Suzanne James and David Shoebridge discuss the Australian Greens latest initiative to progress the legalisation of recreational cannabis.
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Socialist Alliance joins millions of people around the world and Australia in condemning Israel for relaunching its deadly bombing raids on Gaza.
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Two councils in Queensland have gone to war on homeless people, fining them for having to live in tents in parks. Justin Beevers reports.
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Suzanne James argues that the Australian Greens’ bill to legalise cannabis for personal use needs to protect the right to home grow from the mega-industry monster it will inevitably create.
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Barry Skinner asks if the expulsion of about 30 residents from Selwyn Street boarding houses in Paddington is to become the “New Sydney”?
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Jonathan Strauss argues that the emergency society faces is whether or not governments will act on the well-known evidence of the devastating impact of catastrophic climate change.
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We need to keep the issue of settler colonialism here and in Palestine front and centre, argues Michelle Berkon, as Australia and Israel have shared values.
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International classical pianist Jayson Gillham, who was cancelled after speaking out for Palestinian journalists during a Melbourne Symphony Orchestra recital, is seeking a public apology and compensation. Paul Gregoire reports.
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What was supposed to be the Western Grassland Reserves, to secure the conservation of some critically endangered ecosystems, is being illegally bulldozed. Ben Courtice argues it makes no sense.
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The claim by capitalist economists that growing the ‘economic pie’ is the only way out of the cost-of-living crisis is a bald-faced lie to make the billionaire class richer. Peter Boyle reports.
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Dutton only has a handful of policies, mostly unpopular, but he is intent on pushing a culture war — this time against women who favour work-from-home arrangements. Jim McIlroy and Pip Hinman report.
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The blowback against Rio Tinto for blasting a sacred rock shelter to pieces in the Pilbara was enormous. Cas Smith reports that WA Labor has passed the buck on mega mining approvals to the federal government.