Australia

Despite the NSW Public Service Association incumbents trying to weaponise the Members Coalition鈥檚 (MC) support for justice for Palestine, several MC members won spots in the recent delegate elections. Steve O'Brien reports.

Protesters in Naarm/Melbourne express solidarity with targeted Palestinian journalists, August 17

The Israeli military continued attacks on Gaza City, as protesters in Australia gear up for a major national rally.听Pip Hinman听补苍诲听Alex Bainbridge听report.

A well-attended meeting at the Victorian Trades Hall endorsed the call for unions to join the National Day of Action on August 24. Jacob Andrewartha reports.

Several hundred people attended climate organisation Rising Tide鈥檚 Action Camp at the Addison Road Community Centre. Jim McIlroy reports.

Algal blooms are produced by a combination of temperature, sunlight and nutrients allowing aquatic microorganisms to multiply at exceptional rates. But, as听Renfrey Clarke reports,听the current catastrophe is unprecedented.

The looming Combat Antisemitism Movement summit on the Gold Coast is backed by an assortment of human rights advocates, astroturfers, property developers and Zionist agitators, as Wendy Bacon and Yaakov Aharon explain.听

Pas Forgione reports that, after nearly three and a half years in office, South Australian Labor has barely made a dent in the state鈥檚 acute housing shortage.

Western Australian Labor鈥檚 proposed amendment to the Criminal Code, dubbed the 鈥減ost and boast bill鈥, could easily be used against grassroots groups seeking to force Labor to act on various reforms.听Maz Misiewicz reports.

The Defend Dissent Coalition organised a protest against Labor鈥檚 鈥淪ocial Cohesion Pledge鈥, which would further restrict the right to protest.听Jake Maison reports.

Pro-Palestine groups and individuals have responded to Labor鈥檚 announcement about recognising Palestine as a state with demands that it take concrete measures to stop Israel鈥檚 genocide. Alex Bainbridge reports.

As we witness the genocide in Gaza, and a world descending deeper into fascism and war, creative protest and coalition-building helps build a strong and sustainable peace movement, writes Alexander Brown.

Labor will set a new 2035 greenhouse gas emissions reduction target to take to the United Nations climate summit in November.听Peter Boyle argues that as the world鈥檚 third-largest fossil fuel exporter, it needs to be much higher than what is being touted.听