by Sally McManus | May 21, 2014 | Issue 3, Journal, News, Volume 13
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 conservative prime minister, who holds Australians and Australia in a deep and lasting...
by Geoff Harcourt | Dec 15, 2015 | Issue 1, Journal, News
Hugh died last Saturday at the age of 91 after a long illness. I had known him since 1958 when I first came to Adelaide where he was the much-admired Professor of History. In later years we became firm friends, though I continued to regard him with awe and admiration....
by Evatt Foundation | May 21, 2014 | Issue 3, Journal, News, Volume 13
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 per cent capturing a disproportionate share of overall income growth over that timeframe:...
by Marilyn Lake | Dec 15, 2015 | Issue 1, Journal, News
A leading campaigner for Aboriginal rights from the 1950s through the 1980s, Faith Bandler was the daughter of Pacific Islander, Peter Mussing, brought to Queensland from the island of Ambrym in the then New Hebrides (now Vanuatu) and an Australian-born mother, Ida...
by ACTU | Dec 15, 2015 | Issue 1, Journal, News, Volume 14
As expected, the Productivity Commission has produced a report designed to advance the Abbott government’s agenda to cut the wages and conditions of Australian workers.Unions have always said the Productivity Commission Inquiry was called by the Abbott...
by Evatt Foundation | Oct 1, 2014 | Issue 7, News, Volume 13
The Australian Psychological Society (APS) has expressed concern about how the recent Federal Budget measures contribute to growing inequality.In its submission to the Federal Government’s current inquiry into income inequality, the APS has...
