The Prime Minister delivered a sort of homily to the United Nations, saying Australia “understands the dangers of global warming and the urgency of climate action”. But his actions belie his words, argues Pip Hinman.
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The disaster in Nepal, Tibet and China has been described as being like a “horror movie” — only it is too real to ignore the fact that climate change is the greatest security threat of our time. Pip Hinman argues for the need to challenge Australia’s head-in-sand approach.
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Anthony Albanese and Penny Wong’s hand-wringing over the death of Zomi Frankcom is gobsmacking in its selective outrage about Israel’s war crimes in Gaza. Pip Hinman and Sam Wainwright argue it is calculated to take the focus away from its steady alliance with the apartheid state.
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Candidates for Lutruwita Socialist Alliance are running in three local government areas in the upcoming Lutruwita/Tasmania council elections. Chris Jenkins and Pip Hinman report.
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Former politicians and defence personnel, trade unionists and anti-war activists all argued against AUKUS at a public inquiry organised by the crowd-funded Australian Peace and Security Forum. Not one person argued it should be supported. Pip Hinman reports.
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A rank-and-file ticket, focused on accountability and workplace health and safety, will challenge the NSW Nurses and Midwives’ Association incumbents in elections due over September and October. Pip Hinman reports.
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Islamophobia is a greater problem than antisemitism in Australia today, but government agencies and the mainstream media would have you think the opposite. Pip Hinman reports.
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Labor foreign minister Penny Wong is outraged that China is testing its intercontinental ballistic missile, saying it is is “destabilising” for the region. However, as Pip Hinman writes, the RIMPAC26 military exercises — on now, based off Hawai’i — provoke war.
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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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While Australia’s minister for war Richard Marles came back from the annual “Shangri-La dialogue” selling AUKUS like never before, a people’s inquiry into AUKUS has been launched. Pip Hinman reports.
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Karyn Brown, a resident at the Waterloo Estate, skewered Labor’s proposition that it was delivering “positive outcomes” for tenants. Pip Hinman reports.
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Anti-abortion MPs are coordinating their attacks on hard-won reproductive healthcare rights in three states. Pip Hinman reports.