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Protesters marked the 49th week of resistance to Israel’s genocide in Gaza and demanded Labor end its complicity. Isaac Nellist reports. 

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Isaac Nellist and Riley Breen talk to Jordan AK about the Disrupt Land Forces protests and to Socialist Alliance councillor Sarah Hathway about her re-election campaign in Djilang/Geelong. 

Farmers went to Queensland Parliament House to tell MPs, bankers and energy industry representatives that they want a clean future, so they can keep farming forever. Elena Garcia reports.

Dr Shir Hever provided invaluable insights into a reality that Israel’s propaganda machine tries hard to obfuscate. Zara Lomas reports.

Marand Precision Engineering workers across two sites have began a series of four-hour strikes. Tim Gooden reports.

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Photos from the three days of protests against the 2024 Land Forces arms exhibition in Naarm/Melbourne.

Excessive police violence against some anti-war activists protesting a Labor government-sponsored weapons expo at the Melbourne Convention Centre has been condemned by legal and human rights organisations. Jacob Andrewartha reports.

The Wangan and Jagalingou Nagana Yarrbayn cultural custodians held a celebration Yidaki Magarran in King George Square to mark three years of reoccupation of Waddananggu — a Wirdi word for “the talking”. Coral Wynter reports.

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We Vote For Palestine is urging local government candidates in New South Wales and Victoria to sign the pledge supporting an end to Israel’s genocide in Gaza. Isaac Nellist reports. 

As ACTU Secretary Sally McManus defends Labor’s new anti-CFMEU law, more unions are showing their solidarity and asking why the rule of law no longer applies to CFMEU officials. Sue Bull reports.

Public sector nurses and midwives in New South Wales took strike action for a wage rise and other necessary improvements. Kerry Smith reports.

Under pressure, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has backflipped several times on excluding new questions about gender and sexuality in the 2026 Census. The harm this does to LGBTIQ communities should not be discounted, writes Josh Adams.