Thousands of healthcare workers from across Victoria went on strike to demand better pay and conditions, reports Jacob Andrewartha.
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More than 500 people attended the launch for the United Workers Union Members First ticket, indicating enthusiasm for the union to take a new direction. Jacob Andrewartha reports.
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Friends of John Fawkner College organised an event to discuss how to build community support and call for more resources for their local public schools. Darren Saffin reports.
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Mei-Ing Cheok reviews Kaouther Ben Hania’s award-winning docudrama, The Voice of Hind Rajab, which confronts us with the unbearable final hours of five-year-old Hind Rajab, one of the countless child victims of Israel’s war on Gaza.
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Three activists partially won a case in the Federal Court against Victoria Police’s extraordinary powers over designated areas in the CBD. Chloe DS reports.
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Merri-bek City Council held its annual Day of Mourning Ceremony at Coburg Town Hall on the unceded land of the Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung peoples. Darren Saffin reports.
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Peter Boyle joins Green Left Radio to discuss the grave threats against the Rojava Revolution.
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Workers and unionists gathered at Station Pier, Port Melbourne, to protest Carnival Cruise’s exploitation of its migrant workforce. Jacob Andrewartha reports.
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After a 15-year campaign by the Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung people, Victorian Labor handed back the Ballerrt Mooroop site. Sue Bolton reports.
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Daylesford New Years Eve Parade Committee called Victorian Police to remove a participant waving a Palestine flag. Kerry Smith reports.
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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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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.