Anti-racist activists, including a union secretary, discussed countering the rising support for One Nation at a public meeting hosted by Socialist Alliance. Jacob Andrewartha reports.
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The three-day inquiry into Labor’s devastating National Disability Insurance Scheme bill has been extended, after disability advocacy and human rights organisations outlined the significant risks to NDIS participants if it were to become law. Graham Matthews reports.
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The investment boom in generative artificial intelligence, spurring the rapid build of data centres across Victoria, is raising widespread concerns. Jacob Andrewartha reports.
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Socialist Alliance is contesting the November Victorian elections in the Northern Metropolitan region for the Legislative Council and in the lower house seats of Broadmeadows and Pascoe Vale. Jordan Shukri AK Armaou-Massoud reports.
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A secret government report said that while Port Kembla is the assessment’s preferred site for an East Coast nuclear submarine base, Muloobinba remains under consideration. Steve O’Brien reports.
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The Socialist Alliance has condemned the United States Department of Justice’s decision to reopen a three-decades-old case against former Cuban president Raúl Castro and called on Labor to speak out against military action against the Caribbean nation.
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Recent reports suggest that the Western Australian Labor government is planning on pushing ahead with its net-zero plan but without emission reductions targets. Maz Misiewicz reports.
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Peter Boyle spoke to Graham Matthews, the Socialist Alliance spokesperson on disability rights, about the proposed cuts to the National Disability Insurance Scheme in the upcoming budget.
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In her submission to the Royal Commission on Antisemitism and Social Cohesion, Janet Parker writes that while antisemitism does exist, the only discrimination, harassment and abuse she has experienced has come from supporters of Zionism in the Jewish community.
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A huge vote against the Labor and Liberal candidates in the by-election for Newcastle lord mayor largely went to independent Gavin Morris. Steve O’Brien reports.
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More than 50 people attended the Socialist Alliance launch of its Blue Mountains branch, including locals, visitors from Greater Sydney and those keen to advance social and ecological justice in the mountains and surrounding areas. Aaisha Slee reports.
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Socialist Alliance has a range of events organised in regional Queensland in March. Come along to one in your city to meet other socialists and activists who want to change the world.