Private generators regularly game the national electricity market to drive up wholesale prices, writes Max Chandler-Mather, and it’s time for a rethink on essential services like energy and childcare.
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The messiness of the social media ban for those under 16, as part of the Online Safety Act 2021, is becoming more apparent, writes Binoy Kampmark.
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A report says the combined revenue of the world’s 100 largest weapons corporations reached a record US$679 billion. Peter Boyle reports.
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The Antisemitism in Australia report is so methodologically flawed and ideologically driven, Gwenaël Velge argues it is less a study of hatred and more an instrument of propaganda — manufacturing the hatred it purports to condemn.
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New South Wales Labor has introduced new laws it claims are necessary after the neo-Nazi rally outside parliament. Paul Gregoire writes that many are questioning why NSW Police authorised the National Socialist Network protest in the first place.
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A former Australian army rifleman and a senior bureaucrat have revealed the depths to which Labor is prepared to go to revive offshore detention in Nauru. Binoy Kampmark reports.
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Privatised energy, which delivers higher profits for energy corporations while degrading workers’ job conditions, is also sending power prices soaring. Renfrey Clarke argues the Coalition is seeking to hobble the energy revolution.
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The latest episode of the Green Left Show features Tom Sulston, from Digital Rights Watch, about the incoming social media ban, why it harms young people, what the alternatives could be and other issues related to digital privacy.
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There are four vacant Mardi Gras board positions to be filled, as well as nine resolutions, including for Mardi Gras to disinvite NSW Police from marching in a formal parade float. Troy Thrace explains why Pride in Protest is campaigning to reclaim Mardi Gras’ protest history.
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While popular support for Palestine has grown to unprecedented levels on the back of the anti-genocide movement, the solidarity movement’s job is not yet done. Jonathan Strauss looks at the so-called peace plan for Gaza.
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There is evidence that Australia is complicit in another genocide — in Sudan. Peter Boyle reports.
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Labor environment and water minister Murray Watt is trying to rush through changes to the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act to make it easier to approve fossil fuel projects. Pip Hinman reports.