Housing

The Victorian state Labor government as part of its neoliberal political agenda is surreptitiously implementing a privatised Social Housing policy. This policy is an underhanded attempt by the government to justify its escalating program...

Housing affordability in Australia was close to the worst in the developed world well before COVID-19 struck, with over 600,000 out of 2.6 million renting households experiencing housing stress. Now with the economy suspended...

Prior to the pandemic, ordinary Australians were already suffering from some of the highest housing prices in the world and record levels of household debt. The big banks and the Government offer no real...

Healthcare for all -An end to all funding cuts, closures and privatisations in healthcare. -For huge investment into pubic healthcare to significantly increase capacity and prepare for future shocks. -For mass COVID-19 public testing, and an...

The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated Australia's housing crisis. With almost a million workers either stood down, fired or losing hours, many are now finding it even harder to cover their housing costs. Frustration is rising...

So far, ordinary people have been forced to bear the brunt of the COVID-19 pandemic. Obviously we have the announcement of tens of thousands of job losses, but even those companies asking their staff...

The struggle for secure housing is, for many, going from difficult to almost impossible. A new generation is consigning themselves to a lifetime of renting on the private market. Every month it seems another report...

In issue 154, The Socialist exposed one of the horrors facing older people, aged care. But aged care is only one of the minefields that we have to negotiate in our later years. The...