Green Left

COP26 identified the worst polluter culprits, ranking Australia worst in the world for climate policy. Gideon Polya looks at why.

The climate science says we are running out of time to avoid climate catastrophe but, as Friends of the Earth says, this COP26 did not deliver what was needed.

Kanaky New Caledonia's referendum on self-determination will proceed on December 12, despite calls from independence forces for a delay until next year due to COVID-19, reports Susan Price.

The family of Australian-based Indonesian human rights lawyer Veronica Koman.have been the target of two recent attacks in Indonesia, reports Susan Price.

The Sudanese community and supporters here showed solidarity to the masses of Sudanese people who remain on the streets in Sudan protesting the attempted coup by General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan. Chevy McBride reports.  

Despite ongoing repression, Tamils continue to fight for their rights, including over the seizure of Tamil land for military bases, reports Chris Slee.

The Public Sector Alliance, bringing together a number of unions, is fighting the WA government's wages cap. Janet Parker reports.

The Environmental Defence Office together with the Nature Conservation Council is challenging the New South Wales government over its failure to take climate change into account in its Murray-Darling (Baarka) water sharing plan. Coral Wynter reports.

Military carbon emissions have largely been exempted from international climate treaties, dating back to the 1997 Kyoto Protocol, reports Barry Sheppard.

Paul Keating has been outspoken against the AUKUS security alliance that, he argues, will break a 'strong proud history of engagement with Asia and including China'. Binoy Kampmark reports.

Lanz Priestley was a force for good with a passion for helping those who were swept up by the scourge of homelessness. Larissa Payne pays tribute.

Refugee activists shut down the offices of the Department of Home Affairs in Meanjin (Brisbane) on November 11. Isaac Nellist reports.