Steve O’Brien, the Socialist Alliance candidate for Newcastle in next year’s New South Wales election, said the decision to approve Glencore’s extension of a massive coal mine in the Hunter is bad for many reasons. Peter Boyle reports.
News
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Israel’s genocide in Gaza is now approaching the three-year mark, with no sign of slowing down. Join nationwide rallies on October 11 to demand Labor cut ties with Israel.
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The NSW Labor government has given notice that it is joining the High Court case, bought by Justice for Palestine Magan-djin, in support of Queensland’s prohibited expressions law. Kerry Smith reports.
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As the third anniversary of Israel’s assault on Gaza nears, a coalition of anti-war activists is preparing to protest against the Land Forces International Land Defence Exposition. Cas Smith reports.
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A public meeting at Balmain Town Hall discussed NSW Labor’s Bays West precinct development plan and voted to demand that any housing at the site be public, reports Isaac Nellist.
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Coffs Harbour City Council voted to rescind the council’s 2022 declaration of a climate emergency. Brian Mahony reports.
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An anti-war action at Newtown Station called on the federal government to remove pro-Palestine groups from the terrorism list. Rachel Evans reports.
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The Alice Springs Magistrates Court decided not to record a criminal conviction against two anti-genocide activists for protesting on a public road near the United States spy base Pine Gap in the Northern Territory. Kerry Smith reports.
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A community speak-out and banner drop against racism drew a wide range of endorsements and many toots in support in the inner city suburb of Glebe. Arlo Valmai reports.
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Students at the University of Sydney have overwhelmingly voted for an academic boycott of Israel in a referendum held alongside elections for the Student Representative Council. Isaac Nellist and Chiara Reeves report.
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Activist Teachers Network NSW organised a snap rally outside the Department of Education for a teacher who was suspended without pay for posting about Palestine on his own social media page. Beau Lyons reports.
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A mixed-bill hardcore concert, titled No Bystanders, featured 14 local bands, face painting and a memorial to slain women. Cameron Mitchell reports.
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Governments must heed communities’ demands for a moratorium on the construction of artificial intelligence mega data centres, not only because of the resources issue, but because of what they are being used for, says Socialist Alliance. Kerry Smith reports.
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Tim Gooden and Sue Bull, members of the Construction Forestry and Maritime Employees Union in Victoria, described the royal commission into the union set up by Premier Ben Carroll as a “farce”. Jackie Kris reports.
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A snap action called to protest NSW Police raids on gay bars in Oxford Street, Darlinghurst, drew 100 people to Taylor Square. Kerry Smith reports.
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Protesters took to the streets across Australia to protest the Australian government’s controversial embrace of AUKUS and its support for Israel’s ongoing genocide in Gaza. Kerry Smith reports.
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Despite a reduction in youth crime, NSW Labor wants to extend its youth bail crack down, targeting 14- to 17 year olds, which the Aboriginal Legal Centre says is discriminatory. Paul Gregoire reports.
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The public’s distrust of the two parties, and the system in general, has become more pronounced over the last five years. But, as Freya Hedley argues, voting One Nation would be like shooting ourselves in the foot.
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Lucy Millett argues that it has become clear that federal Labor’s net-zero deadlines mean nothing, despite its promises to act on the climate emergency. She is urging organisations to support the pre-COP31 rally.
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Shamikh Badra remembers Peter Manning’s long career in media, politics and academia, but they may not know so much about his steadfast support for Palestinian rights.
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Israel’s genocide in Gaza is now approaching the three-year mark, with no sign of slowing down. Yet, federal Labor continues to side with the United States and Israel, refusing to support Palestinian self-determination. Alex Bainbridge reports.
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Labor’s plan to make it harder and more expensive for international students is geared to clawing back some of the vote going to One Nation and the Coalition. Maharnav Bhuyan and Chloe DS report.
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Ishita Chakrabarty calls for solidarity to challenge racism and bigotry, speaking at a Unite Against Racism rally in Glebe.
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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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Whyalla Steelworks has produced about three-quarters of Australia’s structural steel and all the steel rails and girders. Renfrey Clarke asks why the state and federal governments aren't working to make it a publicly-owned corporation.
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Despite a majority of MLAs supporting a voluntary assisted dying law, NT Country Liberal Party Chief Minister Lia Finocchiaro had to be dragged to support it, and then she ensured that two restrictive clauses were added. Suzanne James reports.
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Many workers are now enjoying a four-day work week and a longer weekend every week, due to a campaign run by the Australian Manufacturing Workers’ Union. Tim Gooden reports.
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Australia has previously blindly followed the United States into the war on terror and, as Cathy Eatock writes, now the Anthony Albanese government has, astoundingly, followed Scott Morrison into AUKUS, without a public discussion.
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Home affairs minister Tony Burke’s new immigration policy is a boost to Pauline Hanson’s One Nation and its Trumpite politics of hate, racism and division, argues Sue Bolton.
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Journalist Mary Kostakidis, after the Zionist Federation of Australia dropped its case in the Federal Court against her, said it is a “humiliating withdrawal by them” because they did not stop her criticising Israel’s genocidal policies. Paul Gregoire reports.
World
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Refugee and human rights groups are outraged that Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim's government has an agreement with the military coup regime in Myanmar to deport 5000 refugees, including Rohingya, back to face the regime's genocidal attacks. Peter Boyle spoke to Madhavi Madhu, a member of the Socialist Party of Malaysia (PSM) and a longstanding refugee rights activist..
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Philippine activist Khyl Ramos was a guest speaker at the recent Ecosocialism 2026 conference in Magan-djin/Brisbane, where he sat down with Ben Radford to discuss last year’s Gen Z protests, recent opposition to the United States-led Pax Silica initiative and the need for ecosocialist alternatives.
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What do we make of the RAF Fairford arrests? Binoy Kampmark upacks the bizarre chain of events.
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Socialist Party of Malaysia (PSM) deputy secretary-general Gandipan Nantha Gopalan, tells Green Left’s Peter Boyle that given Malaysia's unprecedented Artificial Intelligence (AI) data centre investment boom, the government should publicly release the full balance sheet on jobs, economic development and environmental impacts.
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The upcoming French presidential election next May carries weight far beyond France’s borders. John Mullen's Q and A aims to explain the key dynamics at work, as well as the strengths and weaknesses of antifascist activity in France today.
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In response to the escalating wildfire crisis in Indonesia since July, which has covered much of Southeast Asia in a protracted and hazardous smoke haze, activists are calling for companies behind the crisis to be named and shamed, reports Peter Boyle.
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Artificial intelligence is a social product built on accumulated human knowledge and on the labour of millions, and yet a handful of capitalist monopolies and major powers appropriate its fruits, argues Rezgar Akrawi.
Culture
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Of all the radical groups to emerge in the United States in the 1960s, one of the most interesting was the League of Revolutionary Black Workers, which began organising in the car industry in Detroit, Michigan. Craig Brittain reviews a recent book tracing the struggles and challenges of these revolutionary workers.
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After World War I, soldiers returned to an Australia deeply divided by class, religion and social and political issues. Alex Salmon reviews a new book uncovering more of the hidden history of social upheaval.
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The attempt to silence United States rapper Macklemore has galvanised Palestinian and non-Palestinian artists and their supporters for a free Palestine and unmasked the capitalists behind the campaign to silence artists, writes Markela Panegyres.
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Former NSW Liberal Premier Mike Baird has resigned as chair of Cricket Australia, as opposition grows to his push to privatise the Big Bash League. Jim McIlroy reports.
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Mat Ward looks back at September's political news and the best new music that related to it.