The New South Wales Aboriginal Land Council has lodged a complaint with the Australian Human Rights Commission over the NSW Labor government’s threats to the land claim and land return process. Paul Gregoire reports.
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I was one of 22 people arrested in Magan-djin/Brisbane. Whether it was necessary for so many police to arrest one 73-year-old Jew, I’ll let you decide. Stephen Heydt reports.
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Defence minister Richard Marles’ announcement that he plans to raise military spending by $53 billion will help boost weapons’ company profits and shore up Australia’s position as deputy sheriff for the United States in the Asia Pacific, argues Isaac Nellist.
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The call for a tax on gas corporations’ exports is growing louder by the day. Despite 80% of gas production being sent offshore, the government receives almost no return. Cas Smith reports.
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The National Disability Insurance Scheme was built by decades of activist struggle. It will not be dismantled without a fight, argues Gabrielle McCutcheon.
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Shamikh Badra pays tribute to Caroline Graham, an activist who turned solidarity with Gaza into a living act of hope and resistance.
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The Anthony Albanese government’s decision to savage the National Disability Insurance Scheme ranks high in the scale of betrayals by neoliberal Labor governments, argues Graham Matthews.
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Chris Minns told a business summit last year that Labor’s planning changes were designed for them, which, as Ben Radford explains, means less public oversight and community engagement.
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Many nurses and midwives in NSW are unhappy with the Industrial Relations Commission's pay ruling, saying it does not address an undervalued profession. Pip Hinman spoke to Viola Morris.
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The premise that sex work is inherently and inevitably high risk leads to a lack of support for legal reform. Barbarella Karpinski argues that danger is structured and sustained by law, stigma and urban planning.
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Jacob Andrewartha argues that Angus Taylor’s “values-based” migration scheme is the latest example of the ruling class’ bid to ramp up racism and distract people from government failures in a worsening cost-of-living crisis.
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The symbolism of the Anzac Day legend from the very start has always obfuscated and minimised the truth of the 20th century wars, writes James Wyner.