Demilitarise Newcastle began a protest against weapons, with future actions planned at several locations. Kerry Smith reports.
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National Tertiary Education Union members at the University of Technology took protected industrial action to pressure management over a new enterprise agreement. Kerry Smith reports.
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The North East Forest Alliance has welcomed the news that the new federal environment law will remove the exemption allowing native forest logging in Regional Forest Agreements. Kerry Smith reports.
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A Palestine solidarity activist’s home was attacked in Katoomba. Kerry Smith reports.
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Lock the Gate Alliance, along with 130 community groups, is calling on MPs to reject Labor’s changes to the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act, describing it as a “betrayal”. Kerry Smith reports.
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A migrant worker rights activist has lodged a complaint to the Australian government about how MediCeram, Ansell’s Malaysian supplier, treats its workers. Kerry Smith reports.
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The Jewish Council of Australia has called for united action to combat the far right and call out racism, rather than giving police more powers. Kerry Smith reports.
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Community members protested outside the United States’s most important foreign spy base — Pine Gap — over its role in the Western-backed Israeli genocide in Palestine. Kerry Smith reports.
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United States forces launched strikes on two small vessels in the Caribbean, claiming they were transporting drugs. US officials have warned more strikes could come, including possibly on foreign soil. In the second of our two-part series, Green Left’s Kerry Smith speaks to Federico Fuentes about the US threat in the Caribbean and how the solidarity movement should respond.
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Doctors working in public hospitals have voted overwhelmingly to reject NSW Labor’s latest pay offer, with 75% voting “no”. Kerry Smith reports.
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Gunnai, Gunditjmara and Djab Wurrung independent Victorian Senator Lidia Thorpe said a Treaty process that does not address the “continuous theft of our land and destruction of our sacred sites undermines our very survival”. Kerry Smith reports.
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Green Left’s Kerry Smith speaks to Federico Fuentes, a regular GL writer on Venezuela and long-time solidarity activist, about the significance of United States President Donald Trump’s deployment of warships throughout the Caribbean — and why it must be opposed.