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Big data and the AUKUS war machine

Big data and the AUKUS war machine

AUKUS is about so much more than submarines. Abigail Boyd argues that its more sinister part is AUKUS Pillar II, which is about warfighting using...

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Abigail Boyd

Ecosocialism 2026 forges unity and builds struggles

Ecosocialism 2026 forges unity and builds struggles

The Ecosocialism 2026 conference, in Magan-djin/Brisbane, brought together ecosocialist, anti-colonial, feminist and anti-racist activists for an...

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Peter Boyle

Greens divided over koala park carbon credit scam

Greens divided over koala park carbon credit scam

Federal Labor maintained its support for the fossil fuel industry against community demands for genuine climate action, by voting down a motion that...

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Alex Bainbridge

Qld CFMEU inquiry told that bosses’ bikies terrorised worker

Administration was imposed on the Construction, Forestry and Maritime Employees Union in Queensland because it supposedly brought bikies into the...

16.09.2026 4

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Jonathon Strauss

Socialist Alliance candidate says One Nation can be combatted

Socialist Alliance candidate says One Nation can be combatted

We can push back against capitalist politicians and their billionaire mates by getting better organised and using our collective power. Jacob...

09.09.2026 20

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Jacob Andrewartha

Bob Brown: Australian government ‘culpable’ for climate disasters like Nepal

Bob Brown: Australian government ‘culpable’ for climate disasters like Nepal

Former Greens leader Bob Brown described Australia as being “culpable” for the devastation in Nepal because it was not acting seriously on the...

09.09.2026 20

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Alex Bainbridge

Nepal disaster a climate warning for COP31

The disaster in Nepal-Tibet-China has been described as being like a “horror movie” — only it is too real to ignore the fact that climate change...

08.09.2026 30

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Pip Hinman

NSW Police expand drone surveillance trial in Moree

Premier Chris Minns is allowing the NSW Police to continue drone surveillance on Gomeroi Country in Moree for two more years, despite having done no...

08.09.2026 30

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Paul Gregoire

Lessons from One Nation’s Secret Harbour by-election win

Sam Wainwright explores some of the lessons for progressives from One Nation’s victory in the Secret Harbour by-election.

03.09.2026 10

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Sam Wainwright

Australia’s bird flu response: Too little, but it’s not too late

With the deadly strain of H5N1 bird flu spreading across Australia and devastating wildlife, federal, state and territory governments need to be...

28.08.2026 10

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Euan Ritchie

Racism against First Nations people is ‘like a cancer’, federal inquiry told

A three-month-long federal inquiry has heard accounts of widespread abuse, harassment and structural discrimination against First Nations people. Ben...

27.08.2026 30

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Ben Radford

PM Albanese joins the ‘masters of immoral wedge politics’ with new ASIO bill

In 2003, Anthony Albanese said the Howard government's push to give ASIO with the power to arrest, detain and coerce people, even those not suspected...

27.08.2026 20

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Peter Boyle

Green Left Radio: In defence of prisoner’s rights

Karen Fletcher, Executive Officer at Flat Out, joined Green Left Radio to discuss the Victorian government's proposed bill attacking prisoners' human...

27.08.2026 20

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Karen Fletcher

Green Left Radio: Flat Out on prisoner rights

Karen Fletcher joined Green Left Radio to discuss the Victorian government's proposed bill attacking prisoners' human rights.

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Karen Fletcher

Zomi Frankcom and the struggle for a free Palestine

Anthony Albanese and Penny Wong’s hand-wringing over the death of Zomi Frankcom is gobsmacking in its selective outrage about Israel’s war crimes...

26.08.2026 30

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Pip Hinman

Zomi Fankcom and the struggle for a free Palestine

Anthony Albanese and Penny Wong’s hand-wringing over the death of Zomi Frankcom is gobsmacking in its selective outrage about Israel’s war crimes...

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Pip Hinman

Zomi Fankom and the struggle for a free Palestine

Anthony Albanese and Penny Wong’s hand-wringing over the death of Zomi Frankcom is gobsmacking in its selective outrage about Israel’s war crimes...

26.08.2026 30

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Pip Hinman

Segal’s speech code meets the law: Justice Fagan wrecks Canberra’s Israel exception

Justice Desmond Fagan’s decision in State of New South Wales v Farhat wrecks the architecture designed by Jillian Segal, adopted by Prime Minister...

26.08.2026 10

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Andrew Brown

ACTU suggests new plan to boost public housing, reduce rents

The crisis of affordable and secure housing is widely seen as the number one problem facing Australians and the generational pessimism is hard to...

25.08.2026 30

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Jim McIlroy

Exonerating murder: The IDF and World Central Kitchen killings

The Israeli Defense Forces has said it will not open a criminal investigation or take additional measures against those involved in killing seven aid...

25.08.2026 20

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Binoy Kampark

Green Left Radio: Victorian Labor's attack on RAFFWU

Loukas Kakogioannis from the Retail and Fast Food Workers Union joined Green Left Radio to talk about the recent attempt by the Victorian Labor...

25.08.2026 20

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Loukas Kakogioannis

Zionist barrister to tour Australia

Natasha Hausdorff, a Zionist barrister, will be a keynote speaker at the Jewish National Fund’s tour across Australia in September. Rosie Foster...

25.08.2026 30

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Rosie Foster

Two fossil states to co-host COP31 in November

Australia and Turkey will, unconventionally, share the “presidency” of the world’s biggest climate summit, COP31. While both present themselves...

24.08.2026 30

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Önder Algedik

David Shoebridge: ‘Mira Hamad is living on the frontline of a dystopia’

Nine-year-old Mira Hamad, living in Gaza, witnessed a bomb destroy her next-door neighbour. She now lives with the trauma. Jude Alexander spoke to...

21.08.2026 20

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Jude Alexander

David Shoebridge: ‘Mira Hamad is living on the front line of a dystopia’

Nine-year-old Mira Hamad, living in Gaza, witnessed a bomb destroy her next door neighbour. She now lives with the trauma. Jude Alexander spoke to her...

21.08.2026 20

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Jude Alexander

Whistleblower David McBride released on parole, protections yet to be strengthened

Australian Defence Force whistleblower David McBride was released on parole for leaking classified documents about war crimes in Afghanistan to the...

20.08.2026 30

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Paul Gregoire

Students say ‘No’ to Hanson — a powerful example

Students have demonstrated moral leadership in this country by walking out of class to reject racism and One Nation’s destructive vision for the...

19.08.2026 40

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Peter Boyle

We need a solidarity-based society

Even in this wealthy country, where welfare remains at poverty-level, there is a prospect of mass unemployment as Artificial Intelligence and other...

18.08.2026 30

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Peter Boyle

Green Left Radio: Victorian Labor's poor offer to teachers

Izzy from Fight the Crisis joined Green Left Radio to discuss Victorian Labor's poor offer to teachers.

17.08.2026 20

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Izzy

Labor fuels racism with discriminatory visa fee hikes

While Tony Burke’s expected announcement of new anti-immigration measures has been postponed, migrant workers, refugees and international students...

17.08.2026 20

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Peter Boyle

Stand with RAFFWU, oppose Vic Labor’s ‘anti-association’ bill

Sue Bolton writes that the new Victorian Premier is using this bill to close down the Retail and Fast Food Workers Union, which has a good record on...

14.08.2026 40

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Sue Bolton

Will AUKUS keep us safe?

Wollongong Against War and Nukes has joined with many others to oppose plans to turn our home into a military town. Melanie Barnes canvasses the...

13.08.2026 30

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Melanie Barnes

Thirty seconds of truth: Royal commission quotes anti-Zionist Jew

Despite the Gaza Holocaust continuing, the Royal Commission into Antisemitism and Social Cohesion is being conducted according to the Zionist...

12.08.2026 40

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Jepke Goudsmit

Socialist Alliance opposes the rapid expansion of AI data centres

Socialist Alliance opposes the rapid expansion of artificial intelligence data centres being pushed by the Victorian Labor government as they have no...

12.08.2026 30

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Socialist Alliance Victoria

Vale ‘Bolshi Bob’ — active to the end

Bob’s life principles were based on solidarity, opposition to oppression and exploitation, and support for working-class struggles, recalls Sue...

12.08.2026 30

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Sue Bolton

Universities’ use ‘safety concerns’ to silence students, staff on Palestine

Universities are using the Universities Australia definition of antisemitism, which conflates criticism of Israel with antisemitism, to crack down on...

12.08.2026 30

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Sarah Bloom

Thirty seconds of truth when royal commission quotes anti-Zionist Jew

Despite the Gaza Holocaust continuing, the Royal Commission into Antisemitism and Social Cohesion is being conducted according to the Zionist...

12.08.2026 30

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Jepke Goudsmit

NSW Police to be given powers to download phone content

NSW Labor is set to introduce a bill to give NSW Police the power to require people to provide access to their digital devices during more routine...

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Paul Gregoire

Green Left Radio: Opposing Western Suburbs Data Centre expansion

Peter Gartside from the Borderlands Cooperative spoke to Green Left Radio about the protests against western suburbs data centre expansion.

10.08.2026 30

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Peter Gartside

How fossil fuel companies target children with climate disinformation

Fossil fuel companies are targeting young people in schools, early childhood centres, museums and community organisations to propagandise about the...

08.08.2026 40

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Ben Radford

How fossil fuel companies target children with climate disinformation

Fossil fuel companies are targeting young people in schools, early childhood centres, museums and community organisations to propagandise about the...

08.08.2026 40

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Ben Radford

Aboriginal women-led group launches push for water rights

Traditional water owners from the northern Murray Darling Basin have set up a new First Nations group to ensure that cultural and personal connections...

07.08.2026 30

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Tracy Carpenter

Deal-making on AUKUS and Palestine is a dead-end

Sam Wainwright argues we urgently need to step up the fight within the union movement to stop AUKUS and the associated drive to militarism. If there...

06.08.2026 40

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Sam Wainwright

Arrernte people demand their land back at Pine Gap

Veteran activist Coral Wynter joined hundreds of anti-war and First Nations activists at the Close Pine Gap, Sacred Land Back Convergence at...

05.08.2026 40

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Coral Wynter

Glencore’s massive Hunter coal mine extension must be rejected

Glencore’s guarantee of jobs cannot be trusted, based on its own history, writes Steve O'Brien. Its bid to expand its coal mining must be rejected...

05.08.2026 30

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Steve O’brien

Why Work for the Dole programs must be abolished

People shared their horror experiences about Work for the Dole programs, including not having training, the lack of safety equipment and very little...

05.08.2026 20

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Pip Ryan

Why you must book now for Ecosocialism 2026

The resignation of the Bharatiya Janata Party’s education minister is the Asian Gen Z movements’ latest blow against government corruption and...

05.08.2026 40

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Jonathan Strauss

Vale Bevan Ramsden, an inspirational peace activist

For more than 60 years, Bevan Ramsden dedicated himself to the pursuit of an independent, peaceful and sustainable Australia, free from US domination...

04.08.2026 30

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Independent And Peaceful Australia Network

Hiroshima 81 years on: Australia must sign the nuclear weapons’ prohibition treaty

Ruth Mitchell, a doctor and neurosurgeon, argues that the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombs showed the unacceptable effects they have on humans and the...

03.08.2026 30

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Ruth Mitchell

Green Left Radio: Labor's turmoil in Victoria

Sue Bull joined Green Left Radio on July 31 to discuss the turmoil and right wing shift in the Victorian ALP

03.08.2026 30

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Sue Bull