Democracy

Victorian Senator Lidia Thorpe has called on Labor to urgently implement the recommendations of the 1997 Bringing Them Home report, as the systemic removal and incarceration of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children continues. Kerry Smith reports.

Students and supporters across the country rallied to oppose the racist, anti-worker and anti-LGBTIQ agenda of the Donald Trump administration in the United States. Chloe DS reports. 

crowd on May Day in Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka’s ruling National People’s Power coalition won 265 out of 336 local governing bodies in local government elections, reaffirming its popular support. But the transition to democracy is fraught with contradictions, writes Janaka Biyanwila.

The federal election results show that young people are looking for alternatives to the two major parties and the capitalist system, argues Isaac Nellist.

Hundreds of people gathered at Sydney Town Hall to mark 16 years since Mullivaikkal became a graveyard for over 165,000 Tamil civilians — the peak of the Tamil genocide. Kerry Smith reports.

After waiting 27 years for a Restoring Territory Rights Bill to return their right to re-legislate voluntary assisted dying, Northern Territorians are furious the Country-Liberal Party has moved to delay action. Suzanne James reports. 

As capitalism’s inherent barbarism is being exposed via the West’s enabling of genocide in Gaza, organisers of the Ecosocialism 2025 conference are confident its program will attract significant interest. Jacob Andrewartha reports.

 

The campaign to establish a Richmond River Koala park is gaining momentum, with a coalition of local conservation groups pushing for NSW Labor to act on its promises. Kerry Smith reports.

group of people with flags and signs

Protests have been held across Aotearoa New Zealand against the right-wing coalition government, after it forced through a bill amending the country’s Equal Pay Act. Zara Lomas reports.

ballot box and singapore flag painted on a wall

Singapore’s People’s Action Party, which has ruled since 1959, used various tactics to cripple opposition parties and maintain its supermajority in the lead up to the general election, report Mark Tan and Alex Salmon.

Michael Hiscox, Construction Forestry Maritime Employees Union ACT branch secretary, has been sacked by the appointed administrator Mark Irving and the branch placed into administration. Zane Alcorn reports.

Following the alleged murder of a small-business owner recently by an 18 year old on bail, the Northern Territory Country Liberal Party has passed what it boasted are the “strongest” bail laws in Australia. Stephen W Enciso reports.