Australia (Labor Party)

2+ hour, 57+ min ago   (790+ words) September 15, 2026 — 6:57pm Western Australia’s top child protection worker has been ordered to take the reins of investigations into vulnerable children in South Hedland following revelations children as young as five were staying at a Department of Housing and Works house unsupervised....

2+ hour, 51+ min ago   (718+ words) The premier’s office was told a taxpayer-funded staffer was campaigning for a Liberal candidate and said it was not okay, but never followed it up, a parliamentary committee has heard. Shari Minnikin-Smith told the Select Committee on Caretaker Conventions today…...

14+ hour, 45+ min ago   (478+ words) Labour leader Chris Hipkins says his party cannot bring back the government KiwiSaver contributions to what they were, but is blaming the government for making the cuts in the first place. As part of Budget 2025, the government halved its KiwiSaver…...

5+ hour, 13+ min ago   (915+ words) In contrast, electors born in Mainland China (5% support One Nation), Nepal (6%), Pakistan, Vietnam and Sri Lanka (all 7%), India (8%), United States and Canada (9%), Asia (9%), Malaysia (10%), Africa – not including South Africa (11%) and Central and South America (12%), Philippines (16%), and the Middle East (17%) are…...

8+ hour, 24+ min ago   (357+ words) It’s really concerning to hear the fixed-term contracts of nurses working in Medical Specialist Clinics at Wellington Clinics are not being extended. The Greens stand with HACSU nurses striking as the Liberals’ $700 million of cuts impact frontline health services. Nurses…...

6+ hour, 9+ min ago   (338+ words) There has been much speculation about whether the Greens will be able to hold their three Inner Melbourne electorates – Brunswick, Melbourne and Richmond at this year’s Victorian State Election being held on Saturday November 28 in just over two months’ time....

16+ hour, 54+ min ago   (698+ words) September 15, 2026 — 5:00am State Labor MPs are bracing for a tense confrontation with their own government over the failure to pass new anti-slavery laws, taking the highly unusual step of seeking to present a backbench bill to the party’s caucus and force…...

7+ hour, 35+ min ago   (821+ words) It is with a heavy sense of loss that we report the death of comrade Steve Brown, a member of the Socialist Equality Party (Australia) for ten years. Steve died in hospital on September 8, suffering what has been initially diagnosed…...

17+ hour, 54+ min ago   (722+ words) September 15, 2026 — 4:00am Labor leveraged an invite-only $20 million fund to install CCTV networks across critical electorates, prioritising its own seats and high-value Coalition targets before the last election. The Coalition seized on the “Strengthening Community Safety” program as another example of Labor…...

5+ hour, 58+ min ago   (514+ words) The protesters interrupted a show held by Swedish brand COS. The head of America's leading trade association for fashion has been placed on leave after he was captured on video physically restraining two animal rights protesters who disrupted a New…...