Climate crisis

Socialist Alliance Senate candidate Niko Leka believes the election will be a pivotal time for climate action and said his PhD in Public Health would see him prioritise preventative healthcare nationally.Maia O’Connor reports.

More than 1000students, workers and activists marched on May 6 to call for urgent action on climate change. Isaac Nellist reports.

Australian landscape

Progressive filmmaker, Damon Gameau spoke with 鶹ý about his new film, a response to the devastating 2019–20 bushfires.

Socialist Alliance Victorian Senate candidate Felix Dancecriticised the Coalition's “khaki election” strategy, saying “war is a racket”.

For a fourth time a Senate committee investigating contentious oil and gas exploration in theBeetaloo Basinin the Northern Territoryhas had to ask for an extension, largely because of corporate favours. Pip Hinman reports.

Socialist Alliance candidate for LeichhardtPat O'Shane discusses some ofthe critical issues in this federal election:housing,healthcare,education and First Nations peoples' rights.

Queensland Nationals Senator Matt Canavan's“net zero is dead” campaign should hardly come asa surprise, arguesBinoy Kampmark.

Sue Bolton,Socialist Alliance candidate for Wills and a Moreland City Councillor,argues thatLabor's "small target" election strategy risks helping the right make more gains.

Activists blockaded Newcastle Port, the world’s biggest coal port, on April 24. Niko Leka reports.

Socialist Alliance candidateRenee LeessaysMatt Canavan only speaks for the coal barons, not regional Queensland. Kerry Smith reports.

2022 Durban floods

Patrick Bond and Mary Galvin report on the recent catastrophic floods in Durban,which have exposed the Cyril Ramaphosagovernment’s criminal negligence and failure to take action on climate change.

Global military spending rose last year to more than US$2.8 trillion, an average of more than $8.1 billion every day, according tothe Stockholm International Peace Research Institute. Kerry Smith reports.