The Power of Choice is a raw and beautiful eulogy and an irrefutable testimonial to the relief and comfort VAD gives the dying, writes Suzanne James.
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A catastrophic algal bloom — fuelled by warming oceans and calm marine conditions — is killing marine life on the shores of South Australia on an unprecedented scale. Tracey Carpenter reports.
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Hundreds joined in 17 protests organised by What You Were Wearing? in cities across the country to demand governments take real steps to drop domestic and family violence. Rachel Evans and Liv Carney report.
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Thousands rallied on Parliament House lawns to oppose the Liberal government’s plans to proceed with a new Australian Football League and AFL Women’s stadium at Macquarie Point. Philippa Skinner reports.
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Anti-racist activist Stephen Langford had a partial win, with the District Court dismissing charges against him for pasting Governor Lachlan Macquarie’s own words on a piece of paper on his statue in Hyde Park. Jim McIlroy reports.
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Join protests and vigils across the country to mark the 77th anniversary of al Nakba (Catastrophe), when 750,000 people were expelled from Palestine to establish the state of Israel in 1948.
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Abortion rights activists rallied in Martin Place to support NSW Greens MLC Dr Amanda Cohn’s bill to make abortion more accessible to regional and remote communities across NSW. Zebedee Parkes reports.
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Independent Citizens Against Apartheid protested in Martin Place with a presentation condemning Israel’s use of starvation as a weapon against the people of Gaza. Jim McIlroy reports.
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Peter Boyle, Socialist Alliance candidate for the NSW Senate, joins the Green Left Show to discuss the result of the May 3 federal election, in which Labor won a landslide victory after a disastrous result for Peter Dutton and the Coalition.
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Nala Mansell, spokesperson for the Tasmanian Aboriginal Centre, has demanded the Tasmanian government immediately close the Ashley Youth Detention in Deloraine. Kerry Smith reports.
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First Nations people, unionists and environmental activists took their protest about Santos’ coal seam gas plans in the Pilliga Forest to NSW parliament, ahead of a decision by the Native Title Tribunal. Jim McIlroy reports.
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Novelist, filmmaker and academic Tracy Sorensen, who was diagnosed with ovarian cancer in 2014, passed away on May 5. Neville Spencer writes about her life, which included a strong focus on social justice.