Social Justice
The Australian Fair Pay Commission has announced that the minimum wage will not increase, due mainly to fears about the...
The Chair of the Productivity Commission- Garry Banks – spoke today at a seminar hosted by Reconciliation Australia. Only last...
Politics & Economy
How is the global financial crisis affecting regional Australia? That question is at the heart of ongoing public hearings conducted...
Unrest in western China continued today, after serious violence on the weekend claimed over a hundred lives. Tensions have been...
The conditions in Victoria’s private rooming houses are apparently so bad; many of the people who live in them would...
The Federal Government has sent a delegation to India this week to put some gloss on Australia’s tarnished reputation with...
Although Indigenous Minister Jenny Macklin has announced she will compulsorily acquire town camps, she’s consulting with Indigenous people around Alice...
Science & Environment
A report from the NSW Government’s Animal Research Review Panel has shown that almost 9,000 animals are killed for research...
Health
The announcement of a prospective tax hike for a packet of cigarettes upward of 10% has been applauded by bodies...
West Papuan independence activists are organising a mass boycott of this Wednesday’s Indonesian presidential election amid growing fears of violence....
