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.
Unemployment
Philip Lowe said he聽is proud聽of the RBA鈥檚 unpopular role in forcing working people to bear the burden of 鈥渇ighting inflation鈥. But don鈥檛 count on聽interest rates stopping rising inflation; unemployment is going up, too. Peter Boyle reports.
Workers need a fairer, democratically accountable, transparent and responsive alternative to the Reserve Bank of Australia, argues Graham Matthews.
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.
There is a big gap between the headlines and the reality facing skilled migrants trying to find employment in their profession. 碍丑补濒别诲听骋丑补苍苍补尘 reports.
In the lead-up to the federal Jobs Summit, it is worth remembering that Australia is carrying a burgeoning precariat of unemployed and underemployed people, writes聽Malcolm King.
Government action and worker solidarity are聽key to overcoming the scourge of insecure work and ensuring pay rises keep pace with inflation and productivity improvements, argues Graham Matthews.
Youth poverty has worsened during the pandemic.聽Isaac Nellist听补苍诲聽Zoe O'Dea聽assess how the sudden removal of the federal emergency disaster and welfare supplement payments聽will impact young people.
Nothing maintains the culture wars more than a conservative PM聽blaming the unemployed for their lack of employment to a room full of rich business people,聽writes聽Dechlan Brennan.
A new book has revealed that聽crime rates in Australia have fallen markedly in the last two decades. But, as Chris Slee notes, the book's authors fail to adequately link聽crime rates to unemployment or other ecomonic factors.
After eliminating almost all its聽generous pandemic聽spending measures, the federal government has indicated it will soft-peddle on further cuts in the May 11 budget. Neville Spencer reports.
The end of the JobKeeper program means that up to 500,000 jobs are at risk. Jim McIlroy argues that plenty of secure jobs could be created if there was a mass campaign to redirect public funds to expand the public sector.
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