Watsonia North Noise Wall
Residents in Gillingham Street, Watsonia North are asking for a higher noise wall be constructed on the M80 Ring road interchange. The westbound ramp will be visible from their front driveways and residents are concerned about noise pollution that will impact their health and wellbeing. Residents in Gillingham Street, Watsonia North are asking […]
Melbourne Cost of Living
Melbourne is a great city. It’s known for its food, its art, its cappuccinos, and being categorically better than Sydney. Unfortunately it’s also a very expensive city to live in. And its getting more expensive year on year. So what’s the breakdown of these costs? The median cost of rent is $560 a week, give […]
Public School Funding Cuts
The so-called ‘education state’ of Victoria has ripped 2.4 billion dollars of funding from our already underfunded public schools. The State Government has an agreement to fund 75% of public schools. With the federal government committing to fund the remaining 25%, but only once the state has reached it’s 75% first. The Victorian Labor government […]
Toxic Oceans Suffocating Fish
Thousands of fish, sharks, rays and other marine life are currently suffocating underwater and are washing up dead on the beaches of South Australia. It’s a marine disaster which is causing local kangaroo deaths too. The images of Australia’s beaches covered in deceased wildlife are really distressing. But as the ocean warms, these events could […]
Fining the Homeless?
Imagine having to pay to sleep on the streets. Well that’s effectively what the City of Port Phillip and the City of Melbourne are considering. A fine for people sleeping rough. Making homelessness a crime. As if it’s a choice, as if people would be sleeping on the street if they had any other option […]
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 […]
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? […]
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, […]