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Thousands demand logging end in old-growth forests

Kerry Smith — Mon, 24 Mar 2025 15:00:00 +1100

More than 9000 people joined 12 protests across the country to demand governments ban logging in native old-growth forests. Kerry Smith reports.

Cyclone survivors speak out, demand gov’t transition from fossil fuels

Kerry Smith — Thu, 20 Mar 2025 22:00:00 +1100

Communities affected by Cyclone Alfred dumped flood-damaged belongings outside parliament and demanded action to prevent future climate disasters. Kerry Smith reports.

Members Coalition mount challenge in NSW Public Service Association election

Kerry Smith — Fri, 14 Mar 2025 10:00:00 +1100

A diverse group of union activists, running under the banner of Members Coalition, is contesting the Public Service Association of NSW elections for Central Council delegate and executive positions. Kerry Smith reports.

Jewish Council of Australia calls on politicians, media to stop exploiting antisemitism

Kerry Smith — Tue, 11 Mar 2025 10:00:00 +1100

The Jewish Council of Australia has reiterated its call on politicians to stop exploiting antisemitism, after the Australian Federal Police confirmed that an abandoned caravan found with explosives was part of a “fabricated terrorism plot”. Kerry Smith reports.

CEPU Tasmania slams gov’t ‘asset leasing’ plans

Kerry Smith — Wed, 05 Mar 2025 12:15:00 +1100

The Communications Electrical Plumbing Union has slammed the Tasmanian Liberal government’s proposal to sell off energy assets. Kerry Smith reports.

Public housing residents will resist Waterloo demolition ‘tooth and nail’

Kerry Smith — Fri, 28 Feb 2025 15:00:00 +1100

One hundred and fifty public housing residents in the Waterloo South estate were just given eviction notices from Homes NSW, but many have vowed to fight back. Kerry Smith reports.

Students, parents demand Sheikh Wesam Charkawi be allowed back to work

Kerry Smith — Thu, 27 Feb 2025 09:30:00 +1100

More than 100 high school students, of all ages, parents and community members demanded Sheik Wesam Charkawi be allowed back to Granville High, where he has been a student support officer for 13 years. Kerry Smith reports.

Global organisations say: ‘Stop arming Israel’

Kerry Smith — Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:30:00 +1100

More than 230 civil society organisations in countries involved in the F-35 fighter jet program are demanding their governments immediately halt all direct and indirect arms transfers to Israel, reports Kerry Smith.

Lidia Thorpe says Closing the Gap strategy is ‘collapsing’

Kerry Smith — Fri, 14 Feb 2025 13:15:00 +1100

Labor says it is delivering record funding in health, education and housing to First Nations communities, but First Nations advisor Pat Turner AM and Senator Lidia Thorpe dispute this. Kerry Smith reports.

Logging halted in sacred forest Country

Kerry Smith — Thu, 23 Jan 2025 13:30:00 +1100

Activists again stopped logging in the West Kunanyi Range, part of the Wellington Range, following a call from Uncle Jim Everett to protect Country in the lead-up to Invasion Day. Kerry Smith reports.

Jewish Council of Australia condemns antisemitic arson attack, warns against ‘knee-jerk law and order’ responses

Kerry Smith — Tue, 21 Jan 2025 10:45:00 +1100

The Jewish Council of Australia has warned politicians not to use antisemitic attacks to point-score or spread other forms of hatred, such as Islamophobia or anti-Palestinian racism. Kerry Smith reports.

Forest defenders disrupt logging in the Huon Valley

Kerry Smith — Tue, 14 Jan 2025 13:30:00 +1100

Grassroots Action Network Tasmania protested logging in the Huon Valley, responding to Uncle Jimmy Everett’s call to protect Country. Kerry Smith reports.

Protest calls for ‘desperately needed’ federal action to stop gendered violence

Kerry Smith — Fri, 13 Dec 2024 11:00:00 +1100

Speakers told a rally that gendered violence is a “national emergency” and called on government institutions “to treat it as such”. Kerry Smith reports.

Anti-Zionist organisations condemn synagogue firebombing as ‘attack on us all’

Kerry Smith — Fri, 06 Dec 2024 13:45:00 +1100

Anti-Zionist organisations condemned the attack on a Melbourne synagogue saying it is “an attack on us all”. Kerry Smith reports.

Jews Against the Occupation ’48 demands PM Albanese take ‘meaningful action’ on Palestine

Kerry Smith — Sat, 16 Nov 2024 11:30:00 +1100

An open letter to Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, initiated by Jews Against the Occupation ’48, demands Labor act in accordance with international law. Kerry Smith reports.

Unionists, environmentalists and Traditional Owners call on Labor to protect the Pilliga from CSG

Kerry Smith — Wed, 30 Oct 2024 14:30:00 +1100

Gomeroi Traditional Owners, unionists and representatives from Lock the Gate Alliance met with NSW MPs to urge them to end Santos’ Narrabri coal seam gas project in the Pilliga Forest. Kerry Smith reports.

George Mann: Keeping union history alive in song

Kerry Smith — Tue, 15 Oct 2024 12:15:00 +1100

United States singer-songwriter George Mann — a former union organiser and activist based in New York — is touring Australia, reports Kerry Smith.

Labor, Coalition push toxic AUKUS nuclear waste law through

Kerry Smith — Fri, 11 Oct 2024 11:45:00 +1100

Labor and the Coalition teamed up to push through another law to facilitate its controversial AUKUS nuclear submarine plan. Kerry Smith reports.

Refugees travel to Canberra to call for an end to visa uncertainty

Kerry Smith — Tue, 08 Oct 2024 14:45:00 +1100

Elnaz, Milad Makvandi and Sowriya Vishnuvarman, refugees who have lived more than 12 years in limbo, travelled to Canberra to urge federal MPs to grant about 8500 people permanent visas. Kerry Smith reports.

Leading left publications support Boris Kagarlitsky solidarity conference

Kerry Smith — Tue, 08 Oct 2024 11:30:00 +1100

A stellar roster of left publications are sponsoring the October 8 online conference in solidarity with jailed Russian anti-war socialist Boris Kagarlitsky, reports Kerry Smith.

NSW nurses and midwives walk off the job, demand to be valued

Kerry Smith — Thu, 26 Sep 2024 14:45:00 +1000

In one of the biggest protests in 50 years, nurses and midwives across NSW walked off the job for a 15% pay rise and safer working conditions. Kerry Smith reports.

Protests erupt after Labor approves coal mine expansions in the Hunter

Kerry Smith — Wed, 25 Sep 2024 11:15:00 +1000

Climate activists and organisations say environment minister Tanya Plibersek’s decision to approve the expansion of three thermal coal mines in north-western NSW will “supercharge climate change”. Kerry Smith reports.

Lidia Thorpe secures Senate support for greater scrutiny on deaths in custody

Kerry Smith — Fri, 20 Sep 2024 12:30:00 +1000

Labor Senators, including the new minister for Indigenous Australians, voted against a motion requiring the Attorney-General to provide quarterly reports on deaths in custody, coronial inquests and incidents of self-harm in prisons. Kerry Smith reports.

NSW nurses and midwives strike for a decent pay rise

Kerry Smith — Tue, 10 Sep 2024 13:00:00 +1000

Public sector nurses and midwives in New South Wales took strike action for a wage rise and other necessary improvements. Kerry Smith reports.

Lidia Thorpe demands urgent federal intervention after second Aboriginal child dies in WA youth prison

Kerry Smith — Wed, 04 Sep 2024 16:15:00 +1000

Gunnai, Gunditjmara and Djab Wurrung independent Victorian Senator Lidia Thorpe is calling for urgent federal intervention into the child prison system, after a 17-year-old boy died in the Banksia Hill Youth Detention Centre. Kerry Smith reports.

Protesters object to the Hunter being turned into weapons’ manufacturing zone

Kerry Smith — Thu, 22 Aug 2024 12:30:00 +1000

No Weapons for Genocide, Food not Bombs and University of Newcastle Students for Palestine protested outside the annual Hunter Defence Conference in Cessnock. Kerry Smith reports.

Venezuela: Calls grow for transparency on presidential vote

Federico Fuentes — Thu, 15 Aug 2024 19:00:00 +1000

Kerry Smith sat down with Latin American politics writer Federico Fuentes to break down the July 28 Venezuelan presidential elections and its aftermath.

Refugees take action to demand Labor honour its protection promises

Kerry Smith — Thu, 08 Aug 2024 11:30:00 +1000

Refugees and their supporters want Tony Burke, the new minister, to urgently provide people who have waited years under the misnamed “Fast Track” process with permanent visas. Kerry Smith reports.

Nicholas Cowdery tells inquiry NSW should decriminalise cannabis use

Kerry Smith — Fri, 02 Aug 2024 14:30:00 +1000

Nicholas Cowdery, a former NSW Director of Public Prosecutions, told an NSW parliamentary inquiry that the personal use of cannabis should be decriminalised, also to reduce the rate of Aboriginal imprisonment. Kerry Smith reports.

Dutton’s nuclear plan protested in Double Bay

Kerry Smith — Fri, 12 Jul 2024 12:45:00 +1000

Anti-nuclear activists protested outside a fundraiser at the Double Bay bowls club, hosted by Nationals MPs Keith Pitt and David Gillespie, advocates of the Coalition’s nuclear power plan. Kerry Smith reports.