Multiple government agreements have been made to “close the gap” but, as Peter Boyle writes, the 2025 Closing the Gap report reveals that most measures will not be reached by 2030.
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More than 500 people attended the launch for the United Workers Union Members First ticket, indicating enthusiasm for the union to take a new direction. Jacob Andrewartha reports.
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Rallies were held in major cities calling for the release of Kurdish leader Abdullah Öcalan, who has been imprisoned in Turkey for the past 27 years. Kerry Smith reports.
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Suzette Meade writes that former Queensland Premier Joh Bjelke-Petersen justified his authoritarianism, dressed up as “law and order”, to claim that “order” required the silencing of public voices. Now, NSW Premier Chris Minns is doing the same.
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Thousands of people protested the Queensland government’s threats to ban Palestine freedom slogans over six protests in one week. Alex Bainbridge reports.
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Isaac Nellist reports on the new code of conduct changes for NSW local councils and how they will impact local democracy and campaigning.
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Israel’s President Herzog has departed leaving less “social cohesion”, while politicians, justices and NSW Police have many questions to answer, writes Wendy Bacon.
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Friends of John Fawkner College organised an event to discuss how to build community support and call for more resources for their local public schools. Darren Saffin reports.
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Socialist Alliance has decided to run in all four of Djilang/Geelong’s lower house seats in the Victorian elections. Sue Bull reports.
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Since the United States military assault on Venezuela, there have been rapid changes in the country, most importantly the reform of Venezuela’s oil law. In the second of our two-part interview, Federico Fuentes speaks to author and sociologist Malfred Gerig about the reform, the likelihood of resistance and solidarity with the Venezuelan people.
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Pip Hinman argues that Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s invitation to Israeli President Isaac Herzog to visit Australia has underscored the deep ties between Labor and the genocidal state of Israel.
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Sarah Glynn reports on the situation on the ground in Syria and Turkey, following the ceasefire and integration agreement signed by the Syrian Transitional Government and the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria and Syrian Democratic Forces.