Big Mac sauce and Aeroplane Jelly are off the menu for now while the workers who make them are denied a pay rise. Kerry Smith reports.

Babkir Omda, a Medevac refugee who is detained in the Park Hotel prison in Melbourne, speaks to Green Left.

The government is crowing about the economic recovery, and has announced a tiny rise in the JobSeeker amount. But when the pandemic supplement is cut at the end of March, people will be trying to surive on $43 a day. Graham Mathews reports.

Don Khan, a Rohingya refugee who was brought to Australia under the defunct Medevac law, told a rally that he had still not been given specialist treatment, reports Chris Slee.

Jim McIlroy reports on a climate rally demanding justice for First Nations’ peoples.

The government’s media bargaining code bill aims to help in the transfer of profits from one section of big capital to another. It will make public interest journalism even more precarious, argues Zebedee Parkes.

Rachel Evans reports on a gathering for Waka Waka man and father of three Patrick Fisher, who was chased to his death by NSW Police three years ago.

The Western Australia government wants to close the Fremantle container terminal and build a new one at Kwinana, further south. The decision is fundamentally flawed on economic and environmental grounds, writes Sam Wainwright.

I am interested in China’s recent trade retaliations to our country in response to our government’s decisions of late relating to China.

NSW planning minister Rob Stokes has got a fight on his hands from those don’t agree that historic Willow Grove needs to make way for a new museum, writes Susan Price.

There was a sense of relief that former Collingwood president Eddie McGuire was forced to quit, but why is it that racists, or apologists for racism, often escape the consequences, asks Jacob Andrewartha?

Green Left is one of the many independent outlets that have become collateral damage in the power struggle between the old media oligarchs and the new media oligarchies. Now is the time to support people-powered media, argue Pip Hinman and Susan Price.

Socialist Alliance is the only voice in the WA election to challenge the terrifying logic of the capitalist system to maximise profits at the expense of people’s lives and the environment, reports Kerry Smith.

Alan Broughton and Elena Garcia argue that the Nationals’ campaign to exclude agriculture from the 2030 emissions’ cuts is not supported by farmers.

Sarah Hathway reports on Australia’s largest ever study of young LGBTI people which finds that while progress had been made, more needs to be done.

Gail Hickey, the mother of TJ Hickey, led a march through the streets of Redfern to mark 17 years since her son’s death on February 14, reports Isaac Nellist.

Despite the rain, a BBQ brought together residents of Explorer Street in Eveleigh, near Redfern, and others campaigning for public housing on February 13.

Andrew Chuter from Friends of Erskineville (FoE) said the government plan to “demolish wonderful homes, whack up apartment towers and sell 70% to the private market is wrong”.

Fifty people marched from Hyde Park to New South Wales Parliament on February 12 in protest at government policies which make it legal for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children to be stolen from their families.

Green Left is celebrating its 30th birthday. Peter Boyle takes a look at the idea behind this unique publication and what has sustained this not-for-profit people-powered project.

After locking out its warehouse workers since November, Coles has just announced it is locking out workers at the Smeaton Grange warehouse indefinitely, reports Jim McIlroy.

Activists from Quaker and Catholic community groups took action outside weapons manufacturer Nioa’s gates in Pinkenba, reports Kerry Smith.

It may seem a surprise to learn that Australia’s sustainable development is currently ranked very low compared to other OECD countries, writes Patrick McDonald.

Released refugees are pleading with supporters to keep up the pressure on government until all refugees are released from on-shore and off-shore detention. Chris Slee reports.

The New South Wales government’s plan for “social housing” is all about to helping out its developer mates and pushing poorer communities out of inner city spaces. Paul Gregoire investigates.

Twitter’s permanent suspension of Donald Trump’s account on January 8 was an anti-climactic conclusion to a presidency that ultimately finished with a whimper rather than a bang, writes Leo Crnogorcevic.

A protest called by Gamilaraay Next Generation outside the officers of the Hunter Gas Pipeline company gave notive that the First Nations’ owners would not back down, reports Pip Hinman.

The forced amalgamation of Marrickville, Ashfield and Leichhardt Councils into the Inner West Council has been an expensive failure, and impending big rate rises for many residents prove this, writes Pip Hinman.

As the debate over the efficacy and availability of various privately marketed anti-COVID vaccines intensifies here and internationally, the time to re-establish our own critical public medical institution is right now, argues Jim McIlroy.

The Indian community organised a protest to show support for Indian farmers who are continuing to protest against the Indian government’s attempts to privatise and corporatise the agricultural sector, reports Jacob Andrewartha.

The Burmese community “splashed” the city’s Esplanade with red in protest at the coup in Burma/Myanmar, reports Jonathan Strauss.