalisation of abortion. The change...
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