Hundreds marched from Flemington to North Melbourne to oppose Victorian Labor鈥檚 plans to demolish 44 public housing towers. Darren Saffin reports.
Housing
Public housing tenants and advocates demanded genuine solutions to the housing crisis outside NSW Parliament on World Eradicate Poverty Day. Rachel Evans 谤别辫辞谤迟蝉.听
Residents in the City of Greater Geelong are concerned about an inappropriate planning application for a vacant block on the corner of Nevada Avenue and Cox Road. Sue Bull reports.
Labor is trying again to push its 鈥淗elp to Buy鈥 housing scheme back to parliament, even though a Senate vote delayed consideration of the bill until November. Alex Bainbridge reports.
Braden Smith, Greens candidate for Currumbin in the Queensland election, believes the challenges to transition away from a reliance on mining and energy are huge, but not insurmountable. Susan Price reports.
It is not enough to 鈥減unish Labor鈥 in coming elections. The real challenge is to build a political alternative that will act for the majority, not slavishly serve the billionaire class, argue Sue Bull, Jacob Andrewartha 补苍诲听Sam Wainwright.听
Support for Green Party Presidential candidate Jill Stein and Vice Presidential candidate Butch Ware is the highest since the party鈥檚 candidate Ralph Nader ran for president of the United States in 2000, report Barry Sheppard and Malik Miah.
Labor is accusing the Greens of working with the Coalition to stop it from enacting its 鈥淗elp to Buy鈥 scheme.听The Greens respond it will only help 0.2% of those needing a place to call home and want to negotiate something better.听Alex Bainbridge reports.
There were mixed results in the NSW local government elections, with campaigners reporting that cost-of-living, housing and the war in Gaza affected the vote. Jim McIlroy reports on the interim results.
The defence minister and the City of Greater Geelong are enthusiastic about becoming a defence manufacturing zone, but not everyone agrees. Sue Bull reports.
Isaac Nellist and Riley Breen discuss the A30 global day of action for West Papua, the tragic death of 23-year-old refugee Mano and plans for a new weapons manufacturing hub in Muloobinba/Newcastle.听
It's often said that housing is a human right. Kevin Bell's new book takes some first steps towards making it a reality in the Australian context, writes Andrew Chuter.
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