Moving into an aged care residence is often a very sudden trauma for elderly people, but there are ways to alleviate that stress, argues Jack Williams.
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Australia's arbitrary labelling of some global conflicts and not others as “terrorist-controlled zones” is more than an inconvenience to family holiday plans. Dal Ouba argues that it must be challenged.
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Opposition leader Peter Dutton has spent much of the past week dog whistling about the alleged security threat posed by Palestinians trying to flee Gaza. But Labor has rejected two thirds of all applicants. Binoy Kampmark reports.
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Thousands marched in the 45th weekend of consecutive protests for Palestine, as the official death toll in Gaza passed 40,000. Isaac Nellist reports.
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Supporters of Stop AUKUS WA and Nuclear Free WA presented Fremantle Councillors with a 400-strong petition calling on it to ban the berthing of nuclear-powered or -armed submarines at Stirling Naval Base. Alex Salmon reports.
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The Venezuela Solidarity Campaign hosted a discussion of the Venezuelan presidential elections and aftermath with Francisco Dominguez, secretary of the Venezuela Solidarity Campaign in London. Chris Slee reports.
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Fairfield for Palestine is calling on all Fairfield City Councillors to support a motion to disclose and divest any ties with Israel. Neville Spencer reports.
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With 71% of Territorians supporting the right of the terminally ill to die with dignity, and such laws in every state and the ACT, it is inevitable the NT will eventually have its world-first VAD rights restored, argues Suzanne James.
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Labor failed to pass its anti-CFMEU bill after the Coalition withdrew its support, arguing it was not strong enough. Sue Bull reports.
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Queer Liberation Boorloo called a protest to pressure the Western Australian government to support community-led amendments to its gender recognition reforms. Petrina Harley reports.
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Labor councillors used their majority of one to vote down a modest motion calling on council to investigate its procurement policy to ensure it was not investing in weapons’ industries profiting from Israel’s war on Gaza. Rachel Evans reports.
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Suzanne James talks to WA Greens Senator Jordon Steele-John about the Albanese government’s betrayal of the disability community by ignoring the bulk of the royal commission’s recommendations while defunding the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS).