3+ day, 4+ hour ago   (677+ words) New data compiled by the Nautilus Institute and reported by the Guardian has underscored a vast expansion of American military basing across the Australian continent. Significantly, and rarely for a corporate publication, the Guardian notes that the build-up is bound…...

4+ day, 5+ hour ago   (1391+ words) Under the guise of combatting gang-related violence, the state Labor government in New South Wales (NSW) is planning another barrage of legislation that can be used far more widely, including to crack down on anti-war and other forms of political…...

6+ day, 5+ hour ago   (1198+ words) In an “exclusive interview” published in the Murdoch media’s Australian on Friday, New South Wales (NSW) Labor Premier Chris Minns doubled down on his defiant defence of unconstitutional anti-protest laws that his government imposed to ban demonstrations against the US-Israeli…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (928+ words) Hearings at the Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) into allegations against leading members of the New South Wales (NSW) state branch of the Liberal Party have underscored the rot and decay of that key pillar of capitalist rule and the…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (674+ words) On August 22, acclaimed novelist Richard Flanagan delivered a powerful 45-minute speech in Sydney condemning the escalating persecution in Australia of opponents of Israel’s genocidal assault on Palestinians in Gaza. He called for a determined fight to defend freedom of speech…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (1354+ words) A state by-election in Western Australia on Saturday produced a tectonic swing away from the governing Labor Party in a previously “safe” Labor electorate. It delivered the first ever victory for the far-right, anti-immigrant One Nation party of Senator Pauline…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (697+ words) The conclusion of public hearings in the Royal Commission into Antisemitism and Social Cohesion last week was the occasion for demands from sections of the ruling elite for an even greater assault on mass opposition to the Israeli genocide in…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (1498+ words) The Australian Broadcasting Corporation’s (ABC) flagship “Four Corners” television program on Monday provided a damning, if partial, view of the immense suffering of the elderly under the Labor government’s substantially privatised aged care schemes. Hundreds of thousands of retired workers…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (1230+ words) The New Zealand Herald reported on August 15 that Josh Jacobsen, the Green Party’s candidate for the North Shore electorate in Auckland, spent years in the military and fought in Afghanistan as a lance corporal in the New Zealand Special Air…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (1371+ words) John, a retired teacher from Adelaide, South Australia, said the destruction of the NDIS was part of an assault by capitalism on social programs internationally. “The US is a good example of privatisation gone wrong,” he said. “The same thing…...