Darwin activist Justin Tutty faced court on August 15 after trying to draw attention to the self-harm crisis at Don Dale Youth Detention Centre by sitting in Northern Territory families minister Kate Worden’s office on March 11. Stephen W Enciso reports.
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West Papua’s colonial fate – the UN ‘New York Agreement’
West Papua's road to independence was disrupted 60 years ago, on August 15, with the signing of the infamous New York Agreement, a deal between the Netherlands and Indonesia over Papuan sovereignty, writes Yamin Kagoya.
Why Keating is wrong on Labor’s neoliberalism
Paul Keating has rejected the Greens' criticism that Labor adopted neoliberalism. Alex Bainbridge argues that Labor's policies on superannuation and Medicare are examples of user-pays systems that privilege the well-off.
I’m a Ukrainian socialist. Here’s why I resist the Russian invasion
Socialist Taras Bilous argues that calls for diplomacy mean nothing unless they take account of negotiating positions, concrete concessions, and the willingness of the parties to adhere to any signed agreement.
US, Europe greenlight Israel’s latest Gaza massacre
Western weapons, money and political support sustain and prolong Israel’s settler-colonial persecution of the Palestinian people and ensure that the blood keeps flowing, writes Ali Abunimah.
Iraq, Syria, Turkey complicit in genocide against Yezidis
The Yazidi Justice Committee released a damning report in July on the complicity of various governments in the Islamic State genocide against the Yezidi. Peter Boyle reports.
Forced amalgamation: Communities warn gov’t ‘ignore us at your peril’
The New South Wales Coalition government’s forced amalgamation of councils looks set to become an election issue speakers said at a Keep Councils Local rally on August 9. Peter Boyle reports.
NSW government put on notice: Put local back into council!
Town and country united in a Put Local Back Into Council rally at NSW Parliament House on August 9. Judging from the range of parliamentarians, former mayors, city councillors and passionate community activists from all over the state who addressed the rally, this is...
Emergency climate rally draws broad support
A large number of climate groups supported an emergency protest following Labor's deficient climate bill passed through federal parliament. Rachel Evans reports.
Labor must phase out coal and gas
Claims that Labor’s 43% climate emissions bill will bring “an end to the climate wars” are wrong: it will harder to ensure a safe climate with a just transition for workers, argues Alex Bainbridge.
International solidarity pours in as Cuba copes with major fire at oil facility
Extensive efforts are underway in Cuba to control a major fire that broke out at an oil storage facility in the city of Matanzas, reports Tanupriya Singh.
Ukraine: The state of the war
Renfrey Clarke presents an analysis of the balance of forces in Russia's war on Ukraine and argues that urgent international negotiations are needed to secure the survival of an independent Ukrainian state.