Dutton’s support drops, but little on offer from Albanese
It will be a relief if Dutton is kept out of office. But the main reason for a Labor win will not be enthusiasm for Anthony Albanese.
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Delivering affordable housing requires ending investment handouts for the rich
Both Labor and Liberal have announced new policies designed to appeal to anger about the cost of housing. But neither will address the main cause of skyrocketing prices.
Climate emergency means we need to get off the gas
Peter Dutton is echoing Donald Trump’s climate denial. But Anthony Albanese is doing little to challenge him, desperate to hide his own climate inaction.
Israel ramps up war crimes as it reoccupies Gaza
Israel is ramping up its killing in Gaza, seizing more land to prepare for permanent military control and at times murdering more than 100 Palestinians a day.
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Unions
Administrator sets out plan to control CFMEU until 2028
After months of inactivity, Mark Irving, the Labor-appointed administrator of the CFMEU has announced a plan to implement an undisclosed “Strategic Review” between now and 2028.
Climate action
LA fires are an unnatural disaster
The catastrophic wildfires that have engulfed Los Angeles are the city’s worst ever fires—and potentially its worst ever disaster of any kind.
Students defy uni attacks on right to protest for Palestine
Hundreds of students and staff rallied at universities nationwide to defy the crackdown on protests, joining a National Day of Action for Palestine.
Racism and Indigenous rights
Labor’s Indigenous jobs program: where are the jobs?
Albanese promised his government would create “real jobs” for Indigenous people. Its new program offers only 700 jobs this year.
Australia
Albanese’s grovelling fails—time to stand up to Trump
Donald Trump’s tariff war is creating economic chaos—and political trouble for Anthony Albanese as he heads to the federal election.
Labor fails to stand up to Queensland’s attack on trans rights: fight to overturn the ban
Fresh off the back of Donald Trump’s latest attacks on gender affirming care, the anti-trans right in Australia is on the offensive.
International
Trump wants a deal with Putin to loot Ukraine for US interests
Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance’s public dressing down of Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky at the Oval Office sent shockwaves across the Western political establishment.
Long reads
Indonesia: behind the rise of Prabowo from war criminal to president
Prabowo Subianto will take office as President of Indonesia in October. He is a military strongman with a sordid history of killings and human rights abuses. How did he win the election? An Indonesian socialist explains the background to his rise.
Radical history and theory
Will Trump lead to a fascist America?
Adam Adelpour looks at the difference between fascism in power and other forms of far right politics, and the lessons from history on how to stop them