Australia

NSW Labor’s plans to address the housing crisis don't include proven measures, such as more public housing, rent controls and removing property investor tax concessions. Andrew Chuter reports.

Supporters of Julian Assange continue to highlight his imprisonment and possible extradition to the United States at weekly protests in the CBD. Stephen Langford reports.

 Australasian Muslim Times editor Zia Ahmad

Zia Ahmad, editor in chief of the Australasian Muslim Times, spoke to Vivienne Porzsolt about a unique progressive publishing project that encourages respect for different points-of-view.

Hidden amid the AUKMIN chatter about the “complex international order” was Australia’s promise of billions to help Britain’s flailing nuclear reactor production line. Binoy Kampmark reports.

 

Easter Sunday rally in Naarm/Melbourne against genocide

Thousands rallied in Gadigal/Sydney and Naarm/Melbourne on Easter Sunday, in the 25th week of continuous protest actions. Alex Bainbridge, Rachel Evans, Chloe DS, Niko Leka and Fred Fuentes report.

Protest albums from March 2024

Mat Ward looks back at March's political news and the best new music that related to it.

The British High Court did not make a clear decision on whether it would reject Julian Assange's appeal. Instead, it decided to grant the United States government the possibility to make amends. Binoy Kampmark reports.

Traditional Owners from the Beetaloo Basin and the Torres Strait told stories of resistance against the fossil fuel industry. Coral Wynter reports.

Whistleblower David McBride believes the Four Corners story was a “planned hit job” and that the journalists downplayed the real issue — the need to stop war crimes. Alex Bainbridge reports.

Community gathers for deamalgamation

The NSW Boundaries Commission has rejected the Inner West Council's bid to deamalgamate, despite 62.5% of residents voting to do so. Peter Boyle reports. 

Thousands of people joined the Bob Brown Foundation’s nation-wide “March for Forests”, aiming to ramp up pressure on Labor to stop logging scarce native forests. 

Social media corporations exercise a lot of power to manipulate people’s social and political views. As their power grows, Pip Hinman and Susan Price urge you to support Green Left’s voice-for-the-resistance journalism.