24 August 2010 The socialist and internationalist program advanced by the SEP in the 2010 Australian federal election has won a powerful response from significant layers of workers and young people throughout the country. Emails, inquiries, expressions of support and applications to join the party have come not only from... » read this article

“The truth is that all men [and women] having power ought to be mistrusted”. - James Madison, U.S. president 1809-1817       In a nation that prides itself of being a “tolerant” and a “fair go” for all Australians, one expects the candidates campaigning for Prime Minister position will be... » read this article

15 July 2010 As more information drips out, the role of Washington in the June 24 political coup against former Prime Minister Kevin Rudd looms ever larger. It is increasingly apparent that the Obama administration had become concerned that Rudd was wavering in his support for the crisis-wracked US-led occupation... » read this article

(photos/comments added to this article by Axis of Logic) 15 July 2010 A speech by Tom Albanese, chief executive of the giant mining transnational Rio Tinto, underscores the key role played by the major mining companies in the June 24 coup that removed Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, and the ruthlessness... » read this article

The Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd was elected in 2007 by a majority of Australians. On Thursday morning, June 24, 2010, Mr Rudd was ousted and replaced by his deputy, Ms Julia Gillard, in one of the most vicious political executions in Australia’s political history, a bloodless coup d'état.  ... » read this article

Thank you, Julia Irwin, Australian federal parliamentarian who gave a fine statement in the House debateon Wednesday, 16 June 2010. The Member for Fowler (ALP) spoke up for citizen action and BDS, stating, “… like the Stalinists of old, some world leaders continue to deny the reality, or, worse, defend... » read this article

Sanna Andrew is the Socialist Alliance candidate for Fremantle, Western Australia, in the coming federal elections. She joined the Socialist Alliance in 2007. She is a qualified social worker and has worked in community-based mental health service provision for more than a decade. Andrew is also an active member of... » read this article

A former high-ranking United States defence official says Australian troops could be in Afghanistan for the next 30 years. Australia's strategy in the country has been thrust back into the spotlight this week with the deaths of two Australian Army engineers in Uruzgan province. Defence Minister John Faulkner says Australian... » read this article

Resources Minister Bryan Green’s $3.6 million subsidy (HERE)to drive logging deeper into high conservation value forests is a provocative and damaging act while constructive negotiations are underway between conservationists and the forestry industry, the Australian Greens said today. “A lot of goodwill is being invested by both sides at the... » read this article

(Photos included below) It is important to begin these impressions of Venezuela by explaining that our time in this country, in which we have been lucky enough to get beneath the surface, has confirmed suspicions that 90 per cent of what we hear about Venezuela in Australia is utter nonsense.... » read this article

The ongoing, racially-motivated attacks on international students and people from non-Anglo-Saxon backgrounds, and concerted efforts by the Australian Government and the media to downplay racism, prove that Australians are unable and unwilling to live as a civilised society without racism. In white Anglo-Saxon Australia, it remains as deeply-entrenched as ever.... » read this article

11 February 2010 Deputy Prime Minister and Workplace Relations Minister Julia Gillard has sent a clear message to business that the Rudd government will take whatever measures are needed to suppress any action by workers over jobs, wages and working conditions. Gillard last week announced amendments to Labor’s already draconian... » read this article

The role of the Ombudsman is ‘to safeguard the rights of citizens by establishing a supervisory agency independent of the executive branch’.  Unlike Sweden – where an Ombudsman was first established in 1809 –, in Australian, the Ombudsman is a tool of the executive branch to legitimate and protect corruption... » read this article

December 2, 2009 Over a 150 people marched through the streets of Sydney on Sunday [November 29, 2009] calling upon the federal government to abolish its harsh stance on refugees and grant asylum to hundreds of Tamil refugees currently being detained in Indonesia at Australia’s request. Citing persecution faced by... » read this article

Bob Randall is an Yankunytjatjara Elder and a traditional owner of Uluru (Ayers Rock). In the early 70's Bob's song, "Brown Skin Baby (They Took Me Away)" became an anthem for the Aboriginal people. He is the author of two books: his autobiography Songman and a children's book Tracker Tjginji,... » read this article

There are more than half a million international students in Australia. Despite the exaggerated “benefits” they allegedly bring to Australia, international students are eroding Australia’s education system at the expense of Australians. The purpose of this article is to demystify the so-called Australia’s international “education export industry” and sheds light... » read this article

This is an article about New Zealand (Godzone)* that is only controversial if you happen to be an archaeologist, an anthropologist, a Maori, or a rat. I have a friend in Godzone who is neither an archaeologist, nor an anthropologist, nor a Maori. I’m not sure about whether he’s a... » read this article

Indigenous People in the Northern Territory of Australia have struggled for the past 16 months to “roll back” the Northern  Territory Emergency Response (NTER) legislation, more commonly known as the “intervention,” which the government introduced  in 2007. None of the 73 communities it impacted were consulted before NTER was enacted,... » read this article

Editor's Note: The following film documentary is conveniently presented in 18 parts, each covering a different sub-topic and each ranging in length from approximately 6 to 10 minutes. The segments can be viewed in their entirety or according to the viewer's interest, by title. They examine geopolitics and New Zealand's... » read this article

27 March 2009 WSWS - The conviction of former Federal Court Justice Marcus Einfeld last Friday on perjury charges relating to a 2006 speeding fine marks the culmination of an extraordinary two-year media vilification campaign. After pleading guilty before the New South Wales Supreme Court, Einfeld was sentenced to three... » read this article