Not so long ago, the official line was that we could consider republicanism when the queen died. Tony Smith argues that politicians calling for Independent Senator Independent Senator Lidia Thorpe to be sanctioned for dishonesty invite ridicule.
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Instead of restoring trust in the public service and politics, the National Anti-Corruption Commission has shown it prefers to be impotent, argues Binoy Kampmark.
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The NSW Independent Casino Commission handed Star Casino a reduced wrist-slap fine and yet another extension on its still-suspended licence, claiming its latest reprieve is “in the public interest”. Suzanne James reports.
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Green Left's Peter Boyle spoke to Ignatius Mahendra Kusumawardhana from Indonesia's Perserikatan Sosialis (Socialist Union), one of the left groups protesting former Suharto-era general Prabowo Subianto, who was sworn in as Indonesia's new president on October 20.
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Over the last 10 years, housing supply has increased faster than the population, but house prices have still risen 75%. Peter Boyle looks at why Labor does not want the public to understand its tax concessions for the rich.
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Michael Karrer spoke to Atenea Jiménez, a sociologist and founder of the National Network of Commune Activists and the Campesino University of Venezuela Argimiro Gabaldón, about the situation following Venezuela’s July 28 elections.
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A week out from the October 26 Queensland election, the two major parties are doubling down on their racist law and order campaign, despite experts warning of social problems worsening without structural reform. Alex Bainbridge reports.
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Hundreds marched from Flemington to North Melbourne to oppose Victorian Labor’s plans to demolish 44 public housing towers. Darren Saffin reports.
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First Nations activists have been arrested or prevented from peacefully protesting about First People’s genocide during “King” Charles III’s visit to Ngunnawal/Canberra and Gadigal Country/Sydney. Ash Phthalo reports.
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Federico Fuentes explains what happened in the Venezuelan elections, what it means and where it leaves the solidarity movement.
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Public housing tenants and advocates demanded genuine solutions to the housing crisis outside NSW Parliament on World Eradicate Poverty Day. Rachel Evans reports.
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The newly elected Northern Territory Country Liberal Party government passed a suite of controversial punitive measures, which many argue will brutalise young children and not make the community any safer. Stephen W Enciso reports.