Billionaires Wealth Increases
Last year, Australia’s billionaires made $67,000 an hour! That’s about a whole year’s salary for many average workers. People like Gina Rinehart and Clive Palmer have increased their wealth by about 8% or $28 billion last year, while the rest of Australia’s wages struggle to keep up with inflation. The Oxfam report Takers, not Makers breaks […]
Fix Jobseeker
Most Australian universities advise that full time students shouldn’t work more than 10-15 hours a week. If you do, it could effect your grades or lead to you failing a subject. Now, that might sound like a lot of hours, but 15 hours of work, if you’re on minimum wage at 18 years old, only […]
Rental Horror Storries
We’ve all heard – or lived – rental horror stories Houses that have no insulation, hotter on the inside than it is outside. Houses that only have enough hot water for one short shower a day. Houses that have shorting electricity circuits, leaking water or even gas. Houses that have all of these issues, that […]
Big Banks Abandon Branches
Australia’s big banks are walking away from local communities, closing down branches left, right and centre, leaving their customers at the mercy of online scammers. Australians reported $330 million in losses to online scams to the National Anti-Scam Centre in the 2023-24 financial year. Even ATMs aren’t sticking around, with thousands closing down all over […]
Public transport for 50c
So it’s 2025, we’re in a cost of living crisis, what can you possibly buy for just 50c? Coffee’s are going for like $7, and just one myki trip is $5.50. Maybe a single carrot? Or a tomato? Basically nothing. Well here’s an idea! The Victorian Green are proposing a six month trial across all […]
Holiday Hardship
This holiday season the cost of living crisis has been effecting us all. Warehouse workers have been forced to go on strike against inhumane working conditions and pay that isn’t keeping up with inflation. This has left companies like Woolworths and Dan Murphy’s with empty shelves. Despite the supermarket duopoly Coles and Woolworths continuing to […]
Short stays can’t stay
Regulating short stay accommodation like Airbnb is a key step to addressing our country’s housing crisis. Airbnb’s ensure many of the houses in our state are empty, despite house prices soaring, unlimited rent increases and housing supply falling below demand. We need to unlock these houses so they can be lived in all year round. […]
Duopoly Sized Hole In Food Security Report.
Food security report calls for reforms but supermarket accountability intentionally blocked by Labor & Liberals. The report from the inquiry into food security in Victoria has been tabled today but the Greens say there is a duopoly sized hole in the report’s recommendations. Labor and the Liberals have teamed up to omit recommendations to address […]
How much is your healthcare?
Public healthcare in our country is supposed to be free. Its meant to be accessible to all and covered by Medicare. “Medicare has failed to keep up with the cost of providing care.” RACGP So why are people raiding their retirement funds to pay for medical procedures including dental work, IVF and non-cosmetic plastic surgery? […]
Dire Food Bank Hunger Report on cost of living crisis
‘Low-income households are reaching breaking point’, Foodbank Hunger Report 2024 Over 2 million households in Australia are currently experiencing severe food insecurity, the 2024 Food Bank Hunger Report reveals. This means they are skipping meals, or going entire days without eating. Food Bank’s survey results showed 79% of these households did not have the money […]
