More than 60 members and supporters of the Australian Nuclear Free Alliance gathered amid South Australia’s dramatic Flinders Ranges to discuss plans to resist corporate plundering and nuclear waste dumping on their Country. Renfrey Clarke reports.
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Even in this wealthy country, where welfare remains at poverty-level, we face the prospect of mass unemployment as artificial intelligence and other new technologies replace jobs. Peter Boyle argues that as capitalism takes us deeper into crisis, we need to build solidarity to resist the toxic billionaire class.
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Brazilian political economist and ecosocialist Sabrina Fernandes will be a keynote speaker at Ecosocialism 2026, in Magan-djin/Brisbane over September 11–13. Ahead of her visit to Australia, Fernandes spoke with Green Left’s Federico Fuentes about the importance of ecosocialist ideas in the fight for a better world.
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The NSW Independent Commission Against Corruption investigating alleged illegal donations to the NSW Liberal Party has been told of the illegal methods of a conservative Christian faction within its ranks. Jim McIlroy reports.
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While home affairs minister Tony Burke’s expected announcement of new anti-immigration measures has been postponed, migrant workers, refugees and international students have already been hit by big rises in discriminatory visa fees. Peter Boyle reports.
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Disabled people and advocates condemned the final report of the parliamentary inquiry into the National Disability Insurance Scheme Amendment for its recommendation that the controversial bill be passed. Graham Matthews reports.
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Sue Bolton writes that new Victorian Premier Ben Carroll is using a bill to close down the Retail and Fast Food Workers Union, which has a good record on organising workers to win real gains and is a political threat to his base in the Shop, Distributive and Allied Employees’ Association.
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A Refugee Action Collective forum discussed how to push back against politicians and the media’s scapegoating of refugees for the cost-of-living and housing crises. Chris Slee reports.
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Wollongong Against War and Nukes has joined with many others to oppose plans to turn Port Kembla into a military town. Melanie Barnes canvasses the arguments about why AUKUS will make Port Kembla and the region less safe.
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The NSW Teachers Federation held a rally outside Port Kembla Public School to support the campaign against AUKUS. Melanie Barnes reports.
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Socialist Alliance opposes the rapid expansion of artificial intelligence data centres being pushed by the Victorian Labor government, as they have no social license and are being driven by corporate greed.
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Peter Gartside, from Borderlands Cooperative, spoke to Green Left Radio about the protests against data centre expansion in the western suburbs.