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Jul 25, 2024
When the Law Doesn't Match Reality
Dr Marianne Jauncey, the Medical Director of the Kings Cross Medically Supervised Injecting Centre, speaks with Rosie Ryan, Secretary of...


Jul 24, 2024
Nuclear No help to Coal Power Workers
Grahame Kelly Workers in NSW coal fired power stations need job pathways much sooner than the 20-year timeline required to build nuclear...


Jul 22, 2024
School Cleaners’ Long Road to Justice Has An End In Sight
Judith Barber On Saturday May 11, I made the 1,000km return trip from the Mid-North Coast to Parramatta with a bus full of fellow...


Aug 31, 2023
What should solidarity with Palestine look like? Unionists tour the West Bank
Danae Bosler In August 2023, a delegation of seven union officials and labour lawyers undertook a week-long study tour through Palestine....


Jan 21, 2023
We Need Climate Action & Job Creation
Precious time has been wasted in the climate culture wars. Climate change is real. Action is needed to limit global heating. The transition


Dec 9, 2022
Australia Is Now the Mammal Extinction Capital of the World
Tanya Plibersek MP After Labor’s election victory on 21 May, millions of progressives and true believers around Australia woke up with an...

Oct 29, 2022
We Didn’t Wait – the Campaign for Paid Family and Domestic Leave
Natalie Lang Eight years on from launching the We Won’t Wait campaign to win 10 days Paid Family and domestic violence leave for all...

Oct 20, 2022
From Garma to the Referendum
The Hon. Linda Burney MP Amid the enormous amount of work that goes with being a new Minister, I’ve been doing a lot of reflection...

Oct 19, 2022
Poverty and Inequality
We live in one of the richest nations on earth, at the richest time in human history. If we cannot tackle these issues now, when?

Oct 15, 2022
Rebuilding our Regions with Community Wealth Building
Mick Veitch MLC Regional development in NSW has been misused under the current NSW Coalition Government. Their outdated approach is...

Oct 15, 2022
The Left's Campaigns
Rosie Ryan On the night of the Federal Election, I was in the seat of Gilmore, one of our must-hold marginals where I’d been campaigning...

Oct 14, 2022
The Evolution of Anthony Albanese
George Simon On Saturday 15 October, delegates to the NSW Labor Conference will be witnessing history. The address to our Conference by a...

Oct 13, 2022
Protest & Progress in NSW
Angus McFarland Popular protest movements have shaped Australian society. Women’s suffrage, protected wilderness areas, Aboriginal and...

Sep 30, 2022
Making the ALP more accessible to people with disability
We need to keep diversity and inclusion in mind whenever we plan activities and events.

Aug 5, 2022
Winning the West
You might say we’ve been lucky here in Western Australia. An exceptionally popular Premier. A (now former) Liberal Prime Minister who...

Jun 27, 2022
What’s the go with Tasmania?
Unpacking the federal election results and how to get the party back in a winning position Labor folks got an early scare on election...

May 30, 2022
Why a Four-Day Week Will Create Secure Jobs and Higher Wages
It's time for the Australian labour movement and members of the ALP to fight for a four-day week.


Jan 24, 2022
We Can Achieve Full Employment
ELLA FACTOR

Dec 14, 2021
“Is the mic on?” Disability and Youth in Politics
Sinead Simpkins According to research done by NSW Government, young people aged between 18-30, are underrepresented in local government....

Dec 8, 2021
Bruce Childs Lecture 2021
OSMOND CHIU

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