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....
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Lord Abbott the Wrecker
by Sally McManus | May 21, 2014
This May Day, we are facing off against a militant conservative government which holds Australians and Australia in deep contempt. And we are facing off against a militant...
Australia’s rich are on a roll
by Evatt Foundation | May 21, 2014
The shares of the richest 1 per cent of households in total pre-tax income have increased in most OECD countries over the past three decades. This rise is the result of the top 1...
Thomas Piketty: the book of the moment
by Evatt Foundation | Apr 11, 2014
Andrew Hussey described Capital in the Twenty-First Century this way:This is a huge book, more than 700 pages long, dense with footnotes, graphs and mathematical formulae....
Qantas: a suitable case for treatment
by Frank Stilwell | Apr 8, 2014
The future of QANTAS is important for the Australian economy and society as a whole, as well as for its customers and employees. The company has been an Australian icon for many...
The challenge for Labor
by Neal Lawson | Apr 8, 2014
And so the inquest into the dreadful failure of the Labor Party begins. Or at least it should. But even after such a defeat I worry it won’t. Having long watched the ALP and...
A real Sydney Alliance
by Amanda Tattersall | Aug 7, 2012
Sydney Town Hall, 15 September at 6:45 p.m., the room was glowing with energy and anticipation. Over 2000 were squashed inside while others spilled into the streets, impatiently...
Nuclear power just doesn’t make sense for Australia
by Ben McNeil | Dec 1, 2011
Since my article for the Journal of Australian Political Economy in 2007 on the costs of introducing nuclear power in Australia, the argument has not got any better. However...
It’s baaaaaaaack!
by Evatt Foundation | Dec 20, 2009
The Liberals' determination to bring back WorkChoices-style individual contracts is a threat to the pay, conditions and job security of working Australians, say unions.Under...
Vale Jim Hagan
by Malcolm Brown | Dec 9, 2009
James Hagan, otherwise known as "Big Jim" Hagan, was one of the original Quiz Kids, a brilliant boy with a working class background, who like so many of his ilk became a high...