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Unions call on universities, gov’t to sanction Israel

Pip Hinman — Thu, 11 Sep 2025 14:30:00 +1000

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. Pip Hinman, Jim McIlroy, Jacob Andrewartha and Markela Panegyres report.

‘Voices for the Valley’ highlights fight against coal

Jim McIlroy — Tue, 02 Sep 2025 10:00:00 +1000

Voices for the Valley is a powerful documentary about the “small, but mighty”, 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.

NSW Art Gallery staff walk out over job cuts

Jim McIlroy — Mon, 01 Sep 2025 10:30:00 +1000

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

Palestinian environmentalist calls for solidarity against ecocide

Jim McIlroy — Mon, 25 Aug 2025 12:15:00 +1000

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

NSW unions rally for peace in Gaza

Jim McIlroy — Fri, 22 Aug 2025 16:00:00 +1000

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

ACTU floats four-day work week with no loss of pay

Jim McIlroy — Thu, 21 Aug 2025 05:00:00 +1000

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

Rising Tide ‘Action Camp’ draws a crowd

Jim McIlroy — Tue, 19 Aug 2025 11:00:00 +1000

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

A powerful view of Israeli genocide

Jim McIlroy — Tue, 12 Aug 2025 16:45:00 +1000

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

Mary Kostakidis: ‘We need to stand up for the truth’

Jim McIlroy — Tue, 05 Aug 2025 17:15:00 +1000

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

NSW appeals court halts Mount Pleasant coal mine expansion

Jim McIlroy — Tue, 29 Jul 2025 11:00:00 +1000

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

NAIDOC celebrates next generation of Black leaders

Jim McIlroy — Mon, 14 Jul 2025 15:15:00 +1000

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

Rising Tide’s new film launched on Gadigal Country

Jim McIlroy — Mon, 07 Jul 2025 13:15:00 +1000

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

Building peace from the grassroots

Jim McIlroy — Tue, 01 Jul 2025 15:00:00 +1000

Scholar and activist Marty Branagan examines how language, film, history, gender issues, the arts and religion “can contribute either to cultural violence or to cultures of peace” in his book, The Cultural Dimensions of Peacebuilding. Jim McIlroy reviews.

NSW budget helps developers at the expense of frontline workers

Jim McIlroy — Fri, 27 Jun 2025 16:00:00 +1000

NSW Labor’s 2025-26 budge hands subsidies to developers and other private businesses but largely ignores the welfare of workers and the poor. Jim McIlroy reports.

Unions, parties continue to press NSW Labor over workers’ compensation

Jim McIlroy — Mon, 16 Jun 2025 12:15:00 +1000

NSW Labor’s controversial amendments to severely limit workers’ right to access compensation for psychological injuries suffered at work has been sent to a second parliamentary inquiry. Jim McIlroy reports.

Healthscope collapse shows failure of privatised health

Jim McIlroy — Wed, 04 Jun 2025 13:30:00 +1000

NSW Coalition and Labor governments, which have allowed healthcare to become a profit-seeking industry, must rethink the public-private partnership model, argues Jim McIlroy.

Vale José Mujica (1935–2025): Uruguayan guerrilla and former president

Jim McIlroy — Sun, 01 Jun 2025 18:15:00 +1000

Jim McIlroy pays tribute to José (Pepe) Mujica, the leftist guerrilla fighter and later president of Uruguay, who died of cancer at the age of 89.

Climate protesters say no to Yancoal’s proposed open-cut coal mine expansion

Jim McIlroy — Thu, 29 May 2025 11:00:00 +1000

Climate protesters chanted “Yancoal, No way! End mining coal today!” outside the company’s annual general meeting at Darling Harbour in Gadigal Country/Sydney. Jim McIlroy reports.

Unionists protest NSW Labor’s cuts to workers’ compensation

Jim McIlroy — Mon, 26 May 2025 16:45:00 +1000

Several hundred unionists rallied outside the NSW Treasury to demand NSW Labor drop its proposed cuts to workers’ compensation laws. Jim McIlroy and Peter Boyle report.

Activist’s paste-up charges dismissed, colonial statue remains

Jim McIlroy — Mon, 12 May 2025 10:45:00 +1000

Anti-racist activist Stephen Langford had a partial win, with the District Court dismissing charges against him for pasting Governor Lachlan Macquarie’s own words on a piece of paper on his statue in Hyde Park. Jim McIlroy reports.

Pro-Palestine protesters: ‘Starvation is a weapon of war’

Jim McIlroy — Thu, 08 May 2025 14:30:00 +1000

Independent Citizens Against Apartheid protested in Martin Place with a presentation condemning Israel’s use of starvation as a weapon against the people of Gaza. Jim McIlroy reports.

Gomeroi, unions and MPs protest Santos’ Pilliga gas project

Jim McIlroy — Tue, 06 May 2025 16:45:00 +1000

First Nations people, unionists and environmental activists took their protest about Santos’ coal seam gas plans in the Pilliga Forest to NSW parliament, ahead of a decision by the Native Title Tribunal. Jim McIlroy reports.

Union warns of ‘devastating’ Coalition cuts to public service

Jim McIlroy — Thu, 17 Apr 2025 15:00:00 +1000

The Community and Public Sector Union is warning that Peter Dutton’s revised plan to cut public services would be devastating. Jim McIlroy reports.

50 years since the fall of Saigon — build the movement to liberate Palestine

Jim McIlroy — Fri, 11 Apr 2025 12:15:00 +1000

Fifty years ago, the world celebrated the historic victory of the National Liberation Front over the United States-backed puppet regime in South Vietnam, writes Jim McIlroy.

Whitehaven Coal protested as EPA looks to convict

Jim McIlroy — Fri, 11 Apr 2025 11:00:00 +1000

Climate protesters protested Whitehaven Coal outside NSW parliament, the same day the Land and Environment Court was to sentence the corporation. Jim McIlroy reports.

Re-Stor(y)ing Oceania

Jim McIlroy — Wed, 02 Apr 2025 13:45:00 +1100

After launching at the Venice Open Space last year, Re-Stor(y)ing Oceania is in Gadigal Country/Sydney at Artspace in Woolloomooloo. Jim McIlroy and Coral Wynter review.

Palestine campus activists, academics stand up to new McCarthyism

Jim McIlroy — Thu, 27 Mar 2025 10:45:00 +1100

Rank-and-file activists within the National Tertiary Education Union organised a national day of action for Palestine at nine university campuses. Jim McIlroy reports.

NSW parliament debates fair pay for nurses, midwives after being petitioned

Jim McIlroy — Fri, 21 Mar 2025 14:45:00 +1100

A petition calling on NSW parliament to deliver a substantial pay rise and better working conditions for nurses and midwives, signed by more than 38,000 people, was debated. Jim McIlroy reports.

MUA joins call on Maersk to end arms shipments to Israel

Jim McIlroy — Thu, 20 Mar 2025 15:30:00 +1100

The Maritime Union of Australia, together with community activists, rallied outside Danish shipping giant Maersk, demanding it stop sending weapons to Israel. Jim McIlroy reports.

Dutton ramps up culture war on women, work-from-home

Jim McIlroy — Tue, 11 Mar 2025 12:45:00 +1100

Dutton only has a handful of policies, mostly unpopular, but he is intent on pushing a culture war — this time against women who favour work-from-home arrangements. Jim McIlroy and Pip Hinman report.