After being caught red handed using facial recognition technology unbeknown to customers, three major retailers have given a meek assurance that they will “pause” their use. Binoy Kampmark reports.
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Could the NT and ACT finally get the right to pass voluntary assisted dying laws?
A bill to overturn the 25-year ban on the ACT and the NT legislating voluntary assisted dying was introduced into federal parliament on August 1 by Labor MPs Alicia Payne and Luke Gosling from Darwin. Suzanne James reports.
Free Julian Assange, protesters say
Protesters gathered at Parliament House to demand the Labor government apply diplomatic pressure to the British and United States governments to drop the political case against Julian Assange. Kerry Smith reports.
Russian socialist dissident: ‘Putin’s regime will collapse — and probably sooner rather than later’
Boris Kagarlitsky, a Moscow-based sociologist and editor of the socialist website Rabkor, spoke to Federico Fuentes about the domestic factors behind Vladimir Putin’s decision to invade Ukraine and the role of the left in anti-war organising.
Powerhouse Museum ‘rejuvenation’ threatens to destroy its historic character
The campaign to save the Powerhouse Museum in Ultimo continues after the NSW Coalition government announced it would close the museum to the public for “rejuvenation”. Jim McIlroy reports.
Activists demand Labor raise JobSeeker
A snap protest in front of Centrelink, initiated by stay-at-home mother, called for JobSeeker to be raised. Tyrus Maxwell reports.
10 new albums the US Supreme Court judges won’t listen to
Mat Ward looks back at July's political news and the best new music that related to it.
‘Quake’: An insight into family dysfunction
Barry Healy reviews Quake, which gives an insight into family dysfunction and violence and how individual members come to bear the guilt of collective failures.
Australia and the road to nuclear war
The ABC says China is making “outlandish” claims about Australia’s pursuit of nuclear weapons. But nuclear-capable US aircraft, Tomahawk Cruise missiles on Australian vessels, nuclear-powered submarines and the integration of NATO in to the Indo-Pacific all point in...
‘A David and Goliath struggle’ — eyewitness report from South Kurdistan
Australian cinematographer Jake Lloyd Jones, in Bashur (South Kurdistan) in northern Iraq, discusses the ongoing "David and Goliath struggle" between the Kurds and the Turkish state.
Sydney protest supports call for no-fly zone over Rojava to stop Turkish invasion
Rallies supporting the call from Rojava for the United Nations to impose a no-fly zone over north and east Syria were held across the world on July 23. Peter Boyle reports on one of the first, in Sydney.
Picket calls on minister to defend and extend public housing
Housing activists in Sydney held a picket on July 21 calling for a massive investment in public housing. Hands off Glebe (HoG) are holding pickets on the last Thursday of every month. Emily Bullock from HoG said the government's privatisation of public assets was...