Albanese still arming Israel as it keeps killing despite ‘ceasefire’

After consistently avoiding answering whether or not Australia has been supplying F-35 fighter jet parts or other military hardware for Israel, the Albanese government quietly imposed a ban on the export of some defence goods to Israel.

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CSR strike: between a (Gyp)rock and a hard place

Some 68 skilled production and warehouse workers at CSR Gyprock in Yarraville, Melbourne, have been on strike for almost three weeks.

Unions recommit to fight for Gomeroi rights as Pilliga gas project stalled again in court

Unions NSW has sponsored a new report, “We Stand With Gomeroi: Trade unions oppose the Santos Pilliga Narrabri gas project”.

Queensland healthcare ban part of wider attack on trans rights

The Queensland government’s ban on puberty blockers and hormone treatments for children was overturned in October, with Supreme Court Judge Peter Callaghan ruling it unlawful.

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Unions

Uni workers strike back over pay and drastic job cuts

A wave of strikes has hit universities across the country, as NTEU members begin the latest round of enterprise bargaining, and fight back against management restructuring.

Admin purge of CFMEU in Victoria targets militancy

50,000 striking teachers give government a lesson

Climate action

Labor’s unambitious new climate targets rest on offsets fraud

The world is on track for catastrophic warming and climate disasters are multiplying. Yet the Albanese government’s new climate targets refuse to meet the urgent need for action.

Labor’s gas expansion: Climate vandalism that tramples on Aboriginal rights

Climate emergency means we need to get off the gas

Palestine

Israel steps up killing in Gaza as UN approves plan for colonial rule

Israel massacred 70 Palestinians in two days of intense bombing this week in Gaza, as it continues killing on a near daily basis despite the “ceasefire”.

Gaza flotilla participant ‘I saw the mentality of the Zionist regime. We’re not going to stop’

No peace in Gaza as Israel blocks food and keeps killing Palestinians

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Racism and Indigenous rights

Unions recommit to fight for Gomeroi rights as Pilliga gas project stalled again in court

Unions NSW has sponsored a new report, “We Stand With Gomeroi: Trade unions oppose the Santos Pilliga Narrabri gas project”.

Treaty in Victoria—Labor must be fought to win real change

Labor’s Nauru deportation signals expanded offshore detention regime

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Australia

‘It looks like a grenade was thrown at me deliberately’

Grace Dess describes the Victoria Police rampage against anti-racist protesters in Melbourne on 19 October.

Albanese’s Trump visit shows his enthusiasm for US and Israeli savagery

Anti-racists counter March for Australia’s second round

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Sexism and LGBTIQ

Where does transphobia come from?

Casey Forsyth looks at why the right is so obsessed with gender and how transphobia is part of maintaining the sexist and oppressive gender roles in the family.