The major parties blocked another attempt by the Australian Greens to introduce reforms that would require parliament to vote before Australia can join wars. Pip Hinman reports.
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Labor is pushing to make the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation’s (ASIO) compulsory questioning powers permanent, even though ASIO told the government in 2024 that aspects of the security regime could be relaxed. Paul Gregoire reports.
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The Anthony Albanese government’s support for the United States–Israel war on Iran rests on claims about nuclear threat, humanitarian intent and non-involvement that do not withstand scrutiny. David Shoebridge highlights three lies.
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Lutruwita Socialist Alliance and Grassroots Action Network Tasmania organised a direct-action protest against the Iran war outside the Anglesea Barracks during an Australian Defence Force open day. Solomon Doyle reports.
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An Australian government that is serious about global peace — as opposed to maintaining US-Israeli dominance in the Middle East region — would not send military assistance to prop up the US-Israel war, argues Federico Fuentes.
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Anne Twomey, a constitutional lawyer at the University of Sydney, is concerned that new state and federal laws, allegedly to combat hate, are adversely impacting free speech. Paul Gregoire reports.
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Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s patronising descriptor of Grace Tame as “difficult” is the latest high-profile example of just how embedded misogynist prejudices are. Pip Hinman writes that women continue to bear the brunt of misogynistic attitudes and their inherent potential for violence and death.
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Stuart Rees argues that the present debilitating consensus in federal parliament is that loyalty to Israel and the United States is imperative, cruelty a sign of strength and that it’s wise to regret, but not resist, the breakdown of a world order.
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Anti-war and peace groups and parties have been quick to condemn Australia’s support for Israel and the United States’ illegal attacks on Iran. Jacob Andrewartha reports.
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Labor’s handling of the so-called “ISIS brides” issue is the latest example of its willingness to fan the flames of racism and division, argues Peter Boyle.
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Socialist Alliance condemns the attacks on Iran by Israel and the United States and calls on the Australian Labor government to immediately reverse its support for this dangerous new drive to war.
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Natalia Figueroa Barroso writes that Anthony Albanese’s Freudian slip, while playing a word association game, sums him up: White, misogynist and a loyal United States ally.