INTRODUCTIONWhile more people are coming to see the power the large banks and corporations have, it is reasonable to ask: How can we really know they have this much power? Thanks to the release of the Podesta Files by WikiLeaks we can now put together a very clear picture of the way one man who worked at Citibank in the centre of Wall Street was ( Read more... )

One of our readers sent an email to Senator Day, the Family First Senator from South Australia. They wrote to him asking for his help to stop the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) Agreement. They received a reply thanking them for their email and explaining Senator Day's position on the TPP at some length. This reply has been sent to Australian Voice ( Read more... )

IntroductionAustralia’s political leaders probably do not think of themselves as traitors. They seem to think that by making our country user-friendly to foreign investors they are promoting the interests of Australia in the best possible way. However they ignore the many ways that their unquestioning support for foreign investment is actually ( Read more... )

On March 25, 2015, a leaked copy of the investment chapter for the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) was posted by WikiLeaks.(1) That same day Lori Wallach and Ben Beachy of Public Citizen’s Global Trade Watch released a document entitled "Analysis of Leaked Trans-Pacific Partnership Investment Text." It provides a careful account of what the chapter ( Read more... )

On March 25, 2015, a leaked copy of the investment chapter for the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) was posted by WikiLeaks. That same day Lori Wallach and Ben Beachy of Public Citizen’s Global Trade Watch released a document entitled "Analysis of Leaked Trans-Pacific Partnership Investment Text." It provides a careful account of what the chapter ( Read more... )

"The main purpose of this article is to
show how all the world's events are just
pebbles in the mosaic of one global power.
May God save the world."
The Observer, 2014

TPP - One Piece of a Gigantic PuzzleThe TPP did not float to the shores of Australia in a sealed bottle. It has been many years in the making. It is part of ( Read more... )

It is hard to understand why Australia or any other country would choose freely to enter into any treaty like the TPP which involves the Investor-State Dispute Settlement (ISDS) system. There are so many problems with ISDS system it is hard to know where to start.

1) Deregulation: The ISDS system is not about trade. Its sole purpose is to force ( Read more... )

Some Labor supporters have gotten excited by Senator Wong's speech in Parliament on 12 February.(1) Let me warn you that there is nothing for opponents of the TPP to be happy about. I believe the only hope we have now to stop the TPP is for members and supporters of the Labor party to write, send emails and visit backbenchers in the Labor party ( Read more... )

Do You Oppose the TPP? If so, read this letter ( Read more... )

As explained in another article, the greatest danger in the TPP is that involves the Investor-State Dispute Settlement (ISDS) system.(1) In the ISDS system, a company can demand Australia pay compensation for law or regulation which they believe hinders their profits. This system of extreme corporate privilege is one of the central parts of the TPP ( Read more... )