If Greens MP Jenny Leong’s human rights bill is supported in NSW, tenants in New South Wales may soon be protected from evictions. Paul Gregoire reports.
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The Retail and Fast Food Workers Union has launched legal action on behalf of workers at Berkelouw Books and Harry Hartog book sellers, Isaac Nellist reports.
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Permission for salmon companies to use an antibiotic in south-east Lutruwita/Tasmania may be suspended by the federal regulator only four months after approval was granted. Chris Jenkins reports.
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Socialist Alliance has a range of events organised in regional Queensland in March. Come along to one in your city to meet other socialists and activists who want to change the world.
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Despite governmental apologies and promises to do better, the forced removal of First Nations’ children has not slowed down, Cas Smith reports.
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Chris Minns apologised to the 78ers in 2016 about police violence. Barbara Karpinski writes that police are still traumatising youth at an ever-increasing rate and that Mardi Gras has to acknowledge this.
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Public money must come with public obligations, argues Suzanne James. If publicly funded institutions are to serve a diverse population, they must operate on civic principles that apply equally to all.
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Thousands of healthcare workers from across Victoria went on strike to demand better pay and conditions, reports Jacob Andrewartha.
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The Australia Cuba Friendship Society organised a rally outside the United States Consulate in Boorloo/Perth to protest the ongoing blockade on Cuba. Cameron Mitchell reports.
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While opinion polls show Pauline Hanson’s One Nation ahead of the Coalition, how substantial or transient this is remains a political question, argues Alex Bainbridge.
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Multiple government agreements have been made to “close the gap” but, as Peter Boyle writes, the 2025 Closing the Gap report reveals that most measures will not be reached by 2030.
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In Australia’s mostly corporate-owned media landscape, Green Left has been speaking truth to power for 35 years. Ben Radford explains GL’s commitment to building grassroots movements, reporting on events distorted by the mainstream media and showing international solidarity.