Healthcare

Frontline workers in the Northern Territory are pushing back against the Country-Liberal Party’s destructive “tough on crime” policies. Stephen W Enciso reports.

Healthworker prepares a vaccination injection

Thousands of Kerala’s 26,225 ASHA healthcare workers have been demonstrating for the past month seeking better pay and benefits, reports Karthik Preyeswary.

Woman holding a placard

Women in Peru face high levels of gender-based violence and structural barriers to accessing abortion and contraception, reports Ben Radford.

A petition calling on NSW parliament to deliver a substantial pay rise and better working conditions for nurses and midwives, signed by more than 38,000 people, was debated. Jim McIlroy reports.

Any party or MP facing off Donald Trump’s attacks on trans, nonbinary people and women will have a fight on their hands, argues Rachel Evans.

Dying With Dignity Victoria is calling for four key equity of access changes for federal Labor to address before the election. Suzanne James reports.

Jackie Turner, Audrey Stringer and Nova Sobieralski discuss trans rights on the latest Green Left Show.

NSW Greens MLC Amanda Cohn has introduced a bill to significantly expand access to abortion services across the state. Pip Hinman reports. 

Socialist Alliance launched its campaign for the seat of Rankin with its key focus for the government to break ties with the genocidal Israeli state, build public housing and climate action. Susan Price 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

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

 

The results of the byelections in the Victorian electorates of Werribee and Prahran suggest disillusion with the major parties is growing. Jacob Andrewartha reports.