Niko Leka

Hundreds attend Rising Tide meeting, call for no new coal

Hundreds attended a forum to discuss why fossil fuel projects should not be given the go-ahead in a time of climate crisis. Niko Leka reports.

Rising Tide: 鈥榃e have to build a movement to stop coal鈥

Niko Leka asked Alexa Stewart from Rising Tide about the protest in Muloobinba/Newcastle in November to block the world鈥檚 biggest coal port.

Protesters march on NSW Parliament. Photo: Peter Boyle

World Environment Day protests demand urgent action on climate, scrap anti-protest laws

Climate activists 补苍诲听unionists聽rallied in various cities for World Environment Day, calling for an end to new coal and gas projects for anti-protest laws to be scrapped. Jim McIlroy, Sue Bull & Niko Leka听谤别辫辞谤迟.听

Video: A participant reflects on the Newcastle Climate Camp 2023 and direct action that stopped a coal train

Niko Leka reflects on the April 15鈥16 Climate Camp protest in Mulubinba/Newcastle that took direct action to stop a coal train.

A rising tide of climate activists stop coal train

Climate activists stopped a coal train at Sandgate, near Newcastle, for several hours聽in protest at the damaging industry. Niko Leka reports.

Join the movement to shut down the world鈥檚 biggest coal port

A Rising Tide climate camp, from April 14-17, is set to launch a campaign to shut down the world鈥檚 biggest coal port by 2030. Niko Leka reports.

Smash the patriarchy, marchers sing on International Women鈥檚 Day

The Hunter Workers Women鈥檚 Committee continued the tradition of loud and proud street marches with its聽International Women鈥檚 Day. 狈颈办辞听尝别办补 reports.

Protester holds sign reading 'We are the grand children of the ancestors you couldn't kill'

Thalia Anthony: 鈥楥olonialism continues in Alice Springs鈥

In a recent address, Professor Thalia Anthony discussed colonisation through a Marxist framework, including the ongoing impacts on First Nations people in Alice Springs. Niko Leka reports.

Packed-out lecture hears Behrouz Boochani talk of freedom

Kurdish Iranian journalist Behrouz Boochani launched his new book at UNSW, telling a packed-out聽audience that thousands of refugees are still in limbo. Niko Leka reports.

Challenger ticket wins 39% of NSW Nurses and Midwives Association vote

In the first contested election in the New South Wales Nurses and Midwives Union since 2003, John-Paul Marx, who ran on 鈥淎 Smarter Union鈥 ticket, received 38.7% of the vote. Niko Leka reports.

Vale Margaret McLellan, 1942-2022

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.

Never forget: SIEV-X memorial unveiled

Hunter Asylum Seeker Advocacy organised a ceremony to mark the unveiling of a plaque commemorating the tragic sinking of SIEV-X 21 years ago. Niko Leka reports.