Renee Lees, who is standing for Socialist Alliance in the Queensland Senate, said neither major party has put forward real solutions to the housing unaffordability crisis. Kerry Smith reports.
Economy
What will happento the pernicious cashless debit cardscheme after the election?Labor has promised to make the scheme voluntary and the Coalition claims not to have a plan to expand it. But can either be trusted?Alex Bainbridge and Vivien Miley ǰ.
Matthew Alexander explains why the leadership debate about how to address cost-of-living rises and housing affordability is cynical, at best.
The institutional integration of sports with the military has reproduced authoritarian sports cultures, writesJanaka Biyanwila.Popular protests demanding regime change are also about demilitarising the state.
Superannuation tax concessions mostly help those on higher incomes and have an impact on the way the climate emergency is tackled. Andrew Chuter explains how.
The NSWgovernment has scrapped planning laws aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions during and after the construction of new apartments. Ben Radford reports.
While essential workers kept society running through the pandemic, governments and bosses worked assiduously to undermine their pay and conditions. FedericoFuentes reports.
Socialist Alliance candidate for Wills Sue Boltonsaid kicking the Scott Morrison government out is critical, butgoing soft on Labor won't help the workers’ movement. Jacob Andrewartha reports.
Since the beginning of March, protests have erupted across Sri Lanka demanding the resignation of President Nandasena Gotabaya Rajapaksa, writes Janaka Biyanwila. These protests emerged in the context of rising costs of living, exacerbated by a foreign debt crisis.
Socialist Alliance Victorian Senate candidate Felix Dancecriticised the Coalition's “khaki election” strategy, saying “war is a racket”.
Cost-of-living pressures and the economy are critical issues in most election campaigns, and they certainly are in this one, arguesWilliam Briggs.
It is what we have come to expect from the Prime Minister— comments that reflect age-old prejudice and which put him firmly in the bigot camp, arguesJanet Parker.
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