More than 100 people rallied outside Queensland parliament, with fewer than 24 hours notice, against the Liberal-National government’s planned attacks on free speech. Kerry Smith reports.
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Socialist Alliance is running Anne McMenamin as an independent for the seat of Port Adelaide in the South Australian elections. Markela Panegyres reports.
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Labor’s handling of the so-called “ISIS brides” issue is the latest example of its willingness to fan the flames of racism and division, argues Peter Boyle.
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On the eve of the 48th Mardi Gras, Pride in Protest has been excluded by the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras Board unless it removes a social media post opposing Israel's genocide in Gaza. Rachel Evans reports.
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Extinction Rebellion activists are focused on stopping Santos’ sportswashing and they told Markela Panegyres that their disruptive actions are educating people, including cyclists, about the dangers of climate change and the promotion of fossil fuel corporations.
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Watch the highlights from the Green Left forum on ‘Resisting genocide and police repression — Why is Labor criminalising freedom of speech?’.
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Natalia Figueroa Barroso writes that Anthony Albanese’s Freudian slip, while playing a word association game, sums him up: White, misogynist and a loyal United States ally.
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Residents are overwhelmingly opposed to a new road proposed by the City of Sydney from the WestConnex motorway off-ramp through the narrow streets of Erskineville. Andrew Chuter reports.
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At least 49 protests were organised across the world and in seven locations across Australia to say no to the US-led drive to militarism and war. Kerry Smith reports.
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The Queensland Liberal National government has decided to deal with an alleged antisemitic problem by introducing new laws outlawing certain phrases and prohibiting symbols that “might reasonably” cause someone to “feel menaced, harassed or offended”. Binoy Kampmark reports.
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If Greens MP Jenny Leong’s human rights bill is supported in NSW, tenants in New South Wales may soon be protected from evictions. Paul Gregoire reports.
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The Retail and Fast Food Workers Union has launched legal action on behalf of workers at Berkelouw Books and Harry Hartog book sellers, Isaac Nellist reports.