Three activists scaled the roof of immigration minister Peter Dutton鈥檚 Brisbane electorate office on November 2 to protest the government鈥檚 proposed new immigration law.
Activists Scarlett Squire, Kelly Purnell and Ellen Sargent climbed the roof and unfurled an Australian flag covered in blood.
Under the proposed law, any asylum seeker attempting to enter Australia by boat will be banned from ever entering the country.
Results in the October 22 Victorian local council elections were mixed.
The Greens won big increases in representation in Melbourne鈥檚 inner city councils, the two socialist councillors retained their positions, but racists retained their positions on a couple of councils.
The Greens stood more candidates than in previous council elections. They retained 13 of their 16 council seats and won an extra 16 council seats.
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull is seeking to make changes to Australia鈥檚 national environment act to stop conservation groups from challenging ministerial decisions on major resource developments and other matters of environmental importance.
A police action on October 28 evicted occupants of Bendigo Street houses, which had been compulsorily acquired by the former coalition government for the East West Link project that was later scrapped by Labor.
Joel from the Homeless Persons Union of Victoria told 91自拍论坛 Weekly the eviction was in violation of an agreement with the state government that the houses would be vacated and the keys handed over to assigned occupants of public housing.
The house which was seized was waiting to be occupied by First Nations occupants, he said.
Hundreds of people attended the first leg of the 100% Renewables Roadshow in Adelaide on October 31, demonstrating strong community support for renewable energy in South Australia.
Solar Citizens National Director Claire O鈥橰ourke spoke about their Homegrown Power Plan, which maps out a proposal for how Australia can get to 100% renewable energy by 2030.
The regime of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdo臒an took a further leap towards undisguised dictatorship, intensifying its crackdown against the democratic and left-wing opposition, independent media and the Kurdish population.
On October 25, Co-Mayors of the Diyarbak谋r (Amed) Metropolitan Municipality, G眉ltan K谋艧anak and F谋rat Anl谋, members of the Kurdish Democratic Regions Party (DBP), were arrested.
The Illawarra Knitting Nannas Against Gas (IKNAG) quizzed candidates in the November 12 Wollongong by-election in a Meet the Candidates knit-in on October 29.
鈥淩ight now the Stop CSG fight is neither won nor lost,鈥 said Nanna Annie Marlow. 鈥淎fter passing legislation a year ago on its Strategic Release Framework the Baird government has stalled. One year on there is not a murmur from Parliament House of where they intend to allow coal seam gas mining in NSW and the Nannas are nervous because there is no area in the state that is protected.鈥
Geelong Trades Hall announced on November 2 that Tim Gooden has formally resigned as secretary and treasurer after 11 years at the council鈥檚 helm.
Colin Vernon, formerly an Industrial Health and Safety Organiser in Geelong with the Construction Forestry Mining and Energy Union, Forestry and Furniture Products Division, was endorsed as secretary.
Gooden notified Trades Hall of his decision to vacate the positions in a letter to president Jacqueline Kriz.
Veteran socialist filmmaker Ken Loach鈥檚 new film I, Daniel Blake, tells the story of two people trying to survive under Britain鈥檚 increasingly cruel welfare system.
Many conservatives have claimed the film presents a 鈥渞omanticised鈥 view of the poor and that the harsh realities it depict are exaggerated 鈥 despite a large number of real-life examples similar to those features in Loach鈥檚 film. Below, comedian Mark Steel responds to Daily Mail columnist Toby Young, who said the film 鈥渄idn鈥檛 ring true鈥. It first appeared at The Independent.
A bill in Ireland to ban hydraulic fracturing, or , passed the first stage of approval on October 27 as lawmakers voted it through the country鈥檚 House of Representatives (D谩il Eireann).
Hazelwood Power Station, Australia鈥檚 dirtiest power generator and many decades past its 鈥渦se by鈥 date, will finally close on March 31.
Hazelwood鈥檚 closure is symbolic because of its size, its history and because it provides 20% of Victoria鈥檚 power. But technological advances and environmental concerns have finally caught up with it.
In May, majority owner ENGIE鈥檚 CEO Isabelle Kocher said the company was reviewing its remaining coal plants one by one and would close those with the most outdated technology.
Staff of the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) have overwhelmingly rejected a proposed enterprise bargaining agreement that would cut workplace rights and conditions, for a pay rise well below inflation. A ballot announced on November 1 revealed that 70% of eligible staff voted against CSIRO management's proposed EBA, dealing a further setback to the Turnbull government's faltering public sector bargaining policy.