Last week colleges run by companies associated with Japanese multinational GEOS suddenly closed their doors. The eight language schools in Melbourne, Sydney, Adelaide, Brisbane and Perth have gone into voluntary receivership leaving 390 staff without jobs and the future of about 3,000 students up in the air.   more ...

Parliament has resumed and the Rudd Labor government is making a third attempt to get its “pay to pollute” emissions trading scheme (ETS) through the Senate. The Liberals have countered with a simplistic and equally inadequate “pay to reduce pollution” scheme. Both schemes are based on corporate welfare for the biggest polluters and rely on the “markets” to reduce emissions.   more ...

At the Bali climate change conference in 2007, Prime Minister Kevin Rudd was received with a standing ovation. The climate change denier, John Howard, had gone, Australia signed the Kyoto Protocol and promised strong action on climate change.   more ...

We have met in Polokwane over four days in our mid-term, 2009 SACP (South African Communist Party) Special National Congress. We are 900 delegates bearing the mandates of over 96,000 Communists from all corners of South Africa.   more ...

The preservation and enhancement of our heritage is a central component of the Greens’ philosophy because the protection of our natural, cultural and built environments is a central tenet of ecological sustainability, a principle that underlines our approach to all policy.  more ...