Union bodies, leaders and rank-and-file Construction Forestry Maritime Employees Union members are pushing back against Labor’s unprecedented draconian anti-CFMEU law. Pip Hinman reports.

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The oppressive campaign of ‘cancelling’ those who talk about Israel’s genocide won’t work, as more and more people are speaking out, argues Pip Hinman. 

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Labor came to government on the back of a strong vote for real action on climate change, but have now reneged on the promise to introduce stronger environment protection laws. Pip Hinman reports. 

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Defence minister Richard Marles and foreign affairs minister Penny Wong groveled more than usual at the annual AUSMIN meeting as they promised to push forward on AUKUS nuclear submarines and bases. Pip Hinman reports. 

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The day after scientists marked the hottest day on record, Labor’s federal resources minister Madeleine King announced new gas exploration permits for fossil fuel giants. Pip Hinman reports. 

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Activists from the newly-formed Willoughby for Palestine spoke to their council about it supporting a ceasefire motion, as other councils have done. Pip Hinman reports.

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Australia’s nuclear regulator greenlit the Australian Submarine Agency to proceed with plans for a nuclear waste storage facility at HMAS Stirling Base in Rockingham, Western Australia. Pip Hinman reports.

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Teachers have joined the union covering school cleaners in NSW to campaign for the Labor government to bring school cleaning back in-house. Pip Hinman reports.

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As Israel ramps up its threats on Iran, Syria and Lebanon the campaign to abolish nuclear weapons has never been so urgent, writes Pip Hinman.

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Megan Krakouer, Menang woman of the Noongar Nation, said the rate of incarceration of First Nations people is “out of control” and suicides are rising at an alarming rate. Pip Hinman reports. 

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Richard Boyle, who exposed serious misconduct in the Australian Taxation Office, lost his appeal to be protected under whistleblower laws. Pip Hinman reports.

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The Jewish Council of Australia has renewed its call on federal Labor to pressure Israel to stop committing genocide, following Israel’s May 27 airstrike on Palestinians reduced to living in tents. Pip Hinman reports.

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New South Wales Labor’s harsh new bail laws have been widely opposed by First Nations, legal and community groups who say they will cause ‘unspeakable damage’, reports Pip Hinman.

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Since the Labor and Liberal parties have lost hearts and minds over their support for genocidal Israel, they are now moving to culture wars, argues Pip Hinman.

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The Brereton inquiry found Australian soldiers had unlawfully killed or directed the killing of one or more Afghan civilians. To date, none have been tried or sentenced. Whistleblower David McBride, however, has been given sent to jail. Pip Hinman reports.

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Labor’s decision to expand gas in a climate emergency reveals how much it has been captured by fossil fuel corporations. Pip Hinman reports. 

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The National Tertiary Education Union at the University of Sydney has voted to support an institutional academic boycott of Israeli universities and to cut ties with weapons industries. Pip Hinman reports.

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NSW Labor has amended the Local Government Act to give the minister more power over whether forcibly-merged councils can demerge, breaking one of its pre-election promises. Pip Hinman reports.

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Richard Marles, Deputy Prime Minister and defence minister committed hundreds of billions of dollars to defence spending over the next decade. Pip Hinman reports.

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The Jewish Council of Australia has again called on state and federal governments to cut all military ties and to apply sanctions to Israel, as it did after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Pip Hinman reports.

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The Jewish Council of Australia has again called on state and federal governments to cut all military ties and to apply sanctions to Israel, as it did after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Pip Hinman reports.

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Hundreds joined a Save Greater Sydney Coalition rally calling for real solutions to the housing crisis, not NSW Labor’s pro-developer rezoning and development scheme. Pip Hinman reports.

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Community representatives from across the state demanded NSW Labor stick to its policy, and promises, to help forcibly merged councils wishing to deamalgamate to do so. Pip Hinman reports.

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As bombs rain down on women and children in Gaza, the political significance of International Women’s Day needs to be remembered, argues Pip Hinman. 

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Ecosocialism 2024 conference organiser Sam Wainwright believes the far-right objections to even allowing Palestinian freedom fighter Leila Khaled to address the coference is “fake outrage”.

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Refugee rights group said 40 people who recently sought asylum in Western Australia should be processed here, not in offshore detention. Pip Hinman reports. 

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A new bill to amend the Local Government Act has been described as a a “cunning sleight of hand” and criticised for giving the minister even more power over councils’ decision-making. Pip Hinman reports.

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Alarmingly — but not surprisingly — 2023 was the hottest year since 1850, but Labor is dragging its feet and depending on the private sector to handle the climate transition.

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