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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.

Members of the Busselton LGBTIQ community, families and allies marched to Western Australian Liberal leader Libby Mettam’s office to demand that she listen to trans youth and their families. Report from Busselton Pride Alliance

Several hundred members of the Electrical Trades Union rallied for decent pay and conditions. Jim McIlroy reports.

Socialist Alliance preselected Rachel Evans to contest the seat of Sydney and a state-wide meeting on February 8 preselected Peter Boyle and Andrew Chuter for the NSW Senate. Jim McIlroy reports.

Granting unconditional income to all through a universally accessible income guarantee could lift millions out of poverty and be a step towards radical change, argues Brandon M.

The strong turnout for a pro-Palestine rally in Katoomba reflects growing concern over US President Trump’s expressed desire to recolonise Gaza. Jenna Condie reports.

The major parties have moved to entrench a system of unfairly distributed electoral funding and corporate donations to pay for their manipulative misinformation campaigns. Peter Boyle reports.

Workers at the Nexperia semiconductor factory in Cabuyao, the Philippines, are in a protracted struggle for better wages and against union busting. Clive Tillman reports.

Join rallies across the country to support women’s rights.

The Northern Territory’s Country Liberal Party is moving fast, in a Trumpian direction, to ride roughshod over the environment and peoples’ livelihoods. Stephen W Enciso reports.

PM Anthony Albanese’s mealy-mouthed dodging of Trump’s declaration that the US would “own” and “level” Gaza was his way of signalling that Australia will tag along, albeit with a little bit of hand-wringing, argues Sam Wainwright

 

Save Kobani protest

Ten years on from the heroic and world-significant battle for Kobanî in northern Syria, the international community must act to stop the ongoing attacks against Rojava, writes Peter Boyle.