More than 300 people joined a Chanukah vigil called by the Jewish Council of Australia in Naarm/Melbourne to commemorate the lives lost in the Bondi massacre. Jacob Andrewartha reports.
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Workers at Harry Hartog and Berkelouw Books have announced they will go on a five-day strike in the lead up to Christmas as part of their campaign for better wages and conditions. Isaac Nellist reports.
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More than 50 people gathered outside Old Government House in Burramattagal/Parramatta to hear from Wiradjuri activist Paul Towney, who is campaigning for Wiradjuri land rights and sovereignty.
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Psychologically injured workers will have their support payments cut after two-and-half-years, in new laws proposed by NSW Labor and agreed to by the Liberal-National Coalition. Jim McIlroy reports.
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The Community and Public Sector (Victoria) called a protest, which drew 200 people, to oppose cuts to the State Library of Victoria. Jacob Andrewartha reports.
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More than 110 booksellers from Berkelouw Books and Harry Hartog stores across New South Wales went on strike for better pay, penalty rates and to end casualisation, reports Isaac Nellist.
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Palestine activists say South Australian Labor’s self-promotion as a “defence state” makes it complicit in the Gaza genocide. Markela Panegyres reports.
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The queer community organised a number of events for Pride Month, including the annual Pride Parade through the streets of Northbridge. Nova Sobieralski reports.
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Join your nearest Invasion Day protest on January 26 to demand justice for First Nations peoples, by ending paternalistic policies, including racist ‘tough on crime’ laws.
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The New South Wales Labor government is failing to protect the state’s rapidly declining koala population, which is under threat from logging, climate impacts and disease. Ben Radford reports.
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The Australian Institute of Criminology has just released a report showing that 33 First Nations people died in prison custody, police custody and custody-related operations and youth detention over 2024–25 — the highest such number since 1979–80. Kerry Smith reports.
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A mass meeting of the Victorian branch of the Community and Public Sector Union drew more than 1500 workers to discuss government recommendations to cut the public service and a campaign against it. Brandon M reports.