Steve O'Brien

As Labor pitches AUKUS as an opportunity for 鈥渉igh tech鈥 jobs, the聽City of Newcastle聽is conducting a survey that urges respondents to approve of a missile factory, adjacent the Newcastle Airport/Williamtown Air Force base.

Trade unions have led the fight for peace since the fight against conscription in World War I. Steve O鈥橞rien argues that we need to resist attacks on the trade union movement, because it will stymie the peace movement.聽

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Isaac Nellist and Riley Breen discuss the A30 global day of action for West Papua, the tragic death of 23-year-old refugee Mano and plans for a new weapons manufacturing hub in Muloobinba/Newcastle.聽

David Bradbury cr Steve O'Brien

Steve O鈥橞rien caught up with David Bradbury, independent filmmaker and twice Academy Award-nominated director and producer, at the 2023 Climate Camp in Newcastle. Bradbury鈥檚 latest film, The Road To War, is currently being screened around Australia.

Reclaim the night in Newcastle, justice for women

More than 200 people reclaimed Beaumont Street in Hamilton, Newcastle, on October 28 as part of Reclaim the Night, reports Steve O'Brien.

Margaret McLellan travelled to East Timor, visited refugees in the Villawood Detention Centre and was involved in the Saint Vincent de Paul Society and Christians for Peace.聽Steve O'Brien 补苍诲听Niko Leka reflect on her life.

The NSW Public Service Association is the latest union to challenge the New South Wales government鈥檚 2.5% wage cap. Steve O'Brien reports.

Thousands marched in the annual Palm Sunday鈥檚聽walk for justice for refugees in Melbourne. Supporters of refugee rights also took to the streets in Canberra and Newcastle.聽Chloe DS, Elizabeth Trenchos,聽Paul Oboohov 补苍诲听Steve O'Brien听谤别辫辞谤迟.

Unionists and their聽families rallied for secure jobs on February 19. Steve O'Brien reports

Community-minded people can successfully challenge powerful interests, and the governments that serve them, to create communities that are sustainable, affordable, socially just and inclusive, writes Steve O'Brien.

CFMEU members are campaigning for an enterprise agreement, three years after the old one expired. Steve O'Brien reports.

An eleventh-hour reprieve has saved the Hamilton Community Pantry, reports Steve O'Brien.