Anti-vilification Reforms
*with Greens Amendments After years of tireless campaigning, anti-vilification laws in Victoria have finally been expanded. Throughout this time, the community has been clear: We need to ensure that people from the LGBTQIA+ and disabled communities are protected from hate speech. And our amendments have ensured other groups affected by hateful acts will be protected […]
City not-so Chic
City chic is in an Australian brand that markets itself as specialising in plus size women’s clothing. And, it’s also the company with the biggest gender pay gap in the country. On average, for every $1 a man working at City Chic makes a woman will make just 33 cents. How is the company with […]
Lets make welfare, well, fair.
Mutual obligations are cruel, controlling, inconvenient and frankly, a waste of time for everyone involved. They don’t even make sense. The government shouldn’t make people, who are often struggling, jump through numerous hoops. Just so they can access a payment they need to survive. This system doesn’t care about genuinely supporting people who are doing […]
Real Time Price Gouging
The ‘little monsters’ at Tiketek and Ticketmaster have been cooking up new ways to rip concert-goers off and make more money. It’s called dynamic pricing. They did it when Taylor Swift came to Australia last year, they did it again when Green Day came earlier this year. And now they’re doing it for the Lady […]
Easter Chocolate Prices are Wild!
The price of easter chocolate this year is wild! So we went on an Easter egg hunt to see if we could find literally any affordable chocolate at the major supermarkets. There has to be something, right? Well here’s some easter chocolate, nice cute little bunny, on special for $9. But wait, hang on, that’s […]
Unsafe Eastern Busway
While more public transport options is always a good thing, safety must always come first. The eastern busway is currently set to run from Doncaster Road through to Hoddle Street. However, it is currently planned to be 2 single lanes going in opposite directions with no spacing or barriers between buses passing at 100km an […]
Nestle Workers Strike
Thousands of Nestle employees have gone on strike and here’s why: Firstly, they’re defending their right to have a weekend. Nestle is trying to make it mandatory for their workers to come in on weekends. You would think some things are sacred, but now workers are literally having to fight to have a weekend. These […]
4 day work week
It’s no secret that our work weeks are too long. Garfield reminds us how much we hate Mondays. Rebecca Black reminds us of the importance of getting down on Fridays. So why don’t we try changing our work week? Instead of working five days a week, why don’t we try a four day work week? […]
Underquoting prices out buyers before bidding begins
Buying a house during a housing crisis is already extremely difficult, time consuming and expensive. Now imagine, you’ve worked out your budget, got pre-approval for a loan and you’ve found your dream house listed online, within your price range. Only, when you turn up to the auction, you’re priced out of the place before bidding […]
Shoplifting Solution!
Tesco in the UK are trialling putting new plastic barriers along their shelves to reduce shoplifting. You simply put these in front of chocolate, and it stops people from being able to reach in and buy it. Effectively reducing theft of chocolate to zero. The biggest brains at Woolworths and Coles are watching these closely, […]
