The Guardian • Issue #2039 • February 6, 2023
A lesson in neglect and discrimination
Bans on alcohol sales in the Northern Territory were lifted on July 16, 2022. Almost six months later, the media is filled with alarmist stories...
Read moreThe power of internationalism
27th January marked the 50th anniversary of the signing of the Paris Peace Accords, the agreement which ended the US war on Vietnam. From 1955...
Read moreCreeping encroachment on press freedom
The Labor government has announced that it will hold a national roundtable with media organisations and “key stake holders” to discuss press freedom reform. The...
Read moreLeft behind
Refugee advocates had called on Prime Minister Albanese to use his recent visit to Papua New Guinea (PNG) to ensure that no refugees or people...
Read moreWe can’t afford support!
Results from the SANE Bridging the Gaps Survey shows the Federal government must listen to people who live with complex mental illness. A new survey...
Read moreDINGO
How to fund endless war? That is the question. That ‘tis better to grab workers’ retirement funds to build Australia’s military industrial complex and pour...
Read moreInvasion Day rallies demand “Treaty before Voice”
As many as 100,000 people took to the streets with rallies and marches in every state and territory on Invasion Day, 26th January. Protestors held...
Read morePEACE NOTES
Hannah Middleton We face two crises which could ultimately destroy humanity and our planet – nuclear and climate Armageddon. A report – Climate Collateral –...
Read moreUS imperialism and the gangs of LA
By November 2022 over 58,000 people, accused of having gang affiliations had been arrested in El Salvador, filling up its already overcrowded prisons. Most arrests...
Read moreFrance goes on general strike
Emmanuel Macron’s government has once again put forward the policy of raising the retirement age of French from 62 to 64, and on 19th January,...
Read moreThe right to protest should be law
Human rights and freedom are very popular terms at the moment, and it’s not hard to guess who is accused of violating them in Australian...
Read moreJapan’s dangerous military expansion
On December 16 last year, Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida announced a new defence strategy that doubled Japan’s military spending by 2027. The biggest military...
Read moreCPA Sunshine Coast’s first meeting
The newest branch of the CPA, the Sunshine Coast, had its first meeting on 9th January. The branch was part of the Brisbane branch before...
Read moreInto the crusher: Gaza’s rubble recycled
This past August, Ahmed Amir, 34, stood atop the wreckage of a residential building in the northern Gaza Strip town of Beit Hanoun. In the...
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