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Sunday, June 5, 2016

Canadian Election Shows Neoliberals CAN be Defeated

Sunday, 5 June 2016 - 3:22pm

Australian progressive movements know that this federal election will be a crucial marker for many core issues: climate, jobs, inequality, fair taxation, globalisation, and more.  The re-election of the Turnbull government, which has kept intact the harsh agenda of Tony Abbott but put a new face on it, would mark a setback for all of these campaigns.  Yet while mobilising as energetically as possible during the campaign, and welcoming the visible erosion in public support for Coalition trickle-down policies, activists naturally worry that the government may be re-elected anyway.

Susanne Soederberg, Debtfare States and the Poverty Industry

Sunday, 5 June 2016 - 12:02pm

“Did you know that approximately 3 million Australians – around 16.9% of the adult population – are either fully or severely excluded from obtaining credit from the banks?” So asks the peak body representing Australia’s payday lenders as part of their Small Loans Big Need campaign.

Sunday, June 5, 2016