Analysis

Jackie Kriz writes that members of the Construction, Forestry and Maritime Employees Union, and family, friends and comrades of Allan Sargent recognised his dedication and service to the union movement in June just before he died.

Janet Parker told a protest outside Parliament House that as Australian and other Western governments dig in to support Israel, their most precious, militarised, colonial outpost in the Middle East, pro-Palestine protesters say: “We will bring you down”.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is failing to win people to Labor’s commitment to the United States on AUKUS, which, as Peter Boyle argues, explains why he was less-than-honest in his John Curtin Oration speech.

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.

Making profit the purpose of the childcare industry means that it will always be dangerous, argues former childcare worker Adam Bremner.

The final slate of reforms from the Equality Amendment Act came into effect, marking a significant step forward for transgender and non-binary people. Josh Adams reports.

Isaac Nellist speaks to Victorian teacher unionist Adam Bremner on the Green Left Show about the campaign for better pay and more resources for schools.

Home affairs minister Tony Burke is again complaining that a 2023 landmark High Court ruling has limited his ability to lock up migrants and refugees. Chloe DS argues that pressure needs to continue to force Labor to keep its promises on refugees.

Nearly 600 First Nations people have died in custody since the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody was tabled. We need a lot more truth-telling and real action, argues Peter Boyle

Francesca Albanese’s report for the United Nations Human Rights Council makes for stark and dark reading, writes Binoy Kampmark.

Wilderness Australia is calling on NSW Labor not to join the federal Australian Carbon Credit Unit scheme, and instead prioritse real emissions cuts. Isaac Nellist reports.

The only beneficiaries of Australia’s reversion to colonial subservience to an increasingly authoritarian United States president will be a small section of the political and corporate elite — and at huge cost to the majority, argues Peter Henning.