Despite the NSW Public Service Association incumbents trying to weaponise the Members Coalition鈥檚 (MC) support for justice for Palestine, several MC members won spots in the recent delegate elections. Steve O'Brien reports.
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A snap protest was called against transphobe Craig Cole, who is holding 鈥渃ommunity information sessions鈥 on how children are under attack in schools. Steve O'Brien reports.
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War and peace have become important issues in the City of Newcastle Council elections, as Newcastle is slated to become a major weapons manufacturing hub. Steve O'Brien reports.
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The City of Newcastle and Port Stephens Council, joint owners of the Newcastle Airport, have established an entity which will lease to weapons鈥 manufacturers, in contravention of an ethical investment policy. Steve O鈥橞rien reports.
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National Tertiary Education Union members went on strike at the University of Newcastle and UTS for job security, manageable workloads, fair pay and for casuals to be given permanent contracts. Steve O'Brien and Kerry Smith report.
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Newcastle community members and activists are fighting back against a council decision to close a community food pantry. Steve O'Brien reports.
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Newcastle unionists and anti-poverty activists protested federal cuts to JobSeeker at a snap action outside Centrelink, reports Steve O'Brien.
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Community concern about the federal government鈥檚 inability to develop a coherent national energy policy was evident at the national community summit on coal power transition, writes Steve O'Brien.
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The world recently commemorated the anniversaries of the dropping of nuclear weapons on the people of the Japanese cities of Hiroshima (August 6) and Nagasaki (August 9) in 1945. But it hasn't been a good few weeks for world peace.
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A member of the audience at a recent public meeting in Merewether cheekily referred to Newcastle as being run by the Property Council, not the city council.
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