The Guardian • Issue #2200 • August 3, 2026
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Hiroshima/Nagasaki 2026
As the 81st anniversary of the bombing of two cities in Japan dawns on 6 and 9 August respectively, there has never been more immediate...
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EDITORIAL
Australia is independent and our sovereignty is important. Or is it? A couple of incidents from the last week have cast doubt on that assumption....
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Dare to struggle, dare to win
Thursday 30t July was the school strike that the union rank and file made happen. It is ordinary union members who have been organising behind...
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Farewell reception for HE Ambassador Xiao Qian
General Secretary Andrew Irving represented the CPA at the farewell reception in Canberra for HE Ambassador Xiao Qian whose diplomatic post to Australia has ended....
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Win for low-paid Domino’s workers
Thousands of low-paid Domino’s franchisee workers could be entitled to significant compensation following a landmark victory against Domino’s Pizza Enterprises. The Federal Court found the...
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Health workers fear intimidation
The Health and Community Services Union (HACSU) and HACSU for Peace are urging the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA) to reverse the decision to...
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DINGO
The Media, Entertainment, & Arts Alliance (MEAA) stands in support of Sydney’s queer performance venue Divine Playhouse and its staff following its recent forced closure....
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Hanson ‘shockingly out of touch’
Australian Unions say that One Nation Leader, Pauline Hanson’s attack on paid family and domestic violence leave shows her lack of respect for the risks...
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Unions cautious on DAMA
Migration Queensland has conducted targeted consultation on a proposed state-led Designated Area Migration Agreement (DAMA), seeking feedback from industry on occupations, concessions and how the...
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Australia Cuba Friendship Society updates
South Australia The South Australian branch of the ACFS launched its ‘from Australia to Cuba with Love’ campaign on the 4 July. On 10 July,...
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‘Deeply unfair’ school funding system
The Australian Education Union (AEU) rejects Independent Schools Australia (ISA) attempt to reframe the national debate on school funding, saying the real issue is not...
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Israeli embassy pressures Labor over Palestine
The Israeli embassy in Canberra has publicly challenged proposed changes to the Australian Labor Party’s policy on Palestine, drawing attention to what appears to be...
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Tasmania: data centres menace water supply
Energy giant Firmus has claimed at numerous points that the Launceston St Leonards site’s water usage will be equivalent to that of a restaurant. However...
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GREEN NOTES
The revival of Japan’s Crested Ibis (Toki Nipponia nippon) was made possible through its scientific cooperation with China, whose policy of ‘Ecological Civilisation’ (shēngtài wénmíng)...
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Time to break free from the US
The Independent and Peaceful Australia Network (IPAN) held a conference from July 24th to 26th, “Time to Break Free from the US.” The conference was...
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AI and your job
As a worker are you worried about “AI” taking your job? Or are you worried about your boss drastically reducing your work hours after you...
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Beef
On one level, road rage is pretty silly. Someone cut you off, or indicated after they changed lanes. Some ratbag was on their phone instead...
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Stuff the Accord! Pay Up!
Stuff the Accord! Pay Up!: Workers’ Resistance to the ALP-ACTU Accord is a superb history of industrial struggles under the Hawke-Keating governments. Ross argues that...
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Earth’s Greatest Enemy
The United States military industrial complex is not only one of the most politically destructive military forces in the world, but also the most environmentally...
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Iran and Israel: Keys to Understanding a Decisive Conflict
Ernest Robert’s Iran and Israel: Keys to Understanding a Decisive Conflict (2025) is a very readable introduction to the history of two Middle East rivalries...
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Hiroshima and Nagasaki: the aftermath
On 6 and 9 August 1945 atomic bombs killed an estimated 140,000 people in Hiroshima, and 74,000 in Nagasaki. The bomb detonated over Hiroshima razed...
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Europe and the cost of climate inaction
The 2026 European heatwave is on track to exceed Europe’s previous heat events. While much has been said in the media about the human costs...
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GLOBAL BRIEFS
BULGARIA: The Bulgarian parliament has backed a proposal to allow the United States military to use an air base in Bulgaria to support its operations...
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Do not watch The Odyssey
The Odyssey is an ancient Greek epic poem, immensely important to western culture. The movie is a new adaption, directed by Christopher Nolan and starring...
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Cuban emigrants return
The US sanctions and the oil blockade on Cuba have forced many to immigrate, but on arriving in a new country they find it is...
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US State Department gets Cuba wrong
The US State Department’s Cuba: The Capital of 21st Century Communism, falsely presents Cuba as the principal ideological and organisational centre of communist and anti-American...
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WEASEL WORDS
Difficult ALP MP Basem Abdo has said about Palestine that it’s “been an incredibly difficult few years on what is an already difficult issue.” This...
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