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
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- 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 Their outdated approach is...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 13, 2022
Protest & Progress in NSW
Angus McFarland Popular protest movements have shaped Australian society. Women’s suffrage, protected wilderness areas, Aboriginal and...
- 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...
- 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
- Dec 2, 2021
The Critical Value of Healthcare
MARK BUTLER MP
- Nov 11, 2021
Racial Diversity Isn't an Optional Extra
Jananie Janarthana I remember the exact moment when Julia Gillard gave her speech as the first female Prime Minister of Australia. I...
- Nov 3, 2021
The Pandemic Politics of Aid and Development
NICK MARTIN
- Nov 3, 2021
We Need to Talk About Mental Health: Fixing a Sick System
CHARISHMA KALIYANDA
- Oct 31, 2021
Woman at Work
MELISSA DONNELLY
- Oct 27, 2021
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- Oct 19, 2021
Safer, Cleaner, Fairer Transport for the Future
JO HAYLEN MP
- Oct 15, 2021
The Truth Is out There and This Is Too Serious to Get Wrong
PETER PRIMROSE MLC
- Oct 14, 2021
Fighting for Regional Healthcare
FIONA PHILLIPS MP
- Oct 11, 2021
Labor Must Hold its Nerve on Climate
STEVE MURPHY
- Oct 10, 2021
Women and the Recovery
TANYA PLIBERSEK MP
- Oct 8, 2021
Homecare: Jobs for the Future
MEL GATFIELD
- Oct 8, 2021
Inside Out: On Being Labor and Being Left
DR MEREDITH BURGMANN AM & ROSIE RYAN
- Oct 7, 2021
A Hunger to Win
GEORGE SIMON
- Oct 7, 2021
The Mountain NSW Labor has to Climb
OSMOND CHIU
- Sep 9, 2021
Climate Action Creates Jobs
Louise Crawford
- Aug 5, 2021
Diversity Should Be a Part of Any Strategy to Win
MINOLIE GOVENDER
- Jul 22, 2021
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We Need a Stronger State
MELISSA DONNELLY
- Jul 5, 2021
- Jun 10, 2021
I Just Want Mental Health Plans That Support My Mental Health
Kiz Jackson Across the political spectrum, there is a growing recognition that more needs to be done on mental health. Recently, the...
- May 24, 2021
How We Can Settle the Culture War on Climate
STEVE MURPHY
- May 7, 2021
Country Liberals' Cosplay Fails Rural Workers
YASMIN CATLEY MP
- May 1, 2021
For the workers of the world, May Day 2021
DR JOHN FALZON
- Apr 28, 2021
So What Does White Allyship Mean In the Labor Party?
Image by Aurélia Durand Howra Al Timimy When I began my political journey, aged 17 and patterned with excitement and ambition, I found...
- Apr 15, 2021
Why Have We Won (in the ACT)?
MEL JAMES
- Apr 10, 2021
- Mar 31, 2021
Women Are Fed Up
TANYA PLIBERSEK
- Mar 31, 2021
What Is The Labor Base?
GEORGE SIMON
- Mar 30, 2021
Why Have We Won (In Queensland?)
JULIE-ANN CAMPBELL
- Mar 30, 2021
Marginal Seats Matter
JUSTINE KEAY
- Mar 30, 2021
Labor Needs To Win, And We Can
RYAN BATCHELOR
- Mar 28, 2021
We need a bold agenda
2020 was a year unlike any other in living memory, a year where nations across the globe were ravaged by COVID-19. Australia did not...
- Mar 26, 2021
#EnoughIsEnough: Why I #March4Justice
Sinead Simpkins Trigger Warning: Sexual assault, sexual abuse I’ve been volunteering with the Women’s March Sydney for the past four...
- Mar 23, 2021
Roll Out the Barrel
BY JANET RYAN
- Feb 26, 2021
What Price Human Rights?
When it comes to the rights we all enjoy, are older Australians left out in the cold? As the community waits for the release of the Royal...
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