More聽privatisations of public assets are聽in store for聽New South Wales as聽Premier Dominic Perrottet refuses聽to rule out more sell-offs. Jim McIlroy reports.
Privatisation
The聽controversy over a recent investigation into alleged fraud in the Medicare system points to system failures resulting from chronic聽under-funding. Jim McIlroy reports.
If anything reflected Bernie Neville鈥檚 view on the working class, it was his often-repeated phrase: 鈥淣o surrender!鈥 Dave Riley reflects on the life of a militant unionist.
Our seas聽are being ravaged by exploitation for corporate profit, creating a social, economic and ecological crisis that threatens the very life support system of the Earth,聽writes聽Guy Standing.
Qantas CEO Alan Joyce鈥檚 aggressive cost-cutting program at the start of the pandemic has been blamed for聽Qantas鈥檚 poor performance. Jim McIlroy argues Labor鈥檚聽decision to privatise Qantas in the early 1990s is the root cause.
Twenty three Victorian councils have already, or are intending to, privatise their aged-care service since the聽federal government changed its funding model. Kerry Smith reports.
Paul Keating has rejected聽the聽Greens' criticism聽that Labor聽adopted neoliberalism.聽Alex Bainbridge argues that聽Labor's policies on superannuation and Medicare are examples of user-pays systems that privilege the well-off.
The NSW Coalition budget on June 21 locks in a wage cut for public sector workers, brings in a new land tax and further entrenches the privatisation of transport, reports Jim McIlroy.
Suzanne James聽spoke to聽Sam Wainwright,聽Socialist Alliance candidate for Fremantle, about Invasion Day, public transport, privatisation and his hopes for democracy.
The聽Rail, Tram and Bus Union is calling for a quota on Australian-built infrastructure to put commuter and workers' safety first. Jim McIlroy reports.
Steve O鈥橞rien, who is running for Lord Mayor of Newcastle and councillor in Ward 1, discusses his people before profit campaign.
Critics say the sale of the final 49% of the WestConnex tollway to a聽Transurban-led consortium is just another multi-billion-dollar public subsidy to big business. Peter Boyle reports.
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