Treasurer Josh Frydenberg only mentioned the word “climate” twice in his election budget speech, and almost as an afterthought.
Environment
The Green Bans movement, as it became known, inspired a new type of union practice. The precedent it set could not be more relevant today.
Conventional trade unionism, which focuses exclusively on the pay, conditions and safety of the workers, pretends not to have a position on the critical social questions of the day, including climate change.
The Socialist Alliance will be running three Hunter-based candidates in the March 23 NSW state elections.
Heatwaves kill and our cities and suburbs are not designed with sufficient trees to help lower surface temperatures.
As we make a plan for a new year of activism, we can take some heart from the growing student movement for real climate action.
Over 25,000 Victorians voted for the newly formed Victorian Socialists on November 24. A great result to build upon.
Australia has not had a socialist parliamentarian, at the state or federal level, since the 1940s. But this may change at the November 24 Victorian state election.
While Phelps is no candidate of the left, her victory is a huge morale boost for those movements that have been fighting against the Coalition government.
Susan Price: Parramatta boasts a diverse and cosmopolitan population, and that is one of its strengths.
Socialist Alliance is calling on all Labor and crossbench MPs in the Senate to join with the Greens to vote down the TPP.
Labour's TPP betrayal proves once again it can't be trusted.