Editorial: Fight back the Liberals’ class war for the rich
According to sections of the media, the coming federal election is shaping up as a class war contest. But it is the Liberals who are the class warriors—for corporations and the rich.
Don’t leave it to Labor to end Turnbull’s rule for the rich
More and more detail showing how far Turnbull's tax plan is loaded in favour of the rich has emerged.
Turnbull’s budget delivers more handouts to the rich
The Coalition is handing out personal tax cuts in the hope of boosting their popularity. But their plan was quickly exposed as unfair.
Editorial: As polls keep falling, Dutton summons the ghost of white Australia
On 2 April, Malcolm Turnbull will equal Tony Abbott’s 30 negative Newspolls with the Coalition far behind Labor. In response the government is stepping up its racism in a desperate effort to find some support.
It’s right to fight, it’s right to strike
All over the country workers are being locked out, or facing drastic wage cuts and bosses’ threats to terminate agreements. The ACTU has begun talking about the right to strike. But the talk has to be turned into action.
Barnaby and Turnbull: Hypocrites on parade
The furore surrounding Barnaby Joyce has plunged the Turnbull government into yet another crisis. Turnbull’s “bonking ban” is symptomatic of a puritanical government in terminal decline.
Being black is not a crime, says Melbourne rally
“They are playing political games and it is not right”, the South Sudanese Community Association’s Richard Deng told a protest of 400 people in Melbourne in early February.
Editorial: Bad laws deserve to be broken—fight for the right to strike
Malcolm Turnbull managed to hang on in the Bennelong by-election in December, maintaining his slender parliamentary majority. But his political demise is only postponed.
Editorial: Turnbull imploding—but don’t give Labor a blank cheque
The chaos and division around Malcolm Turnbull seems to grow by the day. His government could be gone within weeks.
Victory on equal marriage, but homophobia is far from finished
The overwhelming 61.6 per cent Yes vote for equal marriage is a victory against the Liberals, homophobia and the bigots behind the No campaign.
Editorial: Turnbull’s nightmare continues—our chance to strike back
The coalition is in chaos. Every week seems to bring a fresh disaster for Malcolm Turnbull.
Editorial: Take the fight to Tory Turnbull’s war on workers
Jeremy Corbyn’s spectacular success in the British election should have worried Malcolm Turnbull. The Tories were humiliated for their agenda of cuts, in the face of socialist Jeremy Corbyn’s promise to tax the rich to fund services.
Turnbull budget targets students, workers, unemployed—but no real pain for the rich
Malcolm Turnbull and Scott Morrison have delivered a budget aimed at avoiding unpopular cuts, in a desperate effort to reverse their slide in the polls. The pundits say it’s a budget Labor could have delivered. But its tax increases deliver no real pain for the rich. Instead ordinary workers and the unemployed are being targeted.
Anti-union ABCC is back, but where was the fight?
The Australian Building and Construction Commission (ABCC) is set to return, with the aim of breaking the power of the construction unions.
Editorial: Turnbull’s weakness our chance to force change
Malcolm Turnbull has been left weak and humiliated by the election result. Turnbull will be constantly looking over his shoulder, worried about whether any of his MPs will break ranks and about his electoral popularity. The government will be vulnerable to public pressure.
Turnbull humiliated as Liberals face parliamentary chaos
The election has delivered a savage blow to Malcolm Turnbull and the Coalition government. The danger is that the disaffection with the mainstream parties can be pulled to the right.
Turnbull’s budget delivers for business and the rich
The centrepiece of Turnbull’s budget is handouts to business and high income earners. But for workers and the poor there are only cuts.
Billions in tax rorts for the rich still untouched
The 2016 Budget robs the poor to pay the rich. Its cuts to social welfare and other government payments and programs all had one target in mind—to fund tax cuts for big business. The handouts to business will cost $48 billion over ten years.
Turnbull spends billions on war despite budget austerity
Massive investment in new weaponry aimed at containing China, a commitment to more war, and more intervention in the South Pacific—that’s the Turnbull government’s vision for a “capable, agile and potent” defence force in the 2016 Defence White Paper.
What’s the point of Malcolm Turnbull?
So ran a recent headline in the Financial Review. The ruling elite is getting worried.
No cuts, no privatisation: Stop Turnbull’s war on Medicare
Not content with cuts to pathology and diagnostic bulk-billing, the Turnbull government has resuscitated Tony Abbott’s plan to privatise Medicare payment systems. But these twin attacks on Medicare could prove to be Turnbull’s major mistake.
Turnbull’s pathology cuts: the new war on Medicare
The Coalition is wielding the scalpel on Medicare—again. As part of their December mini-budget, the government announced cuts of $650 million over four years to an incentive for pathologists to bulk bill patients.
Tax avoidance is big business
The Australian Tax Office released the Corporate Tax Transparency Report in December. This first report specifically names the companies who paid new tax.
Islamophobia and climate failure expose Turnbull’s true colours
The aftermath of the Paris attacks has seen an even more determined campaign to scapegoat the Muslim community. And Turnbull’s embrace of Abbott’s policies has been displayed at the climate summit.
Malcolm Turnbull—Prime Minister for the millionaires
Turnbull is fully committed to delivering policies that benefit big business and the rich through cutting spending and delivering “economic reform”, promising "a thoroughly Liberal Government".
Turnbull stirs Islamophobia over raids and radicalisation
The Turnbull led-Coalition claims to be “resetting” the relationship between the government and the Muslim community. Turnbull has junked reference to “Team Australia”, as well as Abbott’s favoured term for Islamic State, “death cult”. But changing the rhetoric hasn’t changed the substance.
Turnbull—a new salesman but the same agenda
Just two years into his term as Prime Minister, Tony Abbott has been toppled by his own party. This is cause for celebration for all those disgusted with his...
