Kerry Smith

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CEPU Tasmania slams gov’t ‘asset leasing’ plans

The Communications Electrical Plumbing Union has slammed the Tasmanian Liberal government’s proposal to sell off energy assets. Kerry Smith reports. 

Public housing residents will resist Waterloo demolition ‘tooth and nail’

One hundred and fifty public housing residents in the Waterloo South estate were just given eviction notices from Homes NSW, but many have vowed to fight back. Kerry Smith reports.

Students, parents demand Sheikh Wesam Charkawi be allowed back to work

More than 100 high school students, of all ages, parents and community members demanded Sheik Wesam Charkawi be allowed back to Granville High, where he has been a student support officer for 13 years. Kerry Smith reports.

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Global organisations say: ‘Stop arming Israel’

More than 230 civil society organisations in countries involved in the F-35 fighter jet program are demanding their governments immediately halt all direct and indirect arms transfers to Israel, reports Kerry Smith.

Lidia Thorpe says Closing the Gap strategy is ‘collapsing’

Labor says it is delivering record funding in health, education and housing to First Nations communities, but First Nations advisor Pat Turner AM and Senator Lidia Thorpe dispute this. Kerry Smith reports.

Logging halted in sacred forest Country

Activists again stopped logging in the West Kunanyi Range, part of the Wellington Range, following a call from Uncle Jim Everett to protect Country in the lead-up to Invasion Day. Kerry Smith reports.

Jewish Council of Australia condemns antisemitic arson attack, warns against ‘knee-jerk law and order’ responses

The Jewish Council of Australia has warned politicians not to use antisemitic attacks to point-score or spread other forms of hatred, such as Islamophobia or anti-Palestinian racism. Kerry Smith reports.

Forest defenders disrupt logging in the Huon Valley

Grassroots Action Network Tasmania protested logging in the Huon Valley, responding to Uncle Jimmy Everett’s call to protect Country. Kerry Smith reports.

Protest calls for ‘desperately needed’ federal action to stop gendered violence

Speakers told a rally that gendered violence is a “national emergency” and called on government institutions “to treat it as such”. Kerry Smith reports.

 

Anti-Zionist organisations condemn synagogue firebombing as ‘attack on us all’

Anti-Zionist organisations condemned the attack on a Melbourne synagogue saying it is “an attack on us all”. Kerry Smith reports.

Jews Against the Occupation ’48 demands PM Albanese take ‘meaningful action’ on Palestine

An open letter to Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, initiated by Jews Against the Occupation ’48, demands Labor act in accordance with international law. Kerry Smith reports.

Unionists, environmentalists and Traditional Owners call on Labor to protect the Pilliga from CSG

Gomeroi Traditional Owners, unionists and representatives from Lock the Gate Alliance met with NSW MPs to urge them to end Santos’ Narrabri coal seam gas project in the Pilliga Forest. Kerry Smith reports.