Australia
No to nuclear submarines – Jobs and health, not nukes
Maritime Union of Australia - MUA
20 Sep 2021
Today, on the International Day of Peace, the Maritime Union of Australia (MUA) declares its total opposition...
Former PM questions whether Australia can maintain US subs
By ROD McGUIRK
September 29, 2021
CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — The former Australian prime minister who signed the now-cancelled French submarine deal questioned whether Australia could...
The case for renationalising Australia’s electricity grid
By John Quiggin
Professor, School of Economics,
The University of Queensland
March 6, 2017
The public debate over the problems of electricity supply displays a...
How Australia’s zero-covid strategy turned into a total shambles thanks to...
By Graham Hryce *
2 Sep, 2021
Australia’s performance in dealing with the Covid pandemic, until three months ago, ranked amongst the best in the world. Even...
Australia: Victorian Labor government announces homicidal plan to lift lockdown
By Oscar Grenfell
Sep 20, 2021
Victorian Labor Premier Daniel Andrews announced yesterday that lockdown measures in Australia’s second most-populous state will be lifted next month,...
For most of the world, the pandemic is not over
By Devi Sridhar
Sun 29 Aug 2021
The Delta variant of Sars-CoV-2 is causing major problems across the world. Estimated to be at least twice as...
Australian ruling elite demands an end to all lockdowns as COVID...
By Oscar Grenfell
19 July 2021
There are feverish calls from prominent representatives of the Australian corporate and financial elite for an end to all lockdown...
Chinese Unesco official defends plan to list Great Barrier Reef as...
Tian Xuejun rejects Australia’s ‘groundless accusations’ that China influenced the finding to score political points
By Graham Readfearn and Adam Morton
19 Jul 2021
The Chinese host of...
‘Very complicated matter’: ABC bans term ‘apartheid’ in coverage of Israel/Palestine...
31 May, 2021
Australian Broadcaster ABC has announced that they will not allow the use of the word ‘apartheid’ in their coverage of Israel and...
Morocco: U.S. to lead war games after 30-year ceasefire with Western...
By Rick Rozoff
April 29, 2021
The U.S. and NATO and African military allies are now planning this year’s iteration of the annual African Lion war...