The Combined Refugee Action Group (CRAG) launched its campaign to highlight the cruel treatment of refugees in the country鈥檚 most marginal electorate, Corangamite, on April 7.
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President Recep Tayyip Erdo臒an鈥檚 Justice and Development Party (AKP) suffered a historic defeat in Turkey鈥檚 local elections that even they could not spin as a victory.
Following the AKP鈥檚 loss of the three biggest economic centres of Istanbul, Izmir and Ankara, Erdo臒an鈥檚 balcony speech sounded defeated and defensive.
How did this happen? What role was, and will be played by the country鈥檚 main leftist coalition party, the People鈥檚 Democratic Party (HDP)?
Members of the Sudanese-Australian community protested outside a meeting between representatives of the regime of Sudanese President Omar Bashir and Australian business groups, in Belmore on April 10.
Thousands of unionists rallied around Australia on April 10 in the latest round of Change the Rules protests.
Brazilian solidarity activists rallied in Sydney on April 7.
Speakers called for the release of jailed former Brazilian president Lula Da Silva and spoke out against the far-right government of Jair Bolsonaro and its attacks on democracy.
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One hundred years after the Red flag Riots, Jim McIlroy looks at the polarisation after World War I, in which far-right aggression was incited by governments and 鈥渞espectable鈥 political forces.
Politicians are generally pretty bad at understanding information technology (IT) and the internet, especially when it comes to legislation. But Australia鈥檚 parliament is leading the world in terms of bad laws that effect technology, writes Viv Miley.
Single mother of three Juanita McLaren in the United Nations in March against the Australian government over its discrimination against single mothers.
McLaren is being supported by the National Council of Single Mothers and their Children which wants the parenting payments鈥 scheme and the newly-introduced ParentsNext program to be held up to greater scrutiny.
The federal Coalition government announced a planned budget surplus for 2019-20 on April 2. Disgracefully, again, one of the most important areas of 鈥渟avings鈥 was the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS).
The planned surplus relies on 鈥渁 $3 billion underspend in the National Disability Insurance Scheme, after a $3.4 billion underspend in the current financial year,鈥 to the ABC鈥檚 Laura Tingle.
In early March, we saw the raw power of fossil fuel capitalism on full display in Perth. The Western Australia Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) released a policy requiring big offshore oil and gas operators to provide 100% carbon offsets for all their emissions.
Greens candidate for the inner Brisbane federal seat of Griffith Max Chandler-Mather is running an ambitious and energetic campaign. It is also arguably one of the most left-wing Greens campaigns in the country.
The farcical by Coalition Prime Minister Scott Morrison and his minister for small and family business Senator Michaelia Cash says a lot about the state of Australian politics.
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