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Guardian – August 10, 2020 – click here for index of articles.

Escalation of Aus-US aggression against China

Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs Marise Payne and Minister for Defence Linda Reynolds visited US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Secretary of Defense Mark Esper in Washington on the 28th July for 30th Australia-United States Ministerial Consultations (AUSMIN), and the next day released a joint statement. more ...

Judicial discrimination: police treated differently

Two weeks ago, three police officers were fined but spared a jail sentence for a 2017 incident for the assault of a disability pensioner named John when they, along with three other officers, attended his home in Preston, Victoria. more ...

CPA – Message to the Lebanese Communist Party

The Communist Party of Australia extends its heartfelt condolences for the lives lost in the devastating explosion at the port of Beirut. more ...

Supply-side economics

“Not everyone is a Keynesian and thinking about income support. It is important to go to the supply side. Thatcher, Reagan, that’s an inspiration,’’ Treasurer Josh Frydenberg told the media on 24th July. more ...

Victoria’s COVID-19 crisis continues

While regional Victoria moves into Stage Three Restrictions, Melbourne is now under Stage Four restrictions. more ...

“Our islands, our home” campaign

Perhaps one of the good things to come out of this pandemic’s enforced lock-down is the need to connect online. I personally have become addicted to the host of webinars that have introduced me to so many people around the world and the chance to hear their many stories. The latest one organised by the 350.Org on 29th July, in which Torres Strait Islanders let people know of the ongoing predicament they face daily on their islands now that the effects of climate change are intensifying. more ...

Intimidated, underpaid and forced to sail for 14 months

The detention of a Hong Kong-flagged vessel allowed to cart alumina along Australia’s coast amidst accusations of abuse and intimidation shows the federal government’s fundamentally flawed regulation of coastal shipping is leading to the extreme mistreatment of vulnerable workers and violation of their human rights, says the Maritime Union of Australia (MUA). more ...

Socialism is the only path to peace, progress

(1949) Thirty-two years isn’t long for a new social order to show what it can do, but it has been long enough for the Soviet Union to demonstrate that she has all the answers which workers in capitalist countries are seeking. more ...

Australia hails victory

(1945) Australia hails Victory in the Pacific the more proudly because her own fighting men began this triumphant march on Tokyo when they hurled the Japanese back over the Owen Stanleys. more ...

Doordash and TWU sign agreement on virus protections

Leading delivery platform DoorDash and the Transport Workers’ Union have signed a landmark agreement on COVID-19 protections for DoorDash delivery riders and drivers in Australia, including financial assistance for those who have tested positive for the virus, those who have been instructed to self-isolate, and for those who are at high risk if they contract the virus. more ...

$8 billion for military weapons into Coronavirus relief bill

A new US$1 trillion COVID-19 response package by Senate Republicans is supposed to give the government more weapons to battle the surging coronavirus pandemic. But GOP lawmakers have more than just the “invisible enemy” in mind. more ...

Trump says US won’t protect Germany

US President Donald Trump has defended his decision to pull out almost 12,000 troops from Germany by invoking its gas imports from Russia. Washington has recently ramped up its efforts to block the deliveries. more ...