More than 100 activists protested outside the Perth Convention Centre where the Indian Ocean Defence and Security Conference and Exhibition was promoting militarism. Cas Smith reports.
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Civil rights activists outside the Downing Centre Court called for the charges against those who demonstrated against Israeli President Isaac Herzog be withdrawn. Jim McIlroy reports.
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About 100 people gathered at short notice, near NSW Parliament, to protest a far-right, anti-choice gathering. Coral Wynter reports.
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While Australia’s minister for war Richard Marles came back from the annual “Shangri-La dialogue” selling AUKUS like never before, a people’s inquiry into AUKUS has been launched. Pip Hinman reports.
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Socialist Alliance is contesting the November Victorian elections in the Northern Metropolitan region for the Legislative Council and in two lower house seats — Broadmeadows and Pascoe Vale. Jordan Shukri AK Armaou-Massoud reports.
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Unruly WA, a multi-media exhibition, at the Kidogo Arthouse in Walyalup, brings together artists, photographers and other storytellers to “celebrate political dissent while it is still legal”. Cas Smith reports.
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London-based academic Penny Green, who visited Rohingya refugees forced to flee Myanmar to the Cox’s Bazaar camps in Bangladesh, and Rohingya refugee Mohammed Zuhar addressed a Refugee Action Collective forum. Chris Slee reports.
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Author Mark Whitaker was the first African American editor of Newsweek. Malik Miah reviews his 2025 book, The Afterlife of Malcolm X, where he sets out to explore Malcolm’s legacy and impact in the decades since his assassination nearly 60 years ago.
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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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The detention and humiliation of Global Sumud Flotilla activists not only reveals Israel’s approach to Gaza, it raises questions about Australia’s response to an ally that is responsible for genocide, writes Shamikh Badra.
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Opposition leader Angus Taylor wants to make permanent residents who are not citizens ineligible for welfare payments and NDIS support. He also wants the number of migrants to be tied to housing construction. Jonathan Strauss looks at why.