Jim McIlroy

The National Tertiary Education Union, together with the Australian Services Union and the Community and Public Sector Union, among others, joined a national protest to demand that Labor impose sanctions on Israel.聽Pip Hinman, Jim McIlroy, Jacob Andrewartha and Markela Panegyres report.

Voices for the Valley is a powerful documentary about the 鈥渟mall, but mighty鈥, community of Wollar, on the edge of Mudgee, in New South Wales, which has spent more than 20 years resisting the relentless damage of coal mining, reports Jim McIlroy.

More than 100 staff working at the Art Gallery of NSW and their supporters protested NSW Labor鈥檚 plan to cut 51 jobs from the gallery workforce. Jim McIlroy reports.

Professor Mazin Qumsiyeh, an environmental scientist from Bethlehem University, was a keynote speaker at a forum on the Palestine ecocide. Jim McIlroy reports.

Unions NSW organised a 鈥淯nions for Peace鈥 rally at Town Hall Square on Gadigal Country/Sydney, the first such action it has organised since Israel ramped up its聽genocide in Gaza in October 2023. Jim McIlroy reports.

Calendar showing 4-day workweek

The Australian Council of Trade Unions has聽urged a national move towards a four-day workweek, in a proposal put to the federal Labor government鈥檚 Economic Reform Roundtable.聽Jim McIlroy聽reports.

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

Detail of movie poster

Gaza: Doctors Under Attack is a powerful account of Israel鈥檚 systematic targeting of medical staff as part of its genocidal war against Palestinian people in Gaza, writes Jim McIlroy.

Mary Kostakidis told a public meeting, called to support her defence against the聽Zionist Federation of Australia,聽that everyone needs聽to stand up for the truth. Jim McIlroy reports.

The NSW Court of Appeal overturned the 2022 Independent Planning Commission鈥檚 approval of MACH Energy Australia鈥檚 proposal to expand its Mount Pleasant coal mine in the Hunter Valley. Jim McIlroy reports.

Young Black leaders marked this year鈥檚 National Indigenous Day of Commemoration by discussing the challenges they face. Jim McIlroy reports.

Turning the Ship, the new Rising Tide film about last November鈥檚 People鈥檚 Blockade of Newcastle coal port, was launched by 300 people in Gadigal Country/Sydney. Jim McIlroy reports.