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Government workers demand a living wage

Under a new umbrella 鈥 Public Sector Alliance 鈥 government workers in Western Australia are聽determined to聽break WA Labor鈥檚 wages cap policy. Janet Parker reports.

Activists protest Indian Ocean weapons conference

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

Australia鈥檚 homelessness crisis and what can be done

A lot more can be done for homeless people in Australia, argues聽骋别谤谤测听骋别辞谤驳补迟辞蝉, including building more聽public housing and prioritising聽supports for the homeless.

WA public servants protest for fair pay: 鈥榃e鈥檙e asking for the bare bloody minimum鈥

Seven thousand public workers rallied outside the Western Australian Parliament House to demand a 5% pay rise. Alex Salmon reports.

Banksia Hill and 17 other children鈥檚 prisons must be abolished

Western Australia鈥檚 most vulnerable regional children are still being jailed at Banksia Hill Juvenile Detention Centre. Gerry Georgatos聽is organising a class action to close it down.

Opposition grows to Scarborough gas hub

Woodside has no social licence for its Scarborough Gas Project, which threatens to unleash as much as 1.7 billion tonnes of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere over its lifetime, writes聽Sam Wainwright.

Tigrayan community calls for an end to the war, Australian arms sales to Ethiopia

More than 100 members of Western Australia鈥檚 Tigrayan community marched聽on July 8 to protest the war being waged against Tigray聽since November 2020. Alex Salmon reports.

Protesters in WA say: 鈥極ur body, Our choice鈥

Four hundred people rallied outside the US Consulate聽to protest the United States聽Supreme Court decision to strike down the 1973 Roe v Wade ruling. Alex Salmon reports.

Protesters say: 'Don鈥檛 frack the Kimberley!'

Frack Free Kimberley and supporters rallied outside the inaugural AGM of Texan fracking company Black Mountain. Alex Salmon reports.

Aged care sector workers campaign for better wages and conditions

Aged care industry workers rallied in Western Australia, South Australia and Queensland in support of better pay and conditions and for improved staffing in the sector. Barry Healy reports.

Sudanese man on a motorcycle

Sudan: Where people make history every day

Sudan is now effectively ruled by two competing and irreconcilable centres of power: the military and the grassroots democracy movement, reports Sam Wainwright.

Socialist senate candidate: 鈥楾his bill was never about protecting lives 鈥 Christian or otherwise鈥

If we needed more proof that the 鈥渞eligious discrimination鈥 bill was anything more than an attempt to discriminate against the LGBTIQ community, the Australian Christian Lobby provided it, argues聽Petrina Harley.