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Ombudsman: ‘Hard Lockdown’ of Melbourne Public Housing Estates Violated Human Rights

EditorDecember 18, 2020April 30, 2021

[caption id="attachment_20724" align="alignleft" width="2560"] Public housing towers in North Melbourne and Flemington. Photo by Chris McLay via Unsplash[/caption] An investigation by the Victorian Ombudsman has found that the July lockdown...

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Melbourne’s ‘Second Wave’ of Coronavirus: Capitalism Is To Blame

EditorOctober 26, 2020

[caption id="attachment_20660" align="alignleft" width="2500"] Melbourne's usually bustling streets were empty during the August-October lockdown. Photo: Fabian Mardi via Unsplash[/caption] In late June the second wave of coronavirus infections spread through...

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Ombudsman: ‘Hard Lockdown’ of Melbourne Public Housing Estates Violated Human Rights

Melbourne’s ‘Second Wave’ of Coronavirus: Capitalism Is To Blame

The rich get richer whilst the rest of us suffer under Covid-19

Healthcare workers need proper PPE!

Covid-19 and the housing crisis

Growing support for recognising Invasion Day

The national question in Wales

Neoliberalism: demise or adaptation?

Australia part of a global rise in gender based violence

Ombudsman: ‘Hard Lockdown’ of Melbourne Public Housing Estates Violated Human Rights

RCEP: World’s Biggest Anti-Worker Trade Deal Signed

Greece: Activists Defeat Authoritarian Protest Ban

Reserve Bank Props Up Capitalism, But Can’t Solve Underlying Problems

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