The high price of land is hurting everyone
Article by Peter Monaghan & Ron Johnson as published by The Canberra Times ENDING the scourge of poverty, especially child poverty needs to become the number one priority for our … Read More
Albanese Government makes good start for the dispossessed but much more to be done
Article by Francis Sullivan, as published in Pearls and Irritations In 1996 Paul Keating said, “when you change the Government, you change the country”. Nothing could be truer as the Albanese … Read More
Keating’s Redfern speech three decades later
Article by Francis Sullivan, as published in Pearls and Irritations On the 30th anniversary of former Prime Minister Paul Keating’s historic Redfern Speech, First Nations Australians are still waiting for its … Read More
Thousands of families struggling to meet next week’s rents as a grim Christmas approaches
Article by Francis Sullivan, as published in The Daily Telegraph As the Reserve Bank lifts interest rates to their highest levels in a decade, the big losers aren’t just homeowners but … Read More
National wage case decision gives low-income earners breathing space but still a long way to go
Article by Francis Sullivan, as published in Eureka Street Despite last week’s decision by the Fair Work Commission to push up the national minimum wage by 5.2 per cent, millions … Read More
Budget big on politics, but light on for fairness
Article by Francis Sullivan, as published in the Daily Telegraph Last week’s budget speaks loud and clear to where the Coalition government sees itself and who it needs to talk … Read More
What can the under-privileged hope for in the Budget … not much?
Article by Francis Sullivan, as published in Pearls and Irritations In a civilized country, where we pride ourselves on a fair go for all, a very significant part of our … Read More
The chilling of charity
Article by Marilyn Rodrigues, as published in The Catholic Weekly A number of Catholic charities are bracing for the impact of a barrage of petrol and other price hikes on … Read More
Are we all in this together?
Article by Ursula Stephens, as published in Eureka Street At the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic, the government reassured Australia ‘We’re all in this together’ but the truth is that … Read More
The value of the worker
Article by Ursula Stephens, as published in Eureka Street ‘It’s the value of the work, not the worker.’ So said a government backbencher to me last week while I was speaking … Read More