Administration’s strangulation of the CFMEU construction union and further attempted asset-stripping continued apace over summer, despite Admin kicking a couple of own goals.

Iran has been the scene of widespread protests for days. Starting in the capital Tehran and focused on economic issues, the protests have spread to become an explosion of public anger against the government and its policies.

Hundreds joined protest vigils in Sydney and Melbourne on 22 December to reject the effort to blame the Palestine movement for the horrific antisemitic terror attack at Bondi, and to oppose further restrictions on protest.