Climate crisis

Climate, environment and water campaigners are fighting what they see as Labor’s walk back on its promised reforms to the main environmental law, the Environmental Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act. Tracey Carpenter reports.

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The Art of Banksy: Without Limits is a wild ride into the anti-authoritarian, anti-capitalist artistic world of Banksy — the British creator who put progressive politics into street art internationally. Jim McIlroy reviews.

The First Wave, a new film by environment group Rising Tide, was launched by an enthusiastic crowd. Jim McIlroy reports.

speakers for Ecosocialism 2024

First Nations leader Megan Krakouer and Indian communist Clifton D’Rozario have been confirmed to speak at the Ecosocialism 2024: Climate Action Not War being held in Boorloo/Perth over June 28–30. Fred Fuentes reports.

burning sun over house

A new report has found that renters are living in substandard homes that are failing to protect them from intense summer heat. Isaac Nellist reports. 

landscape

Make Rojava Green Again reports on the conditions, hardships and potential for ecological changes in a region that is undergoing a social revolution and constantly facing military attacks on civil infrastructure and agricultural sites.

young people call for ceasefire now

Young people are taking action to fight for their future instead of doom scrolling on social media, argues Alex Goodsir

Traditional Owners from the Beetaloo Basin and the Torres Strait told stories of resistance against the fossil fuel industry. Coral Wynter reports.

Thousands of people joined the Bob Brown Foundation’s nation-wide “March for Forests”, aiming to ramp up pressure on Labor to stop logging scarce native forests. 

Community First campaigners with Renee Lees at prepoll

The Queensland Greens increased their representation on the Brisbane City Council and won significant swings in other wards at the local government election. Alex Bainbridge reports.

Veronica Koman, Jess Spear, Khaled Ghannam and Rebecca Meckelburg.

The full conference agenda for Ecosocialism 2024 has been released, with an exciting list of new speakers and panels. Fred Fuentes reports.

Climate activists Violet Coco and Brad Homewood were sentenced to jail for two months for taking direct action to highlight the plight of the planet. Rachel Evans reports.