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Labor’s review of Australia’s defence capability is likely to continue the same big spending on offensive weapons and make the Asia-Pacific an increasingly dangerous place, argues William Briggs.

Federico Fuentes spoke to filmmaker Enguerran Carrier about his documentary Ukraine: Revolutionaries at War, which focuses on a volunteer battalion comprised of leftists from Ukraine and Belarus who chose to take up arms against the Russian invasion.

Mat Ward looks back at August's political news and the best new music that related to it.

The Medical Board of Australia is trying to censor remote general practitioner and emergency doctor David Berger for his views on how to manage the pandemic. Robert Austin Henry reports.

Improving and expanding the existing electric vehicle network, which provides millions of journeys every day in major capital cities, must not be overlooked in the discussion about solutions to the climate emergency, argues Andrew Chuter.

Unionists gathered to launch Sam Wallman's graphic novel, which uses "art as a tool of class struggle", reports Andrew Chuter.

Julian Assange's legal team are challenging the British court's view that it would not be an abuse of process to extradite him to the United States. The appeal rests on the fact that Assange is being prosecuted for his political opinions. Binoy Kampmark reports.

The NT government is committed to keep incarcerating children in Don Dale Youth Detention Centre until at least “late 2023”, reports Stephen W Enciso.

The Anthony Albanese Labor government is heading in the wrong direction by opening up new fossil fuel exploration, writes Samantha Hepburn.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky dismissed two top government officials on July 17, for allegedly “turning a blind eye” to “traitors” in their agencies, report Malik Miah and Barry Sheppard. But what does this represent and where will this purge end?

Anti-war and peace protesters from Stop AUKUS-WA protested the Indian Ocean Defence and Security Conference. Kerry Smith reports.

More than 10,000 workers at the Zaporizhia Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) — currently at the centre of grave nuclear concerns amid Russia’s invasion of Ukraine — have issued an urgent and impassioned plea for global support, reports Federico Fuentes.