One Nation’s right-wing populism is built around a big lie, writes Peter Boyle, because it defends the very capitalist system that has created the widespread pain and insecurity it seeks to channel into racist scapegoating.
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About 1000 people attended the Stop the Chop rally to demand Premier Peter Malinauskus and the Labor government stop destroying the city’s trees and parks. Markela Panegyres reports.
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The investment boom in generative artificial intelligence, spurring the rapid build of data centres across Victoria, is raising widespread concerns. Jacob Andrewartha reports.
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Redistributing the wealth and making mining sustainable requires transitioning to a democratic and publicly run industry. Sam Wainwright argues this is not Pauline Hanson’s vision for the mining industry. Hers is about enabling billionaire owners more ability to profiteer.
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Dick Nichols reports on the Seventh International Ecosocialist Gathering, which took place in Brussels.
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NSW Police sergeant Benedict Bryant, who was sentenced after being found guilty of dangerous driving that led to the death of Dunghutti teenager Jai Wright, has said he will appeal the ruling. Kerry Smith reports.
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Northern Territory police announced that the cause of Kumanjayi White’s death last year was “equivocal”. The family say justice is not being done and their hearts are broken. Paul Gregoire reports.
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More than 100 activists protested outside the Perth Convention Centre where the Indian Ocean Defence and Security Conference and Exhibition was promoting militarism. Cas Smith reports.
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Civil rights activists outside the Downing Centre Court called for the charges against those who demonstrated against Israeli President Isaac Herzog be withdrawn. Jim McIlroy reports.
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Unions and community groups have criticised the federal Labor government for not implementing the radical reforms to the national employment services system recommended by previous inquiries. Jim McIlroy reports.
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While Australia’s minister for war Richard Marles came back from the annual “Shangri-La dialogue” selling AUKUS like never before, a people’s inquiry into AUKUS has been launched. Pip Hinman reports.
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Karyn Brown, a resident at the Waterloo Estate, skewered Labor’s proposition that it was delivering “positive outcomes” for tenants. Pip Hinman reports.