Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has announced a roundtable of big business, unions and civil society to “support and shape our government’s growth and productivity agenda”. History sheds light on what we expect from such a plan, writes Peter Boyle.
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The prime minister’s grovelling to United States President Donald Trump over Gaza and AUKUS has landed Australia in the odious and unenviable position of estrangement, distrust and contempt from its closest neighbours, writes Peter Henning.
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Riley Breen caught up with Nasser Mashni, Australia Palestine Advocacy Network president, to ask him what the federal government must do to help stop Israel’s genocide.
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Labor should cancel AUKUS, regardless of US President Donald Trump’s review of the military pact, argues Pip Hinman.
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Ian Colvin is remembered for his activism, quiet leadership and gentle nature, and for his passion for tango, which has rubbed off on some, writes Richard Boult.
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Elbit systems, the Israeli weapons and surveillance company, is a key focus of pro-Palestine activists, who want their governments to stop supplying it with component parts. William Maxwells reports.
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The Inner West Council plan for vastly increased housing development basically doubles the amount and height of development envisaged under the state government's plan, reports Hall Greenland.
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To stifle growing pro-Palestinian activities on campuses, university authorities are developing and applying techniques of control. Universities as places of free speech, political activism and the right to protest is under attack, argues Jane Kenway.
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Anti-Zionist researcher and journalist Yaakov Aharon told the Green Left Show that the major parties are complicit in Israel’s genocide of starving Palestinians in Gaza. Isaac Nellist reports.
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Very little is known about the circumstances of young Warlpiri man, Kumanjayi White’s, death in custody because the police and state have closed ranks. Paul Gregoire reports on the push-back against this criminal pattern.
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New data shows a 63% surge in preventable deaths of homeless people because of critical shortages in housing and support services. Suzanne James reports.
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I lost my Facebook account because I dared to do something apparently unthinkable: I spoke up as a Jewish person who cares about children in Gaza, writes Michael Cohen.