After years of frustration and major inquiries recommending voluntary assisted dying for the Northern Territory, Suzanne James writes that the campaign to force the Country Liberal Party to introduce a bill is looking promising.
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Chris Minns’ hastily drawn-up “inquiry” into hate speech in NSW, following the Bondi Beach terrorist attack, is set to lead to new laws criminalising certain words in addition to preventing protests. Pip Hinman argues this overreach and communities will not be made safer.
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As bushfires were raging across Victoria, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said he “had our backs”. As Alex Bainbridge argues, this simply not true, as Labor continues to approve new coal and gas.
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Discussion at the Socialist Alliance’s 20th National Conference was shaped by world events, including Israel’s continuing genocide in Gaza and Donald Trump’s attack on Venezuela. Sam Wainwright reports.
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Climate activists appeared at Newcastle Court, charged with blockading the world’s largest coal port. Steve O’Brien reports.
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First Nations activists are leading the campaign to stop deaths in custody and for real accountability for those responsible, reports Isaac Nellist.
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Pat Walsh, one of Australia’s great human rights defenders and promoters, was also a true internationalist. Patrick Earle pays tribute to his life’s work in support of the Timorese people’s right to self-determination.
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The rising number of Aboriginal deaths in custody — a form of state-sponsored violence — is a scathing indictment of law enforcement and the judicial system, writes Mark Gillespie.
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Abigail Boyd argues that our response to extremism needs to be considered, evidence-based and effective — the opposite of what NSW Labor is doing.
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Two protestors, who brought attention to Pine Gap’s secretive activities when they the main access route, have also prompted a Crown prosecutor to admit to Israel's genocide. Binoy Kampmark reports.
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Few things impact the human experience more than living with a disability. The creation of the NDIS was a welcome relief, argues Suzanne James, but now its architects are planning to hand “choice and control” to an algorithm without human oversight and no right of appeal.
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We have to push back against NSW Labor’s unprecedented attack on our right to protest genocide and invasions, and what we choose to wear on our T-shirts, argues Rachel Evans.