Jim McIlroy

NSW appeals court halts Mount Pleasant coal mine expansion

The NSW Court of Appeal overturned the 2022 Independent Planning Commission’s approval of MACH Energy Australia’s proposal to expand its Mount Pleasant coal mine in the Hunter Valley. Jim McIlroy reports.
NAIDOC celebrates next generation of Black leaders

Young Black leaders marked this year’s National Indigenous Day of Commemoration by discussing the challenges they face. Jim McIlroy reports.
Rising Tide’s new film launched on Gadigal Country

Turning the Ship, the new Rising Tide film about last November’s People’s Blockade of Newcastle coal port, was launched by 300 people in Gadigal Country/Sydney. Jim McIlroy reports.
Building peace from the grassroots

Scholar and activist Marty Branagan examines how language, film, history, gender issues, the arts and religion “can contribute either to cultural violence or to cultures of peace” in his book, The Cultural Dimensions of Peacebuilding. Jim McIlroy reviews.
NSW budget helps developers at the expense of frontline workers

NSW Labor’s 2025-26 budge hands subsidies to developers and other private businesses but largely ignores the welfare of workers and the poor. Jim McIlroy reports.
Unions, parties continue to press NSW Labor over workers’ compensation

NSW Labor’s controversial amendments to severely limit workers’ right to access compensation for psychological injuries suffered at work has been sent to a second parliamentary inquiry. Jim McIlroy reports.
Healthscope collapse shows failure of privatised health

NSW Coalition and Labor governments, which have allowed healthcare to become a profit-seeking industry, must rethink the public-private partnership model, argues Jim McIlroy.
Vale José Mujica (1935–2025): Uruguayan guerrilla and former president

Jim McIlroy pays tribute to José (Pepe) Mujica, the leftist guerrilla fighter and later president of Uruguay, who died of cancer at the age of 89.
Climate protesters say no to Yancoal’s proposed open-cut coal mine expansion

Climate protesters chanted “Yancoal, No way! End mining coal today!” outside the company’s annual general meeting at Darling Harbour in Gadigal Country/Sydney. Jim McIlroy reports.
Unionists protest NSW Labor’s cuts to workers’ compensation

Several hundred unionists rallied outside the NSW Treasury to demand NSW Labor drop its proposed cuts to workers’ compensation laws. Jim McIlroy and Peter Boyle report.
Activist’s paste-up charges dismissed, colonial statue remains

Anti-racist activist Stephen Langford had a partial win, with the District Court dismissing charges against him for pasting Governor Lachlan Macquarie’s own words on a piece of paper on his statue in Hyde Park. Jim McIlroy reports.
Pro-Palestine protesters: ‘Starvation is a weapon of war’

Independent Citizens Against Apartheid protested in Martin Place with a presentation condemning Israel’s use of starvation as a weapon against the people of Gaza. Jim McIlroy reports.

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