Tag: australian

Labor Foreign Policy – fear of United States?

In this podcast, Alternative News makes a strong case that ALP leadership fears US government intervention in local affairs. The program says that this underpins Labor’s foreign policy decisions.… Go to Article

The legacy of the Accord

“They believed […] that they were on the right side of history […] Their ideas were irrefutably the right ones […] They were believers, a little company with special knowledge, they knew what the game was.… Go to Article

True believers

The price of wool was falling in 1891.
The men who owned the acres saw something must be done.
“We’ll break the shearers’ union and show we’re masters still,
And they’ll take the terms we give them or we’ll find the men who will!”… Go to Article

Some QANTAS workers are more equal than others

The Australian government sold Qantas for $2.1 billion in two tranches, first by a sale of 25% to British Airways in 1993 and the remaining 75% by public float in mid-1995.… Go to Article

War in Ukraine used to garner votes

It is not so long ago that former Governor General, Peter Cosgrove, as chief of the Australian Defence Forces led out our military into East Timor (1999), then Afghanistan (2001) and finally into Iraq, (2003).… Go to Article

Former Labor Minister at odds with his party over US alliance, nuclear subs

AUKUS and nuclear subs are an ‘election stunt’ – former Labor Minister, Rod Welford

Former Labor Attorney General and Environment Minister in Queensland told a crowd on International Human Rights day yesterday in Brisbane Square that the federal government purchase of nuclear submarines is ‘a stunt’.… Go to Article