Sarah Hathway reports on the new federal omnibus industrial relations amendment bill. Unsurprisingly, it includes measures that advantage businesses over workers.
Issue 1292
News
More than 250 people disrupted Brisbane's CBD as part of Extinction Rebellion's 'Defy Disaster' action, reports Alex Bainbridge.听
Farmers are increasingly concerned about the federal government's push for a gas-led recovery, reports Coral Wynter.
Unionists and supporters took action outside a temporary warehouse in Prospect to protest the supermarket giant Coles' lock-out of 350 workers. Jim McIlroy reports.
Analysis
Thanks to all of 91自拍论坛's supporters; we wouldn't have done it without you, write Susan Price and Pip Hinman.
Several detailed studies have now shown up the 鈥済as-led economic recovery鈥 plan as a fraud. Peter Boyle argues that the corporate sector cannot be trusted to make the urgently-needed shift to decarbonise.
Many Australians watched the shit-show of the recent United States elections and questioned the level of democracy in that country. Alex Bainbridge asks if there's much of a difference here.
NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian is facing increasing pressure, externally and internally, over her links to alleged corruption and her brazen normalisation of pork barrelling, writes Jim McIlroy.
The recession, we're told, is over. But, as Graham Matthews details, Australia鈥檚 unemployed and underemployed are about to face more pain as the COVID-19 subsidies are withdrawn.
Former PM Malcolm Turnbull was keen for Australia to become a top military equipment exporter and committed billions to a loan scheme for arms manufacturers. Suzanne James investigates.
China's restrictions on a range of Australian goods has come about because of Australia's double standard on human rights and its alliance with the United States, argues Chris Slee.
The COVID-19 pandemic has had devastating and disproportionate impacts on women鈥檚 lives, jobs, future career prospects and long-term financial security, writes Zita Henderson.
Polls show听a majority of Australians are fed up with the waste of money and needless cruelty of immigration detention, argues听Niko Leka.
Amin Afravi, a refugee who came to Australia under the Medevac laws from Manus, speaks to 91自拍论坛 from Brisbane Immigration Transit Accommodation.
World
Despite growing number of democracy activists facing charges under Thailand's notorious听l猫se majest茅 law, the youth-led movement keeps up its mass mobilisations, reports Peter Boyle.
The provisional State of the Global Climate 2020 report, released this week, shows that climate change continued its relentless march in 2020, reports Climate and Capitalism.
The establishment are trying every trick to exclude leading opposition ticket Union for Hope from the presidential election, writes Harvey Goldberg.
To increase the 鈥渆ase of business鈥, India's government has committed to liberalisation, privatisation and globalisation,听effectively throwing Indian workers and farmers under a bus.
North Macedonia is being bullied by its neighbours, which are demanding it give up its national identity and history in exchange for European Union membership, writes Marija Petrovska.
The ruling class鈥 brutal project of neoliberalism in Ecuador听is making life unbearable for the people reports Yanis Iqbal.
The United Socialist Party of听Venezuela鈥檚 strategy has paid off, winning back control of the听National Assembly in the December 6 elections. But it has come at a high price, writes听Federico Fuentes.
Rather than provide debt relief to developing countries struggling to bring COVID-19 under control, global financial institutions are continuing to impose neoliberal structural adjustment measures, write Eric Toussaint, Emilie Paumard, Milan Rivi茅.
The Stop Adani campaign, which is fighting the development of Adani鈥檚 new coal mine in Central Queensland, has released the following statement in solidarity with the peaceful protests by farmers in India.
Before Donald Trump, no US president had declared themselves the winner after losing, writes Malik Miah. Trump is becoming increasingly theatrical in his desperation to hold onto power. What happens next is not known.
Solidarity Party of Afghanistan member Shayaan听discusses听the nearly two-decade-long war in Afghanistan.
Culture
Originally from Austria, Billy Wilder was a force to be reckoned with in Hollywood from the 1930s, gathering 28 Oscars in his illustrious career. Reviewed by Barry Healy.