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PEACE NOTES Issue #2209

PEACE NOTES

We often hear about things the government could fund if they weren’t spending money on the AUKUS pact. Thanks to a person called ‘the Tabulator,’...

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Public housing tower in Collingwood, Melbourne. Issue #2198

Housing crisis drives protest

Over 10,000 residents are set to be displaced, and 6,660 homes are set to be demolished, during an ever-worsening housing crisis in Victoria. A recent...

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Denis Doherty speaking at the ‘Save Public Housing Rally’ 5 July 2025 in Glebe. Issue #2204

Priced out: An income test for Australia’s rental market

Australia’s housing crisis has entered a new phase. For many years, discussions about rental affordability focused on people on the lowest incomes. Those Australians continue...

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Drone shot over Melbourne suburb. Issue #2191

Tax rorts for the rich

“This budget does nothing for ordinary people – renters, first-home buyers and mortgage holders – who are struggling to keep a roof over their heads....

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Anthony Albanese lived in an apartment in this building situated in Camperdown, Sydney. Issue #2210

Albo’s Mum

The furore that erupted about Pauline Hanson’s ignorant statements about Anthony Albanese’s mother and her occupation of public housing disguised some essential elements of the...

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Issue #2203

EDITORIAL

That was Shadow Housing minister Andrew Bragg’s answer to the question of whether low-income earners should accept substandard housing so that developers would have an...

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Occupy London protest, London. Issue #2210

Capitalism in crisis

Households are being squeezed by rising inflation and higher interest rates. Poverty, homelessness, and unemployment are on the rise. The housing crisis is deepening. The...

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