Boorloo/Perth

Socialist Alliance national co-convenor Sam Wainwright speaks to Green Left about Donald Trump’s election in the United States, and what we need to do here to build anti-capitalist politics.

Western Australian Liberal leader Libby Mettam vowed to reverse hard-won gender recognition laws at the party’s state conference. Nova Sobieralski reports. 

The Renters and Housing Union (RAHU WA) has recently set up a Western Australian branch. Maz Misiewic spoke to Sadie, a delegate for RAHU WA, about the housing affordability crisis and the role the union hopes to play.

Unable to win the moral, political and legal arguments, apologists for genocide in parliament and the media are pushing back. But, as Janet Parker told a rally, supporters of justice will not be vilified or silenced.

The national conference of the Independent and Peaceful Australia Network marked an important stepping stone in efforts to rebuild a peace movement in the face of the bipartisan drive to war. Sam Wainwright reports.

Suzanne James speaks to WA Greens Senator Jordon Steele-John about changes to the National Disability Insurance Scheme which passed in August.

Health workers who have returned from Gaza told a 150-strong public meeting and fundraiser in Boorloo/Perth about the critical shortages and dangers for patients and medical workers. They also said Labor must be held to account. Janet Parker reports.

The WA Environmental Protection Authority has recommended that Woodside’s proposed Browse Basin expansion would be “unacceptable”. Maz Misiewicz reports.

Two women boxing in an Olympic bout

Olympic gold medal boxers Imane Khelif and Lin Yu-Ting faced attacks from far-right politicians and anti-trans activists while competing in the Paris Olympics, illustrating how transphobia, racism and misogyny intersect, argues Alex Salmon.

Supporters of Stop AUKUS WA and Nuclear Free WA presented Fremantle Councillors with a 400-strong petition calling on it to ban the berthing of nuclear-powered or -armed submarines at Stirling Naval Base. Alex Salmon reports.

Queer Liberation Boorloo called a protest to pressure the Western Australian government to support community-led amendments to its gender recognition reforms. Petrina Harley reports.

Suzanne James talks to WA Greens Senator Jordon Steele-John about the Albanese government’s betrayal of the disability community by ignoring the bulk of the royal commission’s recommendations while defunding the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS).