The climate emergency聽is already impacting all our lives. As it gets worse, we will be affected by more聽catastrophic聽floods and storms, bushfires and droughts. Globally there will be less clean water and farmland available. It is a result of an economic system 鈥 capitalism 鈥 in which private companies鈥 profit-making is privileged over the real needs of communities and their environments.
Our Common Cause
You could be forgiven for thinking theft is suddenly socially acceptable given recent events 鈥 provided you act remorsefully after being caught. However, that acceptance only extends so far, writes Sarah Hathway.
In a 40-minute interview with the Guardian, federal 鈥渙pposition鈥 leader Anthony Albanese's arguments for Labor鈥檚 serial capitulation to the Coalition government were weak, inconsistent and based on a fool鈥檚 reading of political reality.
It is fast becoming a recognised fact 鈥 almost a truism 鈥 that the Newstart Allowance is too low. For unemployed people trying to get by on about $300 a week ($277 without rent assistance, $227 for those under 21), this is not news.
With the re-election of the Coalition government, conservatives have become emboldened to intensify their agenda of transferring even more wealth and power to the already dominant at the expense of the rest of us, writes Nick Fredman.
Australia remains a world leader in cruelty towards refugees, writes Zebedee Parkes.听
This image captured Labor鈥檚 class betrayal on July 3, the first day of the new federal parliament, when it voted with the Coalition government for tax cuts for the rich.
This fight for women鈥檚 rights and against gendered violence is union business, says the Socialist Alliance.
From July 1, Prime Minister Scott Morrison will receive a 2% pay rise on top of his already inflated parliamentary salary. Morrison currently earns $538,460 a year and in a few weeks time will earn an additional $10,000 a year. The current base salary for federal MPs and Senators is $207,100.
Could you be described as being 鈥渘on-faith鈥? The newly re-elected Coalition government has a law in mind for you, writes Barry Healy.
Socialist Alliance supports the student-led climate movement and Extinction Rebellion and all those who want to work together to boost the numbers for the next global strike called for September, writes Jacob Andrewartha.
Barely had we digested the news of the unexpected Coalition victory when the corporate media commentators and a number of senior party leaders were blaming Labor鈥檚 election loss for it being too left-wing 鈥 鈥渢oo ambitious鈥, 鈥渁 large target鈥 and 鈥渂it off more than it could chew鈥.
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