The Chaser's election night coverage, “Labor secures bigger majority, excited to do nothing with it” was spot on. Sue Bolton argues that the left has to focus on building the extra-parliamentary movements if it wants real change.
Analysis
An irony of the federal election result is that while some rejected Peter Dutton for his support for Donald Trump, the re-elected PM looks like he will continue to support Trump’s foreign policies and wars, including the genocide of Palestinians, writes Peter Henning.
A catastrophic algal bloom — fueled by warming oceans and calm marine conditions — is killing marine life on the shores of South Australia on an unprecedented scale. Tracey Carpenter reports.
Peter Boyle, Socialist Alliance candidate for the NSW Senate, joins the Green Left Show to discuss the result of the May 3 federal election, in which Labor won a landslide victory after a disastrous result for Peter Dutton and the Coalition.
Novelist, filmmaker and academic Tracy Sorensen, who was diagnosed with ovarian cancer in 2014, passed away on May 5. Neville Spencer writes about her life, which included a strong focus on social justice.
Labor has secured a second term, with a landslide victory, but unless unions, social and community movements organise for real change, it will continue to bend to the will of the billionaire class, argue Jacob Andrewartha and Isaac Nellist.
The second-term Anthony Albanese government has no excuse not to raise welfare payments in a cost-of-living and housing crisis, argues Pip Hinman.
Amid the biggest housing crisis in Australia’s history and public housing being sold off, the most vulnerable public housing tenants say they are now even more isolated. Suzanne James reports.
Sarah Hathway, the Socialist Alliance candidate for Corio, told a pro-Palestine rally that we cannot and will not address the existential threat of runaway climate change when we’re investing in genocide and war.
While there is a justifiable focus on wages flatlining, given the rising cost of living and rents, unions must also take action over poor working conditions, as it benefits us all, argues Mary Merkenich.
Australia’s undemocratic voting system works to funnel small parties’ preferences to the Coalition and Labor. Zane Alcorn argues that a proportional voting system in the House of Representatives would be more democratic.
Lionel Bopage writes that Gaetano Greco was a man who worked to change the world, not just interpret it.
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