inflation

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.

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As the Reserve Bank of Australia 补苍诲听Labor and the Coalition continue to supress wages, living costs continue to rise. Peter Boyle reports.

Deakin University research found that food prices had gone up 鈥渁cross the board鈥.

Governments need to take action on rising food prices as Woolworths and Coles report mega profits, Isaac Nellist argues.

To challenge its聽drive to war and to force the government to invest in its people, students need to organise, argues聽Harrison Brennan.

Ten million workers are struggling but Australia鈥檚 national net wealth, if redistributed, could end the crushing poverty which directly accounts for at least 10% of the suicide toll. Gerry Georgatos reports.

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

The RBA wants unemployment to go up

The Reserve Banks of Australia's talk about the need to 鈥渋ncrease productivity鈥澛爉eans less regulation and more 鈥渇lexibility鈥 for the bosses.聽Mary Merkenich 补苍诲听Pip Hinman report.

NTEU members struck and rallied at James Cook Universities鈥櫬爐wo larger campuses in Townsville and Cairns,聽joining the union鈥檚聽nationwide campaign. Jonathan Strauss reports.

Blaming wages for inflation is聽cover for the capitalists鈥 attempts to make working people shoulder the cost of their system鈥檚 chronic periodic economic crises, argues聽笔别迟别谤听叠辞测濒别.

In the midst of a worsening cost-of-living crisis, more than 3 million Australians continue to be burdened by student debts. Isaac Nellist reports.

Given how many are being crunched by the cost-of-living crisis, public sentiment would be on the unions鈥 side if they took united action for wage rises, argues Mary Merkenich.

The Reserve Bank of Australia claims it is 鈥渇ighting inflation鈥 by hiking up interest rates. But, as Zane Alcorn argues, it聽has never been independent of the capitalist class and is dutifully carrying out its interests.