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Socialist Alliance launched its “liveable city” campaign for the City of Sydney Council. That and housing justice are the ticket’s campaign priorities. Jim McIlroy reports.

 

Protesters march against Israeli apartheid and genocide, Magan-djin/Brisbane, August 11

The 44th week of consecutive protests against Israel’s genocide came one day after Israel bombed a school, killing more than 100 people. Alex Bainbridge reports.

Voting by postal ballot is underway in the National Tertiary Education Union in the University of Sydney with union members having until August 30 to decide on their new representatives. Jim McIlroy reports.

The City of Newcastle and Port Stephens Council, joint owners of the Newcastle Airport, have established an entity which will lease to weapons’ manufacturers, in contravention of an ethical investment policy. Steve O’Brien reports.

About 80 people protested in front of the NSW Parliament to demand NSW Labor end its complicity in Israel’s Gaza genocide. Stephen Langford reports.

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Students at the University of Sydney voted to cut ties with Israel at a historic student general meeting. Isaac Nellist reports.

Refugees and their supporters want Tony Burke, the new minister, to urgently provide people who have waited years under the misnamed “Fast Track” process with permanent visas. Kerry Smith reports.

A public meeting discussed the disastrous legacy of the United States atomic bombing of Hiroshima in 1945 and the growing danger of Australia becoming involved in a possible nuclear war stemming from AUKUS. Jim McIlroy reports.

 

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Isaac Nellist discusses the national weekend of rallies to end violence against women, what could be done after Rex Airlines falls into administration and students protest in India after corruption and exam leaks impacted millions. 

Noel Hazard, a decades-long battler for the socialist cause, will be dearly missed right across the left, writes Peter Boyle.

Community leaders, activists and campaigners packed into the Fawkner Seniors Citizen Centre to help launch Sue Bolton’s reelection bid for a spot in Merri-bek Council in the Bababi Djinanang ward. Chloe DS reports.

One renter is issued with a no-grounds eviction every 18 minutes according to NSW government data. Jim McIlroy reports on the pressure Labor has come under to reform the Residential Tenancy Act.