Despite governmental apologies and promises to do better, the forced removal of First Nations’ children has not slowed down, Cas Smith reports.
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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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On this episode of On The Streets, we discuss protests for trans rights, justice for TJ Hickey and Palestine solidarity.
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Ancient river red gums and Gunaikurnai scar trees along the Sale Canal in Victoria are again at risk — not from axe or fire, but from erosion. C S Hughes reports.
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Independent Senator Lidia Thorpe has lambasted the government and media for their silence on the attempted bombing of an Invasion Day rally in Boorloo. Cas Smith reports.
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Green Left has launched a new weekly podcast, On the Streets, to provide listeners with protest news and information, including upcoming rallies and short reports on recent actions. Kerry Smith reports.
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Australian capitalism is a greenhouse ogre, enriching itself by poisoning the atmosphere. As Renfrey Clarke points out, the hyper-warmed atmosphere is blowing back over Australia regardless.
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Socialist Alliance opposes Labor’s Combating Antisemitism, Hate and Extremism Bill. Jonathan Strauss argues that those who want the right to oppose genocide, or to defend democratic rights more generally, should reject these laws.
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Three activists partially won a case in the Federal Court against Victoria Police’s extraordinary powers over designated areas in the CBD. Chloe DS reports.
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First Nations leaders and human rights groups are demanding that a bomb designed, the Western Australia Police say, to “explode on impact”, be investigated in the same way that hate crimes against other groups are. Kerry Smith reports.
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On The Streets is a new podcast by Green Left, giving you bite-sized updates about the protest movements and grassroots campaigns across the country.
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Noongar Elder Uncle Hedley Hayward told the Invasion Day protest that it is a Day of Mourning, also because of ongoing settler-colonialism.