Seven things the Albanese Government can do to address LGBTQIA+ equality
Though the dust has cleared on an Albanese Labor Government (a government which, on paper, should be better than Morrison’s), the fact remains that our federal parliament – as a whole – hasn’t had the best track record – over the last decade – when it comes to addressing LGBTQIA+ issues and the discrimination that […]
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The Issue With Meat
The animals we farm for food have highly complex social, mental and emotional lives. Pigs, for example, are about as social, intelligent and emotional as dogs and toddlers. Despite this, virtually all animals we eat are factory farmed. This entails selective breeding to increase output at the expense of welfare. Animals suffer various forms of extreme confinement, including immobilizing crates and cages for pigs and hens. They face unanesthetized mutilation of sensitive horns, sensitive beaks, tails, teeth and genitals.
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FEEDER TICKETS: WHY THEY ARE DESTROYING DEMOCRACY IN UNION CAMPUSES
Feeder tickets, the bane of student unions. Ever since I started being a part of student politics, I’ve always pondered over why we would ever need a system like this. I just assumed they must be of benefit to the system in some way I have not been enlightened about. But alas, now I can safely […]
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Student solidarity with electrical workers on strike at UQ!
Electrical workers at UQ are on strike demanding a wage increase of $3.70 per hour. After years of no pay increase members of the Electrical Trades Union (ETU) are fighting back, holding an indefinite protest on campus on Sir Fred Schoenell Drive until UGL management agree to their demands. Student Action councillors spoke to picketing […]
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The Religious Discrimination Bill is Not a Dead Letter
At the beginning of the year, the Liberal Party tried passing a despicable bill that would allow religious institutions to fire workers, and for religious schools to expel students just for being queer. The Religious Discrimination bill is a bigoted bill, that arose from the right-wing backlash to marriage equality.
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L&P Cabinet Ratings
d soft drink company Lemon and Paeroa have announced today their planned expansion into the Australian hard drink market, and yours truly was invited to their headquarters to sample some of the new drinks soon to be available in their cabinet.
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The Liberals are appalling, but Labor is no alternative
If you looked at the state of the world right now, you could be mistaken for thinking this is a make or break election. Faced with war, climate disaster, and rising inequality, things are bad for the international working class, and there is no sign that is going to turn around anytime soon. The Morrison […]
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Labor’s Climate Crime
It’s no surprise to anyone that the Liberal Party has time and time again bailed out on the question of the environment, but what alternative does the Labor Party offer? The short answer is none. The Labor Party has continued its commitment to coal and proposed significant cuts to climate spending, while massively increasing the […]
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Voting won’t save us. We have to save ourselves.
An Anarchist Perspective on the Federal Election Let me start out by being totally unambiguous on our position: Anarchists are not opposed to voting or democracy. In fact, we freaking love it. We believe that truly democratic control of all aspects of our lives must be essential if humanity is to save itself from certain […]
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Humanitarian aid for Gondor
I’m writing now from our homebase in Austria, having spent the last week and a half sourcing and transporting supplies for Ukrainian refugees. We have covered almost six and half thousand kilometres in this period, and delivered supplies to: Uzhhorod, Ukraine; Tulcea, Romania; and Jaroslaw, Poland. Our focus has been logistical: establishing routes, vetting contacts, […]
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