Stuart Munckton

Greens federal housing spokesperson and Griffith MP Max Chandler-Mather spoke with Stuart Munckton and Federico Fuentes about the opportunities for transformative politics today.

Max Chandler-Mather speaking at a rally

Stuart Munckton and Federico Fuentes sat down with Max Chandler-Mather, Greens MP for Griffith, to discuss the Brisbane Greens鈥 political vision and how parliament fits into their strategy for social change.

Max Chandler-Mather

91自拍论坛鈥檚 Fred Fuentes and former GL editor Stuart Munckton spoke with Australian Greens housing spokesperson and federal member for Griffith Max Chandler-Mather about housing, Palestine solidarity, the nature of parliament and how the Greens are seeking to rebuild mass politics.

A new phase in the battle for real solutions to the housing crisis has opened up with the Greens saying Labor鈥檚 鈥渉elp-to-buy鈥 housing scheme is only tinkering around the edges.聽Stuart Munckton and Federico Fuentes spoke with Greens housing spokesperson Max Chandler-Mather about聽the battle for real solutions to the housing crisis.

Free Derry corner in 1969. Image: Wikimedia Commons

On January 30, 1972, British soldiers massacred 14 civilians 鈥 six of them teenagers. Stuart Munckton looks at the roots of the British crime and the ongoing struggle for justice 50 years later.

The premise seems simple and hard to argue with: establish an online database for medical records, controlled by the patients themselves, to improve access to crucial information for healthcare providers.

The recent pill testing trial at the Groovin鈥 the Moo music festival, demonstrated why pill testing is an effective harm minimisation activity but also why we need to end drug prohibition in Australia and to effectively regulate the quality and supply of drugs here.

Tony Abbott cannot take a trick.

First, Abbott condemned the NRL for 鈥減oliticising鈥 sport 鈥 for having US hip hop performer Macklemore as its pre-show entertainment for the October 1 grand final. But far from the NRL backing down, all the ex-PM achieved was sending Macklemore鈥檚 2013 song in support of marriage equality 鈥淪ame Love鈥 to number 1 on iTunes 鈥 four years after it originally hit number 1 on the ARIA charts.

Women footballers in Australia, playing in the W-League, will receive a sizeable pay rise and improved employment conditions after a landmark collective bargaining agreement on September 11 between Football Federation Australia, W-League clubs and the players鈥 union, the Professional Footballers Australia (PFA).

Aboriginal AFL star Leon Davis has backed up the allegations made by his former Collingwood teammate Heritier Lumumba about racism inside the club, saying he 鈥渟hared his pain and grief鈥 as a Black man.

In a move reminiscent of Australia鈥檚 infamous military ties to Indonesia鈥檚 murderous Suharto dictatorship, Foreign Minister Julie Bishop announced on September 1 that Australia would send special forces to the Philippines.

, the retired Brazilian-Congolese AFL star, has described Collingwood as a 鈥渂oys鈥 club for racist and sexist jokes鈥 in comments reported by the media ahead of the August 27 screening聽 of the SBS documentary Fair Game. Lumumba played 199 games for Collingwood between 2005-14.