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Labor choices mean pain for Australians
Sidney Dalvey The RBA hiked interest rates 10 times in a row to ensure that “inflation returns to target”, the Victorian state budget is set to make “difficult choices”, while the federal budget is reportedly a “difficult balancing act”. All these weasel words, weather from the Governor, the Premier, or the Treasurer, amount to the…
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Solidarity With Tugboat Workers
John Gowland Almost 600 tugboat workers have been threatened with an indefinite lockout from 17 ports this Friday (18th November). Tugboat company Svitzer has dodged and delayed negotiations with workers who have suffered an effective wage freeze since their agreement expired in 2019. If the company’s irresponsible action is allowed to go ahead it will…
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Cost of living in Australia starts to bite
John Gowland Inflation is now running at 7.3% and wages, tied to past agreements or base level awards, are rising at just 2.6% – a cut in real terms. As elsewhere in capitalist countries the cost of living has skyrocketed. Food, interest rates, rents, mortgages, utilities, and petrol, every family expenditure has been hit hard.…
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Why are there big discrepancies in Australian states’ covid infection rates?
John Gowland In the Western Australian (WA) 2021 state elections, held in March, the Australian Labor Party (ALP), led by Mark McGowan, won a huge majority, gaining 53 seats in a 59-lower house. This represents the biggest state or federal election victory in the history of Australia (That is a 90% majority, almost unheard of…
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