The Guardian • Issue #2206 • September 14, 2026
Issue #2206
Marles and Hegseth talk AUKUS
On 2 September Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister, Richard Marles, met with US Secretary of Defence, Pete Hegseth, at the Pentagon in Washington, DC,...
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EDITORIAL
Defenders of Israel’s campaign of slaughter and dispossession in Palestine sometimes have to be indirect. Once in a while, they scold pro-Palestine protesters for caring...
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Coal mine approval as Albanese meets Pacific leaders
Greenpeace Australia Pacific has branded the Albanese government’s approval of BHP’s coal mine extension in Central Queensland an affront to Pacific leaders and communities grappling...
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Vale Ray Ferguson
It is sad news that on 4 September Comrade Ray Ferguson passed away. He was a great comrade and a dear friend to those who...
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Thorpe seeks to end shackling during childbirth
Senator Lidia Thorpe has two bills before parliament that seek to prohibit practices that are frankly deplorable. These comprise of shackling incarcerated or detained women...
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Arts Centre Melbourne workers escalate campaign
Arts Centre Melbourne workers have taken protected 24-hour stop work action as part of their ongoing campaign for fair pay, secure working conditions and proper...
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Mandatory care minutes ‘not working’
The 2021 Aged Care Royal Commission’s final report required providers to meet a minimum staff time quality and safety standard. Since 1 October 2024 residential...
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DINGO
The Australian Services Union (ASU) has secured a historic win for work-from-home rights, after the Fair Work Commission handed down a decision to insert a...
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The Pacific Islands Forum
The 55th annual Pacific Islands Forum was held against the backdrop of a UN report warning that the world will likely pass 1.5°C global warming...
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Early emergency bushfires in Qld and NSW
Above average temperatures, out-of-control bushfires in Queensland and NSW and a looming monster El Nino send a dire warning to the federal government to stop...
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Support for RAFFWU and retail workers
Members and supporters of the Retail and Fast Food Workers Union (RAFFWU) have rallied in Naarm/Melbourne and Borloo/Perth to demand that Victorian Labor drop its...
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Family violence and union assistance
Senator Pauline Hanson, leader of One Nation, recently described family violence as a “two-way street.” Commissioners Anna Cody and Deb Tsorbaris rejected her comments saying...
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Union shuts down Sydney University
On Wednesday 2 September the National Tertiary Education Union closed Sydney University with a very tight union picket line. Each of the entrances to the...
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Union industrial action in Brisbane
As well as the ferries, Brisbane has also seen strong union industrial action at Cleveland Youth Detention Centre, Queensland Rail, and Qantas. Employers, conservative commentators...
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Maritime Union of Australiaís olive branch rejected by RiverCity Ferries
At a tele-meeting called by the MUA’s Queensland Branch and National Office, the Union sought to re-engage in good faith negotiations with Graeme Legh, the...
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GREEN NOTES
Ireland contains a large share of Europe’s Atlantic blanket peat bogs, and these peatlands are among the most efficient natural carbon stores in the world....
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Palantir and Cellebrite – and the country that never
In April 2026, Palantir posted a 22-point manifesto on Elon Musk’s X platform. It drew from CEO Alex Karp’s book The Technological Republic – that...
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Red culture and new collective economy
In a remote corner of Songxi county in northern Fujian province lie two villages, Wanqian and Meikou. In the past the only way to get...
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Death of a Salesman
Seen as a 20th Century classic, Arthur Miller’s 1949 play Death of a Salesman has been a compulsory text in Australian schools for generations. This...
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Fidel Up Close
I was lucky enough to be able to attend the screening of this documentary Fidel Up Close hosted by the Australia-Cuba Friendship Society. Before the...
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News quiz
1. What percentage of Lebanon is Israel occupying? 12% 6% or 18% 2. Animals Australia is calling for an investigation into which Australian state? 3....
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Cuba reforms banking
Cuba’s recent 176 reform measures allow private banks, private currency exchanges, foreign-currency accounts, direct foreign trade, digital foreign-exchange markets, state enterprises to become shareholding companies,...
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Marxism and the National Question
Stalin’s 1913 text about nations in relation to Marxism is an important theoretical text, which often flies under the radar compared to other classic Marxist...
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UAE ruler confronted over Sudan
A video posted online on 6 September shows the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Prime Minister being confronted over his country’s role in the war in...
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GLOBAL BRIEFS
KENYA: One of India’s major chemical company, Tata Chemicals, has been ordered to leave Kenya after Harare accused it of failing to generate enough benefits...
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WEASEL WORDS
Agnostic (technology) Agnostic literally means you don’t know something. In a religious context, an agnostic person either isn’t sure if there’s a god or believes...
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CPA submission to the AUKUS Public Inquiry – Part One
The Communist Party of Australia welcomes the opportunity to make this submission to the AUKUS Public Inquiry. The Communist Party of Australia is a voluntary...
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