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800 Australian companies pay no tax, while millions suffer rising costs

November 12, 2022 John Gowland, from Socialism Today (CWI Australia) site

Karijini, in Western Australia, has stunning gorges. However, not many will be able to afford to visit now. Petrol prices are skyrocketing. Throughout Australia, inflation is taking hold and it is starting to bite. Many […]

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Cost of living crisis in Australia starts to bite

October 26, 2022 John Gowland, from socialismtoday.au (website of CWI in Australia)

Inflation is now running at 7.3% in Australia, 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 […]

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Eastern Australia floods – a disaster that could have been avoided

March 14, 2022 John Gowland, Militant Left (CWI Australia)

The floods all along the eastern coast of Australia were and continue to be a disaster. For the most part, by mid-March, the floods are starting to dissipate. But they have left devastating consequences. The […]

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New South Wales nurses and midwives strike over understaffing and pay

February 15, 2022 Jon Dale

Tens of thousands of nurses and midwives in New South Wales, at 150 hospitals, held a one-day strike on 15 February. They were driven to this after years of understaffing have been acutely worsened by […]

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Why are there big discrepancies in Australian states’ covid infection rates?

August 3, 2021 John Gowland, Militant Left (CWI Australia)

In recent weeks, New South Wales and other states in Australia have seen lockdowns due to a rise in covid infections. However, in Western Australia covid infections and deaths are low. This aided the state’s […]

Australia

Australian federal government backs the ‘carbon club’ over climate action

July 27, 2021 Militant Left (CWI Australia) reporter, Perth

The coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 coming to the shores of Australia in early 2020 certainly came at an opportune time for the Australian government.  At the end of 2019 and the beginning of 2020 (commonly now known […]

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100,000 protest across Australia demanding end to sexual violence against women

March 25, 2021 Sasha Doyle, Militant Left (CWI Australia) Melbourne

Over 100,000 Australians recently demonstrated across the country on the March4Justice, demanding an end to sexual violence against women. The demonstrations took place in capital cities across the country, including a large rally at Parliament […]

Australia

Australian economy entering choppy waters

March 20, 2021 John Gowland, Perth, Militant Left (CWI Australia)

Prior to the covid pandemic, the Australian economy entered its first recession in 30 years. Following this contraction, the economy bounced back out of recession. Based on a recent surge in mining exports the economy […]

Australia

Australia: Hotel covid quarantine regime exposes effects of casualisation and cuts

March 13, 2021 Militant Left (CWI Australia) reporter, Melbourne

On 12 February 2021 news quickly spread that Victoria state, Australia, was once again heading into pandemic lockdown. Like Groundhog Day, the lockdown was required due to the failures of the Daniel Andrews’ (Labor Party […]

Australia

Australia’s 1975 ‘constitutional coup’: Queen’s correspondence surrounding dismissal of Labour PM released

July 20, 2020 Alison Hill, Socialist Party (CWI England & Wales)

In November 1975, the UK queen’s representative in Australia, Governor-General Sir John Kerr, dismissed the elected Labor prime minister. He replaced Gough Whitlam with the leader of the right-wing Liberal Party, Malcolm Fraser. Documents just […]

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