The Guardian • rent
National crisis for Australian renters
On census night in 2016, an estimated 116,000 people were experiencing homelessness across Australia.
Read moreThe “new normal” life with COVID, two years on
New data shows that the cost of living has increased 3.5 per week in the past year and poverty is once more on the increase...
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Issue #1998
Homelessness epidemic
Having a roof over your head and a safe living space is not a privilege as capitalists would have us believe. It is a basic...
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Issue #2065
USA: Hunger and food insecurity
The United States is a net exporter of food, yet hunger is a worsening phenomenon with many Americans unable to buy basic foods, due to...
Read more“Grants” for homeowners, but “handouts” for renters
“Living with other people, you start off in that nice accommodating phase. “Okay we’re going to get on.” You try really hard. It’s all going...
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Issue #2067
Monopoly capital
As families struggle to put food on the table and keep up with rental and mortgage payments, profits are soaring. Inflation was running at six...
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Issue #2045
DINGO
The NSW Council of Social Service (NCOSS) welcomed the recent announcement by an increasingly desperate NSW Coalition government in election mode, after it committed to...
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Issue #2053
Portable bond scheme
The NSW Council of Social Services (NCOSS) “broadly supports” the state government’s Bill in Parliament to better protect renters, but has expressed concern around some...
Read moreNational crisis for Australian renters
The JobSeeker supplement ended on 28th March; four states have already extended their moratoria or do not currently have protections in place for tenants.
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Issue #2059
(Far from) Abhorrent
When is it good for something to be abhorrent? When it’s the title of this amusing and inspiring zine produced by our comrades at the...
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Issue #2065
Rental reform call to Senate inquiry
A coalition of more than 80 organisations across Australia has urged governments to act swiftly on rental reform in a joint submission to the Senate’s...
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Issue #2081
Good Housing: A Human Right for all Australians
Residents of the remote community of Ltyentye Apurte (Santa Teresa) in the Northern Territory have just won their right to enjoy safe and healthy housing,...
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Issue #2063
Resist the anti-China scare campaign
Australians have real problems, problems that can’t be wished away. Climate change is happening now, and our ALP government is making it worse. There is...
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Issue #2048
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...
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Issue #2049
MAY DAY
The international working class continues to commemorate the struggles and gains achieved over 134 years since the first May Day commemoration in 1889 which remembered...
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Issue #2067
When rent freezes over
Rent is in the news lately, for several reasons. There is a national housing crisis. The Albanese Labor government, always keen to be seen as...
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