Australians lose more money to gambling than any other nation on earth, per capita. That an industry can prey on some of the most vulnerable people in society should be a national scandal.
US socialist Hal Draper wrote Two Souls of Socialism in 1966 while working as a librarian at the University of California Berkeley. It remains a valuable contribution.
Less than eighteen months ago, Western Australian Corrective Services Minister Paul Papalia comfortably held the seat of Secret Harbour, in Perth’s southern suburbs, with a two-party preferred vote of 61.5 percent in the state election. The by-election on Saturday wasn’t even close.
