The Guardian • Coalition
New rules set to target minor parties
The Morrison Government has introduced a raft of bills that will make it more difficult for minor parties to enter the nation’s Federal Parliament.
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Issue #2127
Electoral ‘reform’: the two-party stranglehold
In 2022, one-third of Australian voters voted for independents and small parties as the electorate becomes increasingly disenchanted with an entrenched two-party system that sees...
Read moreDeath knell for fossil fuels
On the 12th of November, the Coalition released its long-awaited plan to achieve net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050.
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Issue #2143
HALF THE SKY
With more than one million votes already cast, the two major parties finally announced policies aimed at combatting the scourge of family and gendered violence....
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Issue #2008
DINGO
The US Department of Defence recently went through the formality of asking Congress to give it the go-ahead to fund facilities in Australia to process...
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Issue #2018
DINGO
On the back of a decade of campaigning by unions for ten days paid family and domestic violence leave, the Albanese Government has introduced legislation...
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Issue #2139
HALF THE SKY
Coalition leader Peter Dutton’s reputation on women’s issues has taken another hit. This time it is for his attack on women employed in the Australian...
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Issue #2005
Preparing for war does not preserve peace
Everyday in our news cycle the drums of of war become louder. Last month, however, that messaging received a massive boost when Defence Minister Peter...
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Issue #2009
What does the election mean for workers?
The Australian Labor Party is on track to win seventy-seven seats in the House of Representatives, securing majority government for the first time since 2010,...
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Issue #2030
The mainstream media has excised coverage of Israel’s crimes in the West Bank and Gaza. While there is no end to the noise from the...
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Issue #2135
Trump – and the Coalition’s past and future
Have you ever thought that the landscapes around you look too beautiful? Have you ever thought that your life needs a bit more of that...
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Issue #2018
Listen to the science! State of the environment report
During the 2019-2020 bushfires thirty-three lives were lost, more than seven million hectares were burnt, more than 3,000 home destroyed. In the most recent floods,...
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Issue #2009
Dingo
Hedge fund shark George Soros’ speech to the World Economic Forum in Davos last week was essentially an anti-communist diatribe, seeing communism correctly as a...
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Issue #2142
GREEN NOTES
Extreme and costly weather events continue to have a deadly and destructive impact on people, our biosphere, and the planet. 2024 was the second consecutive...
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Issue #2004
Jobs jobs jobs! Liberals ignore quality over quantity
Once again, one of the LNP’s go-to slogans for the upcoming federal election is “Jobs Jobs Jobs!” After Labor leader Albanese was raked over the...
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Issue #2019
DINGO
The proposal by the Albanese government for an Indigenous Voice in parliament would be a body which makes representations to parliament on matters that affect...
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Issue #2008
Private schools got richer under JobKeeper
To say that JobKeeper was a program designed to benefit the ruling class during the pandemic would be an understatement. As we have seen, Harvey...
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Issue #2018
Paid family and domestic violence leave a huge win for workers
At the end of last month, working-class people across the country achieved a momentous victory when a bill tabled by Workplace Relations Minister Tony Burke...
Read moreEditorial – Dutton funds favoured, less meritorious projects
One would think that given how big the Morrison government is on ensuring a “fair go for those who have a go” that merit-based programs would be the shining example of this motto in practice. However ...
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Issue #2104
Bushfire survivors call Dutton out
Bushfire Survivors for Climate Action (BSCA) has spoken out in response to Opposition Leader Peter Dutton’s statements that the Federal Liberal Party would dump Australia’s...
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Issue #1981
Frydenberg offers net-zero but we demand more
Last month, cracks began to appear in the Coalition government’s policy on climate change. Speaking to leaders in the financial sector, federal Treasurer Josh Frydenberg...
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Issue #2009
New Coalition leaders seek to “soften” image, but their past betrays them
“Peter Dutton has […] a soft heart. Australian voters will be very surprised by the Peter Dutton they will see.” These were the words of...
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Issue #2105
Peter Dutton & the nuclear shit show
We watched in horror as Peter Dutton and a whole cavalcade of Coalition ministers rolled out their nuclear nightmare in a blatant attempt to keep...
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Issue #2027
Landmark UN decision highlights Australia’s climate injustice
In news that will surprise no one, a United Nations Committee has found the former Coalition government to have violated the human rights of Torres...
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Issue #2019
Dodgy Dutton continues “climate war”
With a new Labor government, Australia finally has some concrete plans for climate action (see in this issue Climate Wars). Climate change was a major...
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Issue #2139
Caption contest!
The Liberal Party obviously heard our plea for cartoons, and did this picture for our caption contest. That, or they decided that a picture of...
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Issue #2135
Israel lobby’s assassins
A rich-list of Jewish business and finance moneybags has rallied around former Coalition federal treasurer, Josh Frydenberg, to “raise millions to fight antisemitism.” Frydenberg, currently...
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Issue #2004
Boot the Coalition out!
The Coalition government has comprehensive plans to destroy militant trade unions and give employers arbitrary powers and unfettered rights over workers in the workplace. The...
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Issue #2130
PEACE NOTES
AUKUS, the euphemistically called ‘security partnership’ between Australia, the US, and the UK, is sold to the public as promoting “a free and open Indo-Pacific...
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Issue #2144
LETTERS
Letter from Longman Dear Comrade Editor, The Labor victory on 3 May 2025 will be long remembered as one of the greatest sweeps to power...
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Issue #2132
Dutton for sale
The ACTU has criticised billionaire mining magnate Gina Rinehart for behaving like an oligarch for trying to buy influence over the Coalition’s industrial relations policy....
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Issue #2142
CPA Statement on the upcoming federal election
The betrayal of the people by the Albanese Labor government has opened the door for the Coalition to form a minority government with the support...
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Issue #2114
Parliament works as designed – against workers
Several ABC commentators this week have been singing Parliament’s praises, cheering on co-operation between Labor and the Coalition. However, these messages about ‘reaching across the...
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Issue #2139
Meet law-and-order Dutton
Peter Dutton is a Queensland cop. Whatever clothes or title he wears (Minister of Defence, Minister for Home Affairs, currently leader of the Coalition) he...
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Issue #2092
Most Coalition voters back ‘right to disconnect’
Two-thirds of Coalition voters back newly legislated protections for employees’ right to disconnect from emails and calls outside of work, new research from the Australia...
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Issue #2187
DINGO
Pacific governments and civil society have come together in Vanuatu as part of a key regional meeting ahead of the landmark First International Conference for...
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Issue #2092
NATIONALISE AGED CARE
The ageing population is portrayed as a burden on the budget and taxpayers because the priorities of the Labor government are pedigree neoliberal: user pays...
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Issue #2136
DINGO
The Climate Change Authority’s latest report confirms the risks of delaying a clean energy future in favour of nuclear power will lead to higher emissions...
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Issue #2135
CPA Statement on the upcoming federal election
The betrayal of the people by the Albanese labor government has opened the door for the Coalition to form a minority government with the support...
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Issue #2175
EDITORIAL
The United States’ illegal attack on Venezuela and abduction of Venezuelan president Maduro (see Chavismo survives US attacks on Venezuela) came as a shock to...
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Issue #2131
Menzies the Nazi appeaser
The founder of the Liberal Party, Robert Menzies, was an enthusiastic supporter of Adolph Hitler and the Nazis. Amid the current hullabaloo and white noise...
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Issue #2127
South Australia: Government gives itself more money
After a secret consultation, the South Australian Labor government has decided to press ahead with changes to electoral laws which will massively increase government funding...
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Issue #2113
The bill to kill unions
The Labor government, in collaboration with the Coalition, has passed legislation on 21 August aimed at decapitating and destroying the CFMEU. Doing the dirty work...
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Issue #2140
Coalition’s climate car crash policy
Opposition Leader Peter Dutton is set to send another wrecking ball through Australia’s hard-won, climate policies, with reports indicating he plans to destroy the New...
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Issue #2128
EDITORIAL
It’s easy to be despondent about 2025, as we go into the holiday season. Trump will be US president next year. It’s quite possible Australia...
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Issue #2116
DINGO
“Free trade” is pushed by the big corporations because it permits them to undercut domestic manufacturers or growers, to drive them out of business or...
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Issue #2174
Problems with Labor’s new nature laws
The Greens have agreed to back the Labor government’s legislation rewriting the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act and ending a five-year struggle to supposedly...
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Issue #2141
They Really Said That: Quotes from the Coalition
Peter Dutton: “The prime minister has been weak and missing in action. That’s why we find ourselves in the position we’re in today.” This was...
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Issue #2143
EDITORIAL
By the time you read this, the federal election will be finished. After a long and tiring campaign, it’s understandable that a lot of people...
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Issue #2133
DINGO
Hate symbols and terror offences in Australia will now be subject to mandatory sentencing with new laws, which could bring prison terms ranging from one...
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Issue #2144
Need for electoral reform
Parliament and parliamentary campaigns have an important place in the whole process of the struggle to advance the interests of the people – provided that...
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Issue #2134
TWO-PARTY POWER GRAB
In a move reflecting the common ground in policies between the government and Coalition, and to sideline the Greens and independents, the Albanese Labor government...
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Issue #2138
Two Australias
How many CEOs, senior executives, politicians or senior government officials have to choose between paying the rent, skipping meals, purchasing medication, cooling their home, or...
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Issue #2141
EDITORIAL
At time of writing, Trump’s imposition of tariffs around the world is getting a lot of attention. The tariffs are having a big effect on...
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Issue #2138
EDITORIAL
As we come closer to a May election, there’s a lot of talk of military spending. Our mainstream news outlets assume this country needs to...
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Issue #2133
EDITORIAL
Australia will have an election very soon. It could be as early as 12 April. So what’s on offer? As this edition of the Guardian,...
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Issue #2144
CPA CC Statement on the federal election
The Communist Party of Australia welcomes the electoral defeat of Peter Dutton and the Coalition on Saturday 3 May 2025. It is clear the electorate...
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Issue #2144
EDITORIAL
Peter Dutton is history after a catastrophic loss in the federal election. He’s being given some points for being ‘gracious’ in his acceptance speech. The...
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Issue #2144
Labor has no mandate
The Albanese government has no mandate to implement its anti-people agenda. Behind the swing to Labor in terms of seats in the Lower House, the...
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