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The genocide and lessons from the first Nakba — a Gazan perspective

Shamikh Badra, a Palestinian Australian from Gaza, spoke to Green Left in February, the day after he had been told his father’s body, which had...

21.02.2025 8

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Why the Reserve Bank’s interest rate cut won’t solve cost-of-living crisis

The pollsters claim that the coming federal election will be decided on cost-of-living issues and there’s pile of speculation that Anthony...

20.02.2025 10

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Why the Reserve Bank’s interest cut interest cut won't solve cost-of-living crisis

The pollsters claim that the coming federal election will be decided on cost-of-living issues and there’s pile of speculation that Anthony...

20.02.2025 10

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How the billionaire class created the Trump monster

The world has just witnessed more than a dozen billionaires prominently seated at United States President Donald Trump’s second inauguration. Among...

26.01.2025 10

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Dutton’s racist election campaign harms whether he wins or not

In every single speech or interview Coalition leader Peter Dutton has given in the first two weeks of this year, he has played to racism. Clearly, he...

17.01.2025 10

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Major parties aim to increase their election funding advantages

It is not surprising that after decades of Coalition and Labor neoliberal governments robbing the poor to give to the rich that voters have been...

02.12.2024 4

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Major parties to increase their election funding advantages

It is not surprising that after decades of Coalition and Labor neoliberal governments robbing the poor to give to the rich that voters have been...

27.11.2024 6

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Why Trump’s election casts an ominous shadow

Donald Trump’s victory in the 2024 United States presidential election has sent a wave of depression around the world, especially because it comes...

19.11.2024 20

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Good reasons to distrust our political ‘leaders’

Joe Aston’s accusation, in his  The Chairman's Lounge , that Labor Prime Minister Anthony Albanese was chummy with disgraced former Qantas CEO Alan...

05.11.2024 3

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The PM’s $4.3m cliff top home and the housing crisis

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s purchase of a $4.3 million cliff top house in Copacabana, on the New South Wales Central Coast, has rightly...

23.10.2024 20

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Socialist Alliance condemns Australia’s abstention on UN motion to end to Zionist occupation of Palestine

By abstaining on the latest United Nations General Assembly resolution against Israel’s occupation of Palestine, the Australian government has...

24.09.2024 2

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Why transport emissions are cancelling gains from shift to more renewable energy

The latest statistics show that almost all the gains made from reaching an average of 40% renewable energy in electricity generation in Australia...

19.09.2024 2

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Pacific activist says ‘hot mic’ incident exposes Australia’s ‘big stick’ approach to region

During the Pacific Island Forum (PIF) in Tonga, August 26-30, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and United States Deputy Secretary of State Kurt...

05.09.2024 20

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Australia should become a green good neighbour, not a ‘green superpower’

The Anthony Albanese Labor government has taken up the call by some environmental lobby groups and trade unions to develop policies that can turn...

13.08.2024 1

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The dangers of ‘green superpower’ capitalist dreaming

Australia’s official ambition to become a green/renewable energy “superpower” was a key element of Labor’s 2024 Budget. While some environment NGOs...

15.07.2024 3

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