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The political issues posed by the Australian election crisis

The ruling elites, whether in Australia or around the world, cannot return to the stable and predictable parliamentary forms through which they ruled in the past. The systemic breakdown of world economy, ever mounting geopolitical conflicts, the rising danger of war, and, above all, the political radicalisation underway within the working class and youth, preclude that possibility.

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Report documents hunger across the Pacific
20 October 2016
The report points to the dire social consequences of extreme weather events and vast climatic changes across the Pacific.
Australia: Five workers killed in industrial incidents within a week
19 October 2016
Five workers died within seven days, pointing to increasingly unsafe conditions in the construction and transport industries.
UN committee condemns Australia’s Nauru refugee camp
19 October 2016
The Committee on the Rights of the Child described the treatment of children in the Australian-controlled detention centre as “inhumane and degrading.”
Australia: Large protest against Wyong hospital privatisation
19 October 2016
Unions New South Wales is seeking to channel widespread opposition to the attacks on healthcare behind the Labor Party.
Amnesty report: Australian government running torture detention on Nauru
18 October 2016
Efforts by Australian politicians to sell their detention model have helped create the conditions where governments around the world are regularly in breach of international law.
Report details widespread and rising poverty in Australia
18 October 2016
The growth of poverty is a direct result of the policies implemented by successive governments, Liberal-National and Labor alike.
Australian government hails New Zealand’s brutal welfare system
17 October 2016
Australia’s government is seeking to emulate policies that have pushed tens of thousands of people off welfare.
Australian IYSSE holds Inaugural General Meeting at the University of Melbourne
15 October 2016
The meeting was the culmination of a two-and-a-half year fight to establish an IYSSE club at the university.

 

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