The Guardian • Issue #2197 • July 6, 2026
Issue #2197
NDIS deadly cuts
People with disability have gained an eight-week reprieve following a deal between the Greens and Labor to gain support for Labor’s tax changes. The Senate...
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EDITORIAL
The United States turns 250 this year. You’d expect some epic celebrations, but they’ve been somewhat overshadowed by President Trump’s clownish behaviour. In the middle...
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The CPA stands in solidarity with the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela!
The Communist Party of Australia (CPA) sends its deepest message of solidarity with the Venezuelan people, the Bolivarian government, all progressive organisations, unions, grass roots...
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Venezuela responds to the earthquake tragedy
Twin earthquakes of 7.2 and 7.5 on the Richter scale, followed by numerous aftershocks, have shaken the republic of Venezuela. Geologists have called it the...
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Health workers stand against Lebanon war
We stand in solidarity with the healthcare workers, emergency services, disability support workers, mental health clinicians and drug and alcohol workers who are continuing to...
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NAIDOC Week 2026: fifty years of Deadly
NAIDOC Week is one of the most important, celebratory weeks in the calendar for First Nations Australians. National NAIDOC Week celebrations are held annually across...
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DINGO
Councils from every State and Territory have united with unions representing the entire Local Government sector to warn the Federal Parliament of a looming financial...
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Cuba for unionists
A very successful screening of the Cuba after Castro documentary by Abby Martin and Matt Belen was held in Boorloo/Perth on Saturday 27 June. The...
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Data centres
These huge, droning, temperature-controlled, windowless factories are popping up in lots of Australian cities, suburbs and towns – and there are many more on the...
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NSW: police sent in to public housing protest
On Friday 19 June, police escalated the NSW government’s efforts to demolish Waterloo South public housing, forcefully removing dozens of community members and residents at...
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Unions slam Queensland’s ‘twisted priorities’
Queensland unions have been closely watching how Premier David Crisafulli’s Qld Liberal National Party would approach rising wages and increased public debt. Initial union response...
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Racial profiling in WA
Questions in West Australia’s state Parliament from Greens MP Brad Pettitt have revealed that more than half of the people strip searched by WA Police...
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PEACE NOTES
US BASES An article in Covert Action, “US Military Bases around the world are facing growing protest from an emboldened antiwar movement” by Jeremy Kuzmarov,...
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Not the shakeup we’re looking for
Many people are rightly angry about the direction of politics in Australia: angry with Labor and angry with the Liberal-National Coalition. Given Australia’s wealth as...
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Prime Time Predator
Younger readers picture this. It’s fifteen years from now. The Wiggles are featured on a comedy series everybody likes. They resurface in popular culture. They...
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The Light on the Hill: An Updated History of the Australian Labor Party
Historian Ross McMullin has revised and expanded the first edition of this book, which now stands at 800 pages. McMullin had unprecedented access to ALP...
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The 50-year struggle – documenting American unions
The history of labour movements in the United States is complex, achieving victories after tough struggles in the workplace and on the picket lines. Over...
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What is the secret of the Communist Party of China’s long-term governance?
This year marks the 105th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China (CPC). Over the past century, the CPC has grown from...
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China-DPRK relations ramp up
From 8-10 June a meeting between Chinese General Secretary and President, Xi Jinping and the North Korean General Secretary and President of the State Affairs...
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GLOBAL BRIEFS
BURKINA FASO: Burkina Faso has broken off diplomatic relations with France, its former colonial ruler, citing violations of sovereignty, foreign interference, and worsening bilateral relations....
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Cuba’s reforms deserve support
Cuba has recently adopted reforms to its economy in response to the tightening blockade inflicted by the United States empire. The content of these reforms...
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HALF THE SKY
Guatemala has one of the highest rates of violence against women in Latin America, with Indigenous women especially vulnerable. The high rate of missing and...
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