Groups involved in the international campaign to freed Abdullah Öcalan from a Turkish prison discussed plans to involve more community organisations. Peter Boyle reports. 

The families of those who have died in custody want to meet the Prime Minister. You can join their call by signing on to the petition, writes Kerry Smith.

Protesters took to the streets to support trans people’s rights and to oppose moves by NSW MLC Mark Latham to make it illegal for schools to teach inclusiveness and respect. Isaac Nellist reports.

The Members Coalition Teams that contested the NSW Public Sector Association election were the surprises of the recent NSW Public Service Association elections, reports Kerry Smith.

The opening of a new Chinese Consulate in Adelaide was protested by contingents of ethnic and religious groups with deeply-felt grievances against the Chinese government, writes Anne McMenamin.

A federal committee looking into insecure work has received submissions from a range of workers’ organisations as well as the big gig corporations. Jim McIlroy and Markela Panegyres report. 

The property-owning class has come out of the pandemic richer and more determined to use their wealth to get even wealthier. They are demanding measures that will only make housing prices more unaffordable to most. Peter Boyle takes a look at what can be done.

After almost six weeks on strike, United Workers Union members at McCormick accepted a new offer from the company, which included retaining all the conditions it had wanted to remove and a pay rise. Mary Merkenich reports.

Protests in several cities across the country to mark 30 years since the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody handed down its report were large and angry, as they should be reports Isacc Nellist.  

New allegations about the brutal behaviour of Australian special forces officers in the war on Afghanistan have emerged, adding impetus to the calls for justice and for an end to Australia’s involvement in the war, writes Pip Hinman.

The premiere of a new film about Jack Mundey’s life and politics will launch a new Dare to Struggle film Festival. Pip Hinman reports.

If you thought the political compromises exposed by the Bergin inquiry into casino operations were bad, what happened in Tasmania should be a warning to us all, writes Suzanne James.

In the Hunter, workers and communities are having an urgent discussion of their economy, their jobs and its environmental impact, writes Steve O’Brien.

A new report has found that an Adani group subsidiary is continuing to support the Myanmar junta and that Australia has million invested too. Markela Panegyres reports.

A parliamentary inquiry reveals the Berejiklian government’s community grants scheme was a corrupt attempt to win political support, reports Jim McILroy.

Alex Bainbridge argues that the Labor party’s stage-managed policy conference demonstrated that Anthony Albanese plans to continue its “small target” strategy, offering working people very little in a pandemic recession and climate emergency.

Denying permanent residency to a 6-year-old Australian-born child because he has cerebral palsy shows this govenment’s complete and utter political and moral bankruptcy, writes Janet Parker. 

As COVID-19 vaccines are rolled out and lock downs and economic crisis measures wind up, the federal government is painting a rosy view of the economic recovery. But, as Neville Spencer argues, this is far from the reality for millions of casual and insecure workers know well.

Jack Williams argues that more staff in aged care homes would immediately make a difference to the lonely lives of their elderly residents.

Matt Haubrick reports on a successful community campaign against another government attempt to introduce a draconian anti-protest law.

The rapid growth of the gig economy has swelled the coffers of the international tech giants. Isaac Nellist reports on the growing push to end the exploitative business model which allows individuals to receive little pay while braving dangerous work conditions.

Homelessness is an emerging humanitarian crisis those who work in the sector told Steve O’Brien.

Chris Slee reports that a judge dismissed a charge of “incitement” against refugee rights activist Chris Breen.

On April 1 protesters gathered outside the ACT Supreme Court to protest the secret trial of Bernard Collaery and Witness K, reports Kerry Smith.

New South Wales Police Commissioner Mick Fuller’s proposal for an app that records consent reveals how willfully ignorant he and government MPs are about the institutionalised nature of sexual assault, writes Isaac Nellist.

The end of the JobKeeper program means that up to 500,000 jobs are at risk. Jim McIlroy argues that plenty of secure jobs could be created if there was a mass campaign to redirect public funds to expand the public sector.

Hundreds of people joined a rally on Parliament Lawns in Hobart to call for whistleblower Julian Assange to be freed and to suport public interest journalism, reports Tristan Sykes.

First Nations organisations have strongly criticised the Northern Territory government’s proposals to get “tough” on young people who re-offend, saying it will drive more Aboriginal children into prison, writes Pip Hinman.

Supporters of Ben Jago have vowing to continue the campaign for next-of-kin recognition for same-sex couples. Matt Haubrick and Rose Matthews report.

Geelong Trades Hall Council is looking to address the region’s lack of jobs and issued a call for interested parties to begin an Environmental Jobs Alliance Geelong. Sue Bull reports.