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I am a regular participant in the pro-choice defence of the Fertility Control Clinic against anti-choice bigots. You may wonder why, as a male, I feel so strongly in attending. There are multiple factors influencing

United Voice, the union that organises childcare workers, has kicked off the Big Steps campaign to fight for pay increases for workers in the sector. More than 12,000 workers, childcare users and community supporters rallied

Aboriginal teenager, John Pat, was just 16 years old when he died in custody on 28 September 1983 at the Roebourne police station in Western Australia (WA). His mother, Mavis Pat, is still grieving his

When Jill Meagher was brutally kidnapped, raped and murdered just blocks from her Brunswick home late last year, the outrage was immense. A spontaneous “peace march” on September 30 attracted between 70,000 and 100,000 people,

In Victoria, one in five women experience violence in the home. In the U.S., one in four women experience abuse from a partner. As women experiencing domestic violence often discover, the system that claims to

For decades, Radical Women have been fighting against injustice. We fight with Indigenous populations when the government comes to steal their land. We walk the picket lines with workers as they battle their bosses. We

Secure and comfortable housing is getting beyond the reach of most people. Yet a study released in April found that of all the major cities in Australia, Melbourne is the hardest city to live in

Public housing is as essential as public transport, public hospitals and public schools. The benefits of public housing are its flexible rents, which make it truly affordable, and its security of tenure. In most instances,

South Australian Senator, Nick Xenophon, has outed himself as anything but independent from Australia’s employing classes. He has submitted a private member’s bill, which poses a severe threat to the take-home pay of some of

On October 10, 2008, the moment Victoria’s Parliament voted to legalise abortion, spectators from the far right leapt to their feet and yelled “Retribution!” and vowed to overturn the new law. This anti-abortion minority represents

Back in August, I watched an episode of the ABC panel show Q&A, titled “Big Ideas and Big Society.” Amongst the panellists was Phillip Blond, director of the British think-tank, ResPublica. Blond told viewers he

In Aotearoa New Zealand, anger continues to grow over the conservative National government’s reactionary social policies. Unions and activists are calling a National Day of Action on Friday, 5 October to protest against policies such

When the Indigenous Social Justice Association - Melbourne declared 2012 a year of action to stop Aboriginal deaths in custody, little did it know that in the very first week of the new year, Kwementyaye

On 3 April, Peter Clarke died in Alice Springs Hospital, aged 56. The issues surrounding his death have left the family with many questions and a determination to uncover the truth. He’d been scheduled for

On September 5, Victoria witnessed the biggest teacher strike in its history. Forty thousand state school teachers and support staff walked off the job, closing more than 400 schools across the state. Twenty thousand Australian

On October 10, 2008, abortion was legalised in Victoria. In poll after poll, Australians’ support for abortion has been consistently around 85 percent. Those opposed to abortion have consistently polled at 6 percent or less

Union Jack, by Dale Lorna Jacobsen, Copyright Publishing, 2011, 214 pages. ISBN 978-1876344801 The disgraceful behaviour of certain senior officials of the Health Services Union, past and present, is a blot on the good name

The Liberal government in Western Australia (WA) is preparing an assault on abortion rights. Some time this year, Attorney General Christian Porter will introduce a “foetal homicide” bill that would make the destruction of a