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The Bureau of Meteorology has ominously predicted “unusually high” summer temperatures for most of Australia, heralding a higher risk of extreme bushfires, storms and heatwaves. www.greenleft.org.au/2025/1444/an...
We are in a climate emergency
The prime minister’s claimed concern for those impacted by the climate emergency rings hollow while he backs the fossil fuel industry, argues Ben Radford.
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December 13, 2025 at 9:17 AM
The Bureau of Meteorology has ominously predicted “unusually high” summer temperatures for most of Australia, heralding a higher risk of extreme bushfires, storms and heatwaves. www.greenleft.org.au/2025/1444/an...
Anti-imperialist internationalism begins with opposing all imperialisms, including regional and minor ones. www.greenleft.org.au/2025/1444/wo...
Anti-imperialism and class independence
Blanca Missé is an associate professor at San Francisco State University, a Workers’ Voice member, and active with the Ukraine Solidarity Network and the Labor for Palestine National Network. In part ...
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December 12, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Anti-imperialist internationalism begins with opposing all imperialisms, including regional and minor ones. www.greenleft.org.au/2025/1444/wo...
A number of weapons companies, operating in SA, are manufacturing parts used to slaughter Palestinians in Gaza. www.greenleft.org.au/2025/1444/ne...
SA Labor must end investment and weapons exports with Israel
Palestine activists say South Australian Labor’s self-promotion as a “defence state” makes it complicit in the Gaza genocide. Markela Panegyres reports.
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December 12, 2025 at 7:41 PM
A number of weapons companies, operating in SA, are manufacturing parts used to slaughter Palestinians in Gaza. www.greenleft.org.au/2025/1444/ne...
December 12, 2025 at 10:32 AM
The queer community organised a number of events for Pride Month in November, including the annual Pride Parade, on November 29, through the streets of Northbridge. www.greenleft.org.au/2025/1444/ne...
Pride Parade contingent calls for a free Palestine
The queer community organised a number of events for Pride Month, including the annual Pride Parade through the streets of Northbridge. Nova Sobieralski reports.
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December 12, 2025 at 10:22 AM
The queer community organised a number of events for Pride Month in November, including the annual Pride Parade, on November 29, through the streets of Northbridge. www.greenleft.org.au/2025/1444/ne...
The New South Wales government’s three-year koala survey, released on December 11, estimated that there are about 274,000 koalas left in the state. www.greenleft.org.au/2025/1445/ne...
NSW Labor gov’t must protect koala habitat
The New South Wales Labor government is failing to protect the state’s rapidly declining koala population, which is under threat from logging, climate impacts and disease. Ben Radford reports.
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December 12, 2025 at 7:25 AM
The New South Wales government’s three-year koala survey, released on December 11, estimated that there are about 274,000 koalas left in the state. www.greenleft.org.au/2025/1445/ne...
The Australian Institute of Criminology has released a report showing that, over 2024–25, 33 First Nations people died in prison custody, police custody and custody related operations and youth detention — the highest such number since 1979-80. www.greenleft.org.au/2025/1444/ne...
Gov’t report reveals 2025-25 has most Aboriginal deaths in custody since 1979
The Australian Institute of Criminology has just released a report showing that 33 First Nations people died in prison custody, police custody and custody related operations and youth detention over 2...
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December 11, 2025 at 9:39 PM
The Australian Institute of Criminology has released a report showing that, over 2024–25, 33 First Nations people died in prison custody, police custody and custody related operations and youth detention — the highest such number since 1979-80. www.greenleft.org.au/2025/1444/ne...
The Victorian branch of the Community and Public Sector Union held its first mass members’ meeting, drawing more than 1500 public service workers. www.greenleft.org.au/2025/1444/ne...
CPSU Vic launches campaign against job cuts
A mass meeting of the Victorian branch of the Community and Public Sector Union drew more than 1500 workers to discuss government recommendations to cut the public service and a campaign against it. B...
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December 11, 2025 at 8:44 AM
The Victorian branch of the Community and Public Sector Union held its first mass members’ meeting, drawing more than 1500 public service workers. www.greenleft.org.au/2025/1444/ne...
“Hands off Venezuela!” was the theme of a protest called in response to the rising number of threats by United States President Donald Trump and his administration to attack, and perhaps invade, Venezuela. www.greenleft.org.au/2025/1444/ne...
Hands off Venezuela, stop US aggression in Latin America
Protesters condemned the threats by United States President Donald Trump and his administration to attack, and perhaps invade, Venezuela. Kerry Smith reports.
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December 11, 2025 at 7:34 AM
“Hands off Venezuela!” was the theme of a protest called in response to the rising number of threats by United States President Donald Trump and his administration to attack, and perhaps invade, Venezuela. www.greenleft.org.au/2025/1444/ne...
Nearly 100 delegates from two dozen unions and peace organisations from Australia discussed the need to build the peace movement and how to go about it. www.greenleft.org.au/2025/1444/ne...
Unions discuss renewed commitment to peace
Nearly 100 delegates from two dozen unions and peace organisations discussed the need to build the peace movement and how to go about it. Tim Gooden reports.
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December 11, 2025 at 6:35 AM
Nearly 100 delegates from two dozen unions and peace organisations from Australia discussed the need to build the peace movement and how to go about it. www.greenleft.org.au/2025/1444/ne...
The Northern Territory Country Liberal Party (CLP) government has prevented United Nations human rights experts from accessing prisons, youth detention centres and police watch houses. www.greenleft.org.au/2025/1444/ne...
NT gov’t blocks UN inspectors from prison, watch house access
The Northern Territory Country Liberal Party government has prevented United Nations human rights experts from accessing prisons, youth detention centres and police watch houses, reports Kerry Smith.
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December 10, 2025 at 11:09 PM
The Northern Territory Country Liberal Party (CLP) government has prevented United Nations human rights experts from accessing prisons, youth detention centres and police watch houses. www.greenleft.org.au/2025/1444/ne...
“This is not just my story: This is the story of every Palestinian child wearing a keffiyeh; every Muslim woman wearing a hijab; every person whose identity makes them visible. If the system ignores racism, then no one is safe.” www.greenleft.org.au/2025/1444/ne...
Gross double standard on racism and hate crimes exposed
Palestinian Australian Shamikh Badra and his brother Majid are determined to campaign to make sure the law against hate crimes applies equally for all sections of the community. Peter Boyle reports.
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December 9, 2025 at 9:51 PM
“This is not just my story: This is the story of every Palestinian child wearing a keffiyeh; every Muslim woman wearing a hijab; every person whose identity makes them visible. If the system ignores racism, then no one is safe.” www.greenleft.org.au/2025/1444/ne...
The Indian diaspora’s response to Mamdani's election reveals deeper fractures, particularly as Hindu nationalism has sought to control it. www.greenleft.org.au/2025/1444/wo...
Indian diaspora’s right wing in crisis
The Indian diaspora in the West is globally celebrated for its professional success and often cast as the “model minority”. Yet, a significant segment of this community has, paradoxically, become a pi...
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December 8, 2025 at 8:29 PM
The Indian diaspora’s response to Mamdani's election reveals deeper fractures, particularly as Hindu nationalism has sought to control it. www.greenleft.org.au/2025/1444/wo...
Israel’s continued bombardment of Gaza, despite the so-called ceasefire and “stage one” of a US-brokered “peace” plan, was the trigger for another national day of action across Australia. www.greenleft.org.au/2025/1444/ne...
Anti-genocide protests demand Australia cut ties with Israel
Israel’s continued bombardment of Gaza, despite the so-called ceasefire and “stage one” of a US-brokered “peace” plan, was the trigger for another national day of action, across Australia. Pip Hinman ...
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December 8, 2025 at 6:44 AM
Israel’s continued bombardment of Gaza, despite the so-called ceasefire and “stage one” of a US-brokered “peace” plan, was the trigger for another national day of action across Australia. www.greenleft.org.au/2025/1444/ne...
Political discussion regularly returns to the idea that the solution to our education and labour market problems lies in “more apprenticeships”. www.greenleft.org.au/2025/1444/an...
Revamp the antiquated apprenticeship model
The master-apprentice model has been in decline for at least two centuries because the structure of work has changed. John Quiggin argues for a rethink, beyond nostalgia.
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December 8, 2025 at 4:59 AM
Political discussion regularly returns to the idea that the solution to our education and labour market problems lies in “more apprenticeships”. www.greenleft.org.au/2025/1444/an...
The dangerous driving causing death decision is the first time a police officer has ever been convicted for a Black death in custody. www.greenleft.org.au/2025/1444/an...
NSW police officer convicted over Aboriginal death in custody
In a significant first, a New South Wales police officer was found guilty for the death in custody of Dunghutti teenager Jai Kalani Wright. Paul Gregoire reports.
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December 8, 2025 at 2:47 AM
The dangerous driving causing death decision is the first time a police officer has ever been convicted for a Black death in custody. www.greenleft.org.au/2025/1444/an...
The sensational reports of alleged thuggery and corruption in the construction industry have obscured the political treachery of Labor’s attacks on the Construction, Forestry and Maritime Employees Union (CFMEU). www.greenleft.org.au/2025/1444/an...
CFMEU takeover a tragedy for all unionists
Sensational reports of alleged thuggery and corruption in the construction industry have obscured the political treachery of Labor’s attacks on the Construction, Forestry and Maritime Employees Union,...
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December 7, 2025 at 6:58 AM
The sensational reports of alleged thuggery and corruption in the construction industry have obscured the political treachery of Labor’s attacks on the Construction, Forestry and Maritime Employees Union (CFMEU). www.greenleft.org.au/2025/1444/an...
The cost-of-living crisis is getting worse. Inflation is up 3.8%, driven by a 37% increase in electricity prices and 11% increase in childcare — all in one year. www.greenleft.org.au/2025/1444/an...
Now is the time to talk about nationalising essential services
Private generators regularly game the national electricity market to drive up wholesale prices, writes Max Chandler-Mather, and it’s time for a rethink on essential services like energy and childcare.
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December 7, 2025 at 2:55 AM
The cost-of-living crisis is getting worse. Inflation is up 3.8%, driven by a 37% increase in electricity prices and 11% increase in childcare — all in one year. www.greenleft.org.au/2025/1444/an...
The messiness of Australia’s social media ban for those under 16, as part of the Online Safety Act 2021, is becoming more apparent. www.greenleft.org.au/2025/1444/an...
Social media ban an experiment in futility
The messiness of the social media ban for those under 16, as part of the Online Safety Act 2021, is becoming more apparent, writes Binoy Kampmark.
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December 7, 2025 at 12:30 AM
The messiness of Australia’s social media ban for those under 16, as part of the Online Safety Act 2021, is becoming more apparent. www.greenleft.org.au/2025/1444/an...
A December 1 report from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) said the combined revenue of the world’s 100 largest arms-producing companies rose by 5.9% last year to a record US$679 billion.
This is blood money. www.greenleft.org.au/2025/1444/an...
This is blood money. www.greenleft.org.au/2025/1444/an...
The profits of war
The Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, in its latest report, said the combined revenue of the world’s 100 largest weapons corporations reached a record US$679 billion. Peter Boyle repor...
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December 4, 2025 at 9:53 PM
A December 1 report from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) said the combined revenue of the world’s 100 largest arms-producing companies rose by 5.9% last year to a record US$679 billion.
This is blood money. www.greenleft.org.au/2025/1444/an...
This is blood money. www.greenleft.org.au/2025/1444/an...
The Antisemitism in Australia: Findings of research commissioned by Australia’s Special Envoy to Combat Antisemitism, published in November, purports to offer a baseline of racial prejudice. Instead, it delivers a masterclass in “evidence making”. www.greenleft.org.au/2025/1444/an...
The science of silencing: Antisemitism report weaponises data
The Antisemitism in Australia report is so methodologically flawed and ideologically driven, Gwenaël Velge argues it is less a study of hatred and more an instrument of propaganda — manufacturing the ...
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December 4, 2025 at 9:40 AM
The Antisemitism in Australia: Findings of research commissioned by Australia’s Special Envoy to Combat Antisemitism, published in November, purports to offer a baseline of racial prejudice. Instead, it delivers a masterclass in “evidence making”. www.greenleft.org.au/2025/1444/an...
New South Wales Labor has introduced laws it claims are necessary after the neo-Nazi rally outside parliament on November 8. But many are questioning why NSW Police authorised the National Socialist Network (NSN) protest. www.greenleft.org.au/2025/1444/an...
NSW Labor introduces new laws to ‘stop’ neo-Nazism
New South Wales Labor has introduced new laws it claims are necessary after the neo-Nazi rally outside parliament. Paul Gregoire writes that many are questioning why NSW Police authorised the National...
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December 4, 2025 at 5:05 AM
New South Wales Labor has introduced laws it claims are necessary after the neo-Nazi rally outside parliament on November 8. But many are questioning why NSW Police authorised the National Socialist Network (NSN) protest. www.greenleft.org.au/2025/1444/an...
Nauru has also become an absurdly outgrown feature of Australia’s fixation with Chinese influence in the South Pacific. www.greenleft.org.au/2025/1444/an...
Contract bikies and bribes: Australia’s Nauru refugee deal
A former Australian army rifleman and a senior bureaucrat have revealed the depths to which Labor is prepared to go to revive offshore detention in Nauru. Binoy Kampmark reports.
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December 4, 2025 at 12:49 AM
Nauru has also become an absurdly outgrown feature of Australia’s fixation with Chinese influence in the South Pacific. www.greenleft.org.au/2025/1444/an...
The Nationals, as the self-appointed parliamentary spokespeople for coal and gas corporations, have long tried to blame crippling power bills on Labor’s “excessively rapid” shift to wind and solar. Now, the federal Liberals have joined the chorus. www.greenleft.org.au/2025/1444/an...
Liberals, Nationals peddle lies to block renewables
Privatised energy, which delivers higher profits for energy corporations while degrading workers’ job conditions, is also sending power prices soaring. Renfrey Clarke argues the Coalition is seeking t...
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December 3, 2025 at 7:59 AM
The Nationals, as the self-appointed parliamentary spokespeople for coal and gas corporations, have long tried to blame crippling power bills on Labor’s “excessively rapid” shift to wind and solar. Now, the federal Liberals have joined the chorus. www.greenleft.org.au/2025/1444/an...
The latest issue of the Green Left Show features Tom Sulston from Digital Rights Watch about the coming social media ban, why it harms young people, what the alternatives would be and other issues related to digital privacy. www.greenleft.org.au/2025/1444/an...
Green Left Show #76: Why the social media ban will harm young people
The latest issue of the Green Left Show features Tom Sulston from Digital Rights Watch about the coming social media ban, why it harms young people, what the alternatives would be and other issues rel...
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December 2, 2025 at 11:27 PM
The latest issue of the Green Left Show features Tom Sulston from Digital Rights Watch about the coming social media ban, why it harms young people, what the alternatives would be and other issues related to digital privacy. www.greenleft.org.au/2025/1444/an...