Graham Matthews

Capitalism has long ceased to provide for the majority, yet its institutions 鈥 government, the RBA and the corporate media 鈥 continue to try to tell us that there is no alternative. Graham Matthews argues that solidarity is key.

Pre-class Aboriginal society suggests that people with significant impediments were integrated into community life, participating and contributing to society. Graham Matthews looks at听the relationship between people鈥檚 disability and the means of production.

A Labor bill, currently in parliament, looks like it wants to shift the cost of NDIS to the states and territories. Graham Matthews听argues the debate over future NDIS funding is an argument among thieves.

The final report of the National Disability Insurance Scheme Review听is difficult reading for many people with disability because its central aim is cost-cutting, argues听Graham Matthews.

Members of the听United Services Union听in NSW are calling on their executive to support the calls听for a ceasefire in Palestine, as the Australian Council of Trade Unions and many others have. Graham Matthews reports.

Dances With Empty Prams

Graham Matthews reviews Dancing with Empty Prams, the second book published by Tasmanian-based poet and ecosocialist Susan Austin.

Workers need a fairer, democratically accountable, transparent and responsive alternative to the Reserve Bank of Australia, argues Graham Matthews.

Labor鈥檚 threat to slash-and-burn NDIS funding gives the lie to Jim听Chalmers鈥 claim that the budget would offer 鈥渕ore help for some of the most vulnerable in our community鈥, argues Graham Matthews.

Getting traffic lights installed next to a public school was a years-long battle that听parents and citizens finally won.听Graham Matthews reports.

The Treasurer鈥檚 鈥渧alues-based capitalism鈥 looks like it will include cuts to public spending, greater private investment, cuts to services and greater upfront costs, argues听Graham Matthews.听

Cost of living

For those of us forced to live with it, Labor鈥檚 first budget since 2013 is both a missed opportunity and a threat of worse things to come, argues听Graham Matthews.

Scott Morrison said he鈥檚 鈥渂lessed鈥 to have had two children who are not living with disability. Graham Matthews argues that considering the mess he's听made of the听NDIS, this may just be one of the few honest statements he鈥檚 made.