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New poll: inequality
by Oxfam | Jul 1, 2014
New research by Oxfam Australia shows that the wealthiest one per cent of Australians together have more money than 60 per cent of the nation’s population, showing that the...
President’s Report 2015
by Christopher Sheil | Feb 12, 2016
With great sadness, I note the passing of two major figures in the history of the Evatt Foundation since we last met, Faith Bandler and Tom Uren. Both were Life members of the...
Total-Abbottarianism
by Nick Dyrenfurt | Jun 11, 2014
For someone who promised to lead an ‘adult’ government, Tony Abbott is giving every indication that the Lodge is presently occupied by a student politician on steroids. Whether...
Peace, anti-nukes & Tom Uren
by Evatt Foundation | Feb 12, 2016
From the Burma-Thai railway to nuclear disarmament: the making of Tom Uren’s collective consciousness Christopher Sheil I didn’t know Tom Uren very well. Tom was President...
Inequality: beyond all bounds
by Oxfam | Feb 12, 2016
Runaway inequality has created a world where 62 people own as much as the poorest half of the world's population, according to an Oxfam report published today ahead of the annual...
It’s on – unions ready to fight for penalty rates
by ACTU | Jun 11, 2014
Australian Unions will fight a campaign by the business lobby to cut weekend penalty rates, challenging them today to ‘bring it on’. ACTU Secretary Dave Oliver said public...
From the Paris climate talks
by Lesley Hughes | Feb 12, 2016
As an academic, I have regularly attended conferences, both national and international over the years. The Paris climate talks (COP21) are just like a really big academic...
Groundhog day: electricity privatisation
by Evatt Foundation | Jun 11, 2014
Premier Mike Baird has announced a proposal to sell 49 per cent of the NSW electricity network, to be taken to the next state election.The announcement comes in the wake a...
The United States of Australia?
by Evatt Foundation | May 21, 2014
Editorial Is the Abbott government turning Australia into America? Judging by the letters to the editors of the print media, many citizens would say so, but they would be wrong....