by Tim Wright | Dec 22, 2017 | Issue 5, Journal, News, Volume 16
America’s vast nuclear arsenal has for decades protected Australia against attack and guaranteed our prosperity. This dangerous, misguided belief forms the basis of Australian government policy on nuclear weaponry. It incites proliferation and undermines...
by Christopher Sheil | Dec 22, 2017 | Issue 5, Journal, News, Volume 16
The first World Inequality Report The aim of the World Inequality Report 2018 is to contribute to a more informed public discussion of inequality by bringing the latest and most complete data to all sides in the global debate. The report exhibits important...
by Emmanuel Josserand, Sarah Kaine | Dec 5, 2017 | Issue 5, Journal, News, Volume 16
Amazon’s entry to Australia signals a wider and worrying trend in worker relations. The company’s model, resting on heavy automation, means fewer low and middle skill jobs. Like other multinational companies that enter the Australian marketplace, Amazon will...
by Editorial board of the New York Times | Dec 5, 2017 | News
With barely a vote to spare early Saturday morning (December 1), the Senate passed a tax bill confirming that the Republican leaders’ primary goal is to enrich the country’s elite at the expense of everybody else, including future generations who will end up...
by Christopher Sheil | Oct 18, 2017 | Issue 5, Journal, News, President's perspective, Volume 16
I am pleased to report that the Evatt Foundation was active throughout the past year in pursuit of its aim of upholding and advancing the ideals of the labour movement. Inequality This year, as over the past four years, Evatt’s main thrust has been toward raising...
by Garry Wills | Sep 27, 2017 | Issue 4, Journal, News, Volume 16
Why do some people who would recognise gay civil unions oppose gay marriage? Certain religious groups want to deny gays the sacredeness of what they take to be a sacrament. But marriage is no sacrament. Some of my fellow Catholics even think that ‘true...
