In a cynical attempt to quash free speech and pro-Palestinian activism by staff and students, management at the University of Sydney announced a new Campus Access Policy. Markela Panegyres reports.
Gadigal Country/Sydney
Supporters of the Powerhouse Museum are concerned that NSW Labor is not sticking to its promise to retain the arts and sciences museum. Tom Lockley reports.
The City of Sydney Council decided to start investigating its ties to companies that are complicit in human rights abuses in Palestine, including the illegal settlements in occupied Palestinian Territories. Jim McIlroy reports.
NSW Treasurer announced a “once in a generation” $5.1 billion addition to arrest the state’s decline in new social housing. Jim McIlroy reports that, without the detail, some are sceptical.
Mohamed Mayara, a visiting Western Sahara journalist and trade unionist, told a public forum that the Moroccan regime was imposing a “systematic policy of repression”. Jim McIlroy reports.
“People before profit” is the rallying cry of six grassroots activists who are standing for positions in the City of Sydney Council. Jim McIlroy reports.
Sydney’s Radio Skid Row is a grassroots, community-driven radio station that has been a vital voice for marginalised communities since its establishment on Gadigal country in 1983, writes Manu Monteiro. The station has just kicked off its annual supporter drive.
A passionate meeting at the University of Sydney encampment voted to reject management’s “offer” and students committed to staying over the winter break. Suelin McCarthy and Rachel Evans report.
Public sector unions and Unions NSW have rejected NSW Labor’s pay offer, saying it will not help retain existing workers, or attract new ones which are desperately needed. Jim McIlroy reports.
Muhammad Khaled Abu Mahmoud, a former President of the General Union of Palestinian Engineers, Australia branch, and a survivor of the Nakba, gave this speech to the Nakba protest.
Pro-Palestinian solidarity activists in Australia have long been spreading information about the tragedy of the Palestinian people and the legitimacy of their revolution to Australian society, writes Khaled Ghannam. One example is the Arabic language publication Sawt Falastine (Voice of Palestine), first published in 1974.
NSW Greens Senator David Shoebridge told a “Kill The Bill” protest at Sydney Town Hall that Labor’s Deportation and Entry Ban bill would give the immigration minister “god-like powers”. Peter Boyle reports.
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