Michael McLaren is joined by William Bourke, President of the Sustainable Australia Party, to comment on the RBA’s report that the pause in immigration due to the COVID-19 pandemic will lead to higher living standards in Australia and could spark wage rises in some regions and industries.

Sustainable Australia Party has entered the Upper Hunter by-election, nominating local civil engineer Calum Blair. Calum was also Sustainable Australia Party’s 2019 NSW state election candidate for Upper Hunter.

Calum Blair is Sustainable Australia Party's candidate for the 2021 Upper Hunter by-election. Calum also stood as SAP's Upper Hunter candidate in the 2019 NSW state election.

When I was Labor’s Federal Shadow Environment Minister from 2001 to 2004, I put a lot of effort into campaigning for water for the Murray-Darling Basin.

It is noteworthy that Australia’s economic recovery continues to be much more rapid than commentators had predicted. The unemployment and underemployment rates have fallen and continue to fall. It is quite likely that if things keep on this way, workers’ bargaining positions will improve and real wages will start to rise.

As the floodwaters start to recede and we take stock of the damage caused by the recent floods, a show of defiance is always tempting. “We are going to build it all back”, is the default reaction of authorities. But is this wise or smart?

Claims by Liberal MP Julian Leeser and some business owners that Australia “is facing a shortage of skilled labour almost unprecedented in our history”, and that this “shortage” should be solved with more migration, are just ridiculous.

Colin Scott, Sustainable Australia Party candidate for North Metropolitan Region is passionate about community action to rehabilitate Perth wetlands.

Thank you to our WA committee, candidates and volunteers.

Daniel Minson, Sustainable Australia Party candidate for South West Region is asking for volunteers.

Daniel Minson, Sustainable Australia Party candidate for South West Region is saying that WA iron ore belongs to all West Australians.

Daniel Minson, Sustainable Australia Party WA candidate for South West Region is talking about Albany's new Middleton Beach Hotel. Daniel says it should reflect the old Esplanade's heritage.

Sustainable Australia Party launched its campaign for a seat in the WA Upper House on 21 February in Mandurah, but in contesting the WA election, it fights on a very uneven playing field. Sustainable Australia Party will spend around $30,000 in total across all of its 20 candidates, while major parties run multi-million dollar campaigns. Why is it so lopsided?

Daniel Minson, Sustainable Australia Party WA candidate for South West Region is talking about Dunsborough development pressures.

Daniel Minson, Sustainable Australia Party candidate for South West Region is campaigning to ban property developer donations and stop corruption in WA.

Colin Scott, Sustainable Australia Party candidate for North Metropolitan Region is campaigning about overdevelopment in Shenton Park.

Sustainable Australia Party launches its campaign for a seat in the WA Upper House this Sunday afternoon in Mandurah, aiming to emulate the Upper House success the party had in Victoria in 2018.

Daniel Minson, Sustainable Australia Party candidate for South West Region is campaigning for affordable housing in WA.

Colin Scott, Sustainable Australia Party WA candidate for North Metropolitan Region is campaigning to Save East Subiaco from overdevelopment.

The international community should demand that the Myanmar military immediately releases arrested leader Aung San Suu Kyi, respects the result of the national elections, revokes the “state of emergency” and relinquishes the power it has sought through a military coup.

Following the revelation that the WA security guard who tested positive for COVID-19 is also moonlighting as an Uber driver, Sustainable Australia Party is calling on the WA government to learn the lessons from Victoria and South Australia’s quarantine failures and abandon its use of a casualised, underpaid and exploitable workforce.

Colin Scott, Sustainable Australia Party candidate for North Metropolitan Region is campaigning to Save Ocean Reef from a huge marina overdevelopment.

I know that a number of Sustainable Australia Party members made submissions to Professor Graeme Samuel’s Review of the Federal Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act, and I know that many more are deeply interested in the protection of our unique, beautiful and endangered birds, plants and animals.

I am writing to let you know that I will be retiring from the office of Clifford Hayes with effect from next Friday 15 January. I want to make it clear that I have greatly appreciated the opportunity to work for Clifford for the past 2 years. His integrity, good judgment and basic decency has made working for him a privilege and a joy.

Sustainable Australia Party WA candidate, Ryan Oostryck, at the state registration event in December 2020.

SAP WA Organiser, Daniel Minson, at the state registration event in December 2020.

Daniel Minson, Sustainable Australia Party WA candidate for South West region is campaigning to save the pristine Gnarabup Beach headland from a hotel development.

Sustainable Australia Party is fighting to protect our environment, stop overdevelopment and stop corruption. Here, party president William Bourke talks about his neighbourhood.

Fresh off an 8 per cent primary vote in the Groom federal by-election [1], Sustainable Australia Party has registered in WA to contest the March 2021 state election.[2]