After winning two stomping majorities in a row, Victorian Labor’s winning streak may be in danger, as opinion polls show both major parties are on the nose. Jack Stickney reports.
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Watch the highlights from the Green Left forum on ‘Resisting genocide and police repression — Why is Labor criminalising freedom of speech?’.
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Pip Hinman argues that Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s invitation to Israeli President Isaac Herzog to visit Australia has underscored the deep ties between Labor and the genocidal state of Israel.
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Legal experts addressed a well-attended discussion on the new state and federal anti-free speech laws and how to push back. Richard Boult reports.
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First Nations activists are leading the campaign to stop deaths in custody and for real accountability for those responsible, reports Isaac Nellist.
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State Labor governments are rushing to restrict democratic rights and boost police powers to quash dissent and distract from failures, argues Isaac Nellist.
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Western Australian Labor’s proposed amendment to the Criminal Code, dubbed the “post and boast bill”, could easily be used against grassroots groups seeking to force Labor to act on various reforms. Maz Misiewicz reports.
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Jillian Segal, with Labor’s support, wants to make it harder for people to oppose genocide and Zionism. Jonathan Strauss argues that this racist plan needs to be rejected.
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New South Wales Police brutalised pro-Palestine protesters picketing SEC Plating, hospitalising one and arresting five others. Isaac Nellist reports.
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More than 1000 people rallied outside Parliament House to oppose Labor’s proposed anti-protest laws. Jacob Andrewartha reports.
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The University of Sydney’s threat to suspend Luna, a transgender refugee, for writing pro-Palestine messages on a whiteboard has drawn attention to its repression of campus activism. Pride in Protest reports.
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A protest at Sydney Town Hall Square heard civil and social movement leaders condemn NSW Labor’s proposed new laws banning protests near places of worship. Jim McIlroy reports.