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Isaac Nellist and Riley Breen discuss NSW Police’s attempt to block the Rising Tide People’s Blockade of the world’s largest coal port and talk to Green Left journalist Alex Bainbridge about the Queensland election results. 

 

Electrical Trades Union NSW/ACT secretary Allen Hicks has criticised private operator Transgrid for the lengthy power failures in Broken Hill and surrounds. Jim McIlroy reports.

Peace activists Margie Pestorious and David Spriggs faced court on charges relating to a protest at one of Boeing’s Magan-djin/Brisbane offices in January. Alex Bainbridge reports.

Free Palestine protest in Tharawal country/Wollongong, November 2

As Israel’s war on Palestine entered its 56th week, protesters demanded Australia expel the Israeli ambassador, impose sanctions on the rogue state and stop crucial weapons parts from being sent to abet its genocide.

A rally of 500 people answered the election of the new Liberal National Party (LNP) government in Queensland on November 1. Alex Bainbridge reports.

Protecting forests is climate action, Magan-djin/Brisbane rally for native forests

Thousands of people from around the country supported a national day of action to save native forests, organised by the the Bob Brown Foundation. Alex Bainbridge reports.

Hundreds of people packed the Coburg Town Hall to discuss how to resist public money being used to prop up weapons corporations at the expense of essential services. Jacob Andrewartha reports.

Climate and civil rights activists protested outside the NSW Supreme Court against NSW Police’s attempt to block the Rising Tide People’s Blockade of the world’s largest coal port, reports Isaac Nellist.

A large crowd gathered to hear Indian Marxist intellectual and writer Vijay Prashad speak about his new book, On Cuba: Reflections on 70 Years Revolution and Struggle, co-authored by Noam Chomsky. Rachel Evans reports. 

Federal Labor’s decision to place the Construction Forestry and Maritime Employees Union into administration may become a significant headache for the so-called party of the working class. Sue Bull reports.

After years of campaigning by housing groups, New South Wales finally adopted reforms to the Residential Tenancies Act, including banning “no-grounds” evictions. Jim McIlroy reports.

Greens MP Michael Berkman with campaigners on polling day

While the Liberal National Party had been predicted to win the October 26 Queensland election, its victory was not on the scale of Labor’s decimation in 2012, as some had feared. Alex Bainbridge reports.