Refugees and their supporters have called a major rally in Canberra on March 6 and around the country on April 2. Labor's “resolution of status” permanent visa does not go far enough.
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Djab Wurrung Gunnai Gunditjmara Senator Lidia Thorpe should be congratulated for putting a Treaty with First Nations people on the political agenda. Progressives need to support that campaign.
For many young people, the fact that modern Australia emerged from a colonial-settler society founded on the violent dispossession of First Nations peoples is a self-evident fact.
Socialist Alliance delegates discussed global and domestic political developments and decided on directions and campaign priorities at its 17th national conference.
History shows that governments have consistently resisted any proposals from First Nations advisory bodies to deliver real justice. The Voice to Parliament could end up as another token gesture, unless there is a strong and independent movement for First Nations justice.
The unjust jailing of climate activist Violet CoCo exposes the limits of the type of democracy we are being asked to uphold.
Claims the new IR laws will close the gender pay gap and strengthen equal pay laws are welcome. However, the laws will divide workers and weaken the Better Off Overall Test.
Premier Andrew’s energy announcement is a nod to the failures of privatisation the energy sector and the growing pressure to speed up the transition
The biggest housing crisis Australia has ever experienced is fast becoming a humanitarian disaster. Yet there are solutions.
Socialist Alliance supports the mass protest movement in Iran that has developed in response to the killing of Mahsa Amini by the Iranian authorities.
Any call for a republic that is disconnected from addressing the very real social and ecological crises will not be enough.
Not only are we being told to prepare for war with China, but to expect it. It’s the stuff of nightmares.