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.

Moreland City Council voted on March 10 to fly the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander flags at half-mast each year on January 26 and National Sorry Day on May 26, reports Jacob Andrewartha.

Community and Public Sector Union members working in Parliament House are demanding greater workplace safety and respect, reports Kerry Smith.

Reporting a male Coalition staffer’s bad behaviour as “lewd” downplays the systematic nature of sexism and misogyny, argues Alison Pennington.

Jack Mundey who, with the Builders Labourer’s Federation pioneered the green ban, was given a rousing state send off at Sydney Town Hall. Rachel Evans reports.

Extinction Rebellion organised a series of civil disobedience actions in Perth, calling for urgent action to stop climate change. Alex Salmon reports.

Resourcing precariously employed workers to become organised, to gain a voice and to demand change, means changing the way unions organise, writes Josh Cullinan.

Jackie Kriz said when she and others from the Geelong Women Unionists Network heard about the #March4Justice they jumped in to organise a protest going. They were blown away with the size and say the movement needs to keep on mobilising to get its demands met.

The ongoing injustices and dispossession of First Nations peoples can be seen in the devastating impact of stolen water rights. But, writes Tracey Carpenter, some changes have been won in Victoria.

Independent Iraqi journalist Abeer Hasan Al Ani told a gathering to mark the invasion of Iraq that the promises of freedom, democracy and prosperity the Iraqis longed for have never come true. Peter Boyle reports.

Glebe public housing resident Emily Bullock is adamant that, while her home could do with some repairs, it must not be allowed to be bulldozed by the state government, reports Rachel Evans.

Anti-Adani protesters are keeping up the pressure on insurance company Ark insurance, writes Coral Wynter.

Labor has thrown its support behind Tamil asylum seekers Priya and Nades and their two children, Kopika and Tharunicca. This is good, but not enough. But it needs to break the bipartisan consensus and end its support for mandatory detention and boat turn-backs, argues Alex Bainbridge.

The Aviation Tourism package, a replacement for the JobKeeper wage subsidy for the aviation industry, comes with no obligations to protect jobs. Jim McIlroy argues it is another handout to big business.

The federal government’s anti-worker omnibus bill, which aims to hand businesses more power in the workplace, has been compared with WorkChoices. Michelle Sheehy talks to Green Left about the campaign against it.

The Labor government’s crushing win in the WA election means it is unlikely to deviate from its neoliberal economic and social policy and its enthusiastic support for the mining and fossil fuel corporations, writes Sam Wainwright.

Before his nightmare began Helal Uddin — known as “Spicy” — worked as a chef at a holiday inn in Dhaka. He had to leave Bangladesh after being involved in a protest. From Bomana Prison in PNG, he spoke to Chloe de Silva.

Old arguments justifying racism might be considered ridiculous today but new ones, including affectations about “our” democratic values, neatly slip into service to reinforce ingrained racist prejudices, writes Peter Boyle.

Unemployed and welfare groups are calling on the government not not to cut income support at the end of March. Peter Boyle reports.

The stripping of Indian democracy by the far-right, Hindu-nationalist government of Narendra Modi is causing uproar in the Australian-Indian diaspora, reports Gauri Gandbhir.

The invasion of a Iraq was a flagrant violation of the United Nations Charter and the invaders’ justification was based on lies. Eighteen years on the calls for justice continue, writes Bevan Ramsden. 

An internal survey at SafeWork NSW has revealed an alarming level of political interference in the work of safety inspectors potentially putting workers’ safety — and lives — at risk. Sam Parker reports.