Hatam Yekta, a 36-year-old Kurdish refugee from Iran, is on the brink of death in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea. Kurdish human rights defender Dr Hawzhin Azeez spoke to Peter Boyle.
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Sarah Game, a former One Nation now Family First MP, has been pushing to restrict abortion rights in South Australia since last year but she recently failed again. Markela Panegyres reports.
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Supporters of free speech protested outside the Western Australian parliament as Labor’s bill to dramatically limit the right to protest was tabled. Janet Parker reports.
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As right-wing editors sniff around for the opportunity to decisively shift politics to the right — to benefit the billionaires — working people’s only defence is to organise collective struggles for our rights, argues Sam Wainwright.
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Billionaire rule has been grossly unjust and patently unsustainable for a long time, but now it is revealing a new level of political toxicity, argues Peter Boyle.
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The new aged care law was promoted as the sector’s most significant reform in a generation. But, as Suzanne James writes, relying on a market-based system means that complex human needs come second.
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Victorian teachers and education support staff voted against Labor’s enterprise agreement offer, rejecting the Australian Education Union’s advice to accept it. Chloe DS reports.
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Australian Manufacturing Workers’ Union construction and maintenance members, employed by United Group Limited, are taking protected strike action to secure a new agreement without any loss of conditions. Tim Gooden reports.
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NSW Police have stormed the public housing protest camp at Waterloo Estate, forcibly removing residents and dozens of community members and arresting one. Pip Hinman reports.
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More guest speakers for Ecosocialism 2026 have been confirmed, including a First Nations leader, a Greens MP and activists from the United States, Malaysia, Brazil, Western Sahara and Australia. Fred Fuentes reports.
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Seven people were arrested at Justice for Palestine’s latest rally defying anti-democratic Queensland laws, which ban Palestine freedom slogans. Alex Bainbridge reports.
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As part of its joke climate resilience plan, the Northern Territory Country Liberal Party is accelerating fracking for gas in the Beetaloo Basin. Stephen W Enciso reports.