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Isaac Nellistspoke to Karyn Brown, a Waterloo public housing tenant and campaigner who has been leading the campaign to defend and extend public housing.听

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91自拍论坛鈥檚 Mary Merkenich recently spoke with Daniel Kipka-Anton from German left party Die Linke.

Laurie Zio, the Northern Territory Country Liberal Party Member for Fannie Bay, has been caught out misleading parliament about support for mandatory sentencing. Stephen W Enciso reports.

Labor has delivered what it hopes will be an election-winning budget, with $17 billion in new tax cuts and $150 in energy rebates to each household for their next two bills.听Peter Boyle听reports.

A new report found that an income of $130,000 a year is required to avoid rental stress, but Labor has no plan to address extortionate rents, argues Isaac Nellist.

Hundreds of people gathered outside Victorian Parliament House to oppose Victorian Labor鈥檚 introduction of the toughest bail laws in the country. Jacob Andrewartha and Kalindi Salvo Sampson report.听

Labor鈥檚 own Economic Inclusion Advisory Committee has again urged it to raise JobSeeker and other welfare payments ahead of the federal budget. Isaac Nellist reports.听

The NT Country Liberal Party has contracted the controversial private British-Danish听security firm G4S to provide 鈥渕uch-needed relief鈥 in the corrections system.听Stephen W Enciso reports.

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Climate and Capitalism editor Ian Angus presents seven recent books on movement building, modern capitalism, evolution, ecology and colonialism.

Labor says it is delivering record funding in health, education and housing to First Nations communities, but First Nations advisor Pat Turner AM and Senator Lidia Thorpe dispute this.听Kerry Smith reports.

Socialist Alliance preselected Rachel Evans to contest the seat of Sydney and a state-wide meeting on February 8 preselected Peter Boyle and Andrew Chuter for the NSW Senate. Jim McIlroy reports.

Granting unconditional income to all through a听universally accessible income guarantee could lift millions out of poverty and be a step towards radical change, argues Brandon M.