The Sydney Basin Aboriginal Tent Embassy was officially opened at Victoria Park, Camperdown, with about 100 supporters showing solidarity. Jim McIlroy reports.
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Electrical Trades Union NSW/ACT secretary Allen Hicks has criticised private operator Transgrid for the lengthy power failures in Broken Hill and surrounds. Jim McIlroy reports.
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After years of campaigning by housing groups, New South Wales finally adopted reforms to the Residential Tenancies Act, including banning “no-grounds” evictions. Jim McIlroy reports.
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Four years after 1700 Qantas workers were sacked and outsourced, and a year after the High Court agreed that it was illegal, Qantas has been ordered to compensate them. Jim McIlroy reports.
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Labor now wants to keep the national broadband network, NBN Co, in public ownership, tabling a bill in parliament to that effect. Jim McIlroy reports.
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Protesters outside the Nature Positive Summit at the Sydney Convention Centre demanded that environment minister Tanya Plibersek take strong action to save natural habitat. Jim McIlroy reports.
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Australia is a world leader in species extinction and forest destruction, a March for Nature rally was told. Jim McIlroy reports.
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There were mixed results in the NSW local government elections, with campaigners reporting that cost-of-living, housing and the war in Gaza affected the vote. Jim McIlroy reports on the interim results.
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While almost all the candidates contesting the City of Sydney mayoral position say affordable housing is a critical issue, only some actually want to make the changes needed to make it so. Jim McIlroy reports.
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Socialist Alliance launched its “liveable city” campaign for the City of Sydney Council. That and housing justice are the ticket’s campaign priorities. Jim McIlroy reports.
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Voting by postal ballot is underway in the National Tertiary Education Union in the University of Sydney with union members having until August 30 to decide on their new representatives. Jim McIlroy reports.
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A public meeting discussed the disastrous legacy of the United States atomic bombing of Hiroshima in 1945 and the growing danger of Australia becoming involved in a possible nuclear war stemming from AUKUS. Jim McIlroy reports.