If developers have their way, the Bays West redevelopment will likely end up as a “Barangaroo 2.0” — a privatised waterfront enclave for wealthy residents and investors. Ben Radford reports.
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Ali Keshtkar argues the Iran war has exposed the underlying contradictions of an economy already organised around property speculation, financialisation and energy profiteering.
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More than 130 public homes in inner-city Waterloo will be destroyed within weeks, but many of the evicted residents still don’t know where they will be sent. Rachel Evans and Pip Hinman report.
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Defence minister Richard Marles’ announcement that he plans to raise military spending by $53 billion will help boost weapons’ company profits and shore up Australia’s position as deputy sheriff for the United States in the Asia Pacific, argues Isaac Nellist.
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Chris Minns told a business summit last year that Labor’s planning changes were designed for them, which, as Ben Radford explains, means less public oversight and community engagement.
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Socialist Alliance is standing housing campaigners Rachel Evans and Isaac Nellist in the inner-Sydney seats of Heffron and Balmain in the March 2027 state election.
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Jacob Andrewartha argues that Angus Taylor’s “values-based” migration scheme is the latest example of the ruling class’ bid to ramp up racism and distract people from government failures in a worsening cost-of-living crisis.
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A community gathering outside a well-preserved apartment block in Marrickville heard from tenants and housing campaigners, who stressed the need for the block to remain accessible for low-income people. Isaac Nellist reports.
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A huge vote against the Labor and Liberal candidates in the by-election for Newcastle lord mayor largely went to independent Gavin Morris. Steve O’Brien reports.
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It is investors, not migrants, that are driving the housing affordability crisis in their never-ending pursuit of profits, reports Isaac Nellist.
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On this episode of On The Streets, we discuss protests against Israel's bombardment of Lebanon and the ongoing United States-Israel war on Iran.
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The Queensland Supreme Court has found that the Moreton Bay Regional Council violated people’s human rights when it displaced them from public land and disposed of their tents and property. Justin Beevers reports.