by Evatt Foundation | Oct 1, 2014 | Issue 7, Journal, News, Volume 13
A new report has given the lie to the claim by the Abbott government that the growth in Australian health spending is so massive that it’s ‘unsustainable’.Spending on health in 2012-13 slowed to record low levels says a new report from the Australian...
by Tony Evans | Oct 1, 2014 | Issue 7, Journal, News, Volume 13
Tony Abbott is looking after its mates and leaving everyone else to look after themselves. Pensioners, the sick, and students are amongst those targeted for harsh treatment in the budget, while tax breaks for the wealthy are left untouched. Worse still this government...
by Amanda Tattersall | Aug 7, 2012 | Issue 1, Journal, News, Volume 11
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 waiting for an historic event – the launch of the Sydney Alliance.While this was the...
by Ben McNeil | Dec 1, 2011 | Issue 1, Journal, News, Volume 10
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 politicians and commentators on all sides have renewed calls for building nuclear power...
by Evatt Foundation | Dec 20, 2009 | Issue 6, Journal, News, Volume 9
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 WorkChoices, Australian Workplace Agreements were used by employers to cut pay and take...
by Malcolm Brown | Dec 9, 2009 | Issue 5, Journal, News, Volume 9
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 achiever dedicated to the betterment of working people.James Seymour Hagan was...