Democrats plan to pitch a new plan to win back congress: "A Better Deal: Better Jobs, Better Wages, Better Future." One of the key goals will be to crack down on corporate monopolies.
Democrats plan to pitch a new plan to win back congress: "A Better Deal: Better Jobs, Better Wages, Better Future." One of the key goals will be to crack down on corporate monopolies.
"Bill Shorten says Labor will activate the process towards Australia becoming a republic if he wins the next election, and put a question to the voters by the end of his first term in office."
What sort of tax might achieve greater equality? In their essay for the Fabians, federal MPs Terri Butler and Andrew Giles argue for redistribution. Download their essay on tax settings and inequality.
“…despite 25 years of uninterrupted economic growth, unemployment benefits have not increased since 1994 and now sit well below the poverty line…” Guardian Australia's Editor, Lenore Taylor, examines the decision by the Human Services Minister to change the definition of poverty.
Labor taking young voters from the Greens, according to this piece in The Australian -- fascinating shift if true. (possible paywall)
The Liberals move to give ordinary members a vote in state and federal preselections. Labor gave members a vote for party leader in 2013, now the Victorian ALP should do the same for Senate candidates.
Australia will soon have a Home Affairs department. This Conversation article discusses how this decision might affect our human rights performance and reputation.
"The left, across much of the world, still needs a more persuasive appeal than it currently has. Finding one should be an urgent priority for progressives." NYT op ed on the French election results.
In this HuffPo piece, Indian author Pankaj Mishra examines the revolt against cosmopolitan elites, the “subjectivization of ‘facts’” and the fragmentation of the media.
From Katharine Murphy in The Guardian: Labor left powerbroker Anthony Albanese has publicly slapped down an insurgency in the Victorian left, and has delicately criticised Bill Shorten’s decision to parachute in a longtime ally, Kimberley Kitching, to replace Stephen Conroy in the Senate. Read the full story here.