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When cancel culture goes this far,our democracy is in peril

An Australian human rights lawyer is the latest victim of a campaign to shut down Jewish people who dare to criticise Israel.

  • Josh Bornstein

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Opposition Leader Peter Dutton.

If we vote Yes to the Voice,are we helping reconciliation? That’s affirmative

Just like right-wing arguments in the US that destroyed measures designed to reduce racial inequality,the No campaign encourages Australians to lie to themselves.

  • Josh Bornstein
For many years now,employees have been told that a real wage rise is imminent.

Big business needs to be cured of its addiction to low wages

The same business lobbyists who have successfully campaigned for laws that suppress wages since the 1980s are issuing familiar warnings on multi-employer bargaining.

  • Josh Bornstein
Red tape is a factor in stagnant wage growth.

Employees,not business,are wrapped in red tape and it’s killed wage growth

Profits have never been higher and the share of the economic pie paid to workers has never been lower.

  • Josh Bornstein andAlison Pennington
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Pandemic amplifies the brittle fault lines in our society

The early indications from two years of the economic dislocation of the coronavirus pandemic are in. More of the same – just more extreme.

  • Josh Bornstein
The March 4 Justice in Melbourne protesting against sexual assault and gender inequality.

Why change at the top will make women feel safer

Addressing sexual harassment and other violence against women starts with recognising that it is a systemic problem that requires a fundamental change to the roles of men and women.

  • Josh Bornstein
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Parliament lags judiciary in providing a harassment-free workplace

The Morrison government appeals to the rule of law except if it’s politically inconvenient to do so.

  • Josh Bornstein
It’s up to men to make the change required.

Coalition’s concern for rule of law a ‘convenient fig leaf’

Until the events of last week engulfed the government,the PM’s passion for the rule of law was repeatedly missing in action.

  • Josh Bornstein
French philosopher Voltaire would have applauded the decision to ban Donald Trump on social media.

Freedom of speech:Voltaire would applaud Trump Twitter ban

The social media ban on President Donald Trump is consistent with the principle of preventing harm to others.

  • Josh Bornstein
Wages.

A spending-led economic recovery will soon rely on robust wage growth

The federal government and its big business supporters will soon be forced to acknowledge that the economy needs healthy wage growth to recover.

  • Josh Bornstein