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Volunteer to Help Get Rid of Drug Dog Operations at Festivals: An Interview With Sniff Off

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Back in the old days, when people held music festivals, it used to be a time of great merriment. Youths could freely turn up to such events, where they were assured of having a grand time, as they forgot about...

Debunking the Myth that the Greens Caused the Bushfire Crisis: An Interview With MLC David Shoebridge

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Climate scientists have linked the length and intensity of the current bushfire season - and the extremely dry conditions that have led to it - to human-caused climate change. According to them, the fire crisis is all down to the...

Consider the Garment Worker Behind the Price Tag: An Interview With BCWS’ Kalpona Akter

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Increasingly, over the last decade, the labels on the cheap clothes at Australian fashion outlets read, “Made in Bangladesh”. And despite rising prices and inflation, the clothing coming out of the South Asian garment manufacturing powerhouse only seems to get...

Stop Morrison’s Straight White Privilege Laws: An Interview With CARR’s April

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The current bushfire crisis has exposed how out of line the Morrison government’s prioritising of the Religious Discrimination Bill actually is. It’s the legislation that’s purportedly necessary in order to protect those of faith in the community. However, there isn’t...

Sack Scott Morrison: An Interview With Uni Students for Climate Justice’s Gavin Stanbrook

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Despite the ongoing bushfire crisis, Scott Morrison didn’t see fit to cancel his official diplomatic tour of India until last Friday night. Scheduled to commence next Monday, the trade-related jaunt was expected to feature discussions related to Australia’s coal export...

Your PM Is an Arsonist: An Interview With Climate Expert Dr Saleemul Huq

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As 2019 tips over into 2020, the bushfire crisis continues to sweep through Australia. And after more than two months of constant flames in the eastern states, prime minister Scott Morrison is still no closer to admitting that the climate...

“You Have a Right to Know”: An Interview With Witness J

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The case involves Commonwealth orders that suppress the publishing of the identification of a former Australian intelligence official or the details of the charges that led to their imprisonment. Indeed, the details of the orders themselves are classified. Dubbed Witness...

The Injustice in Chile Continues: An Interview With Pinochet-Era Activist Paula Sanchez

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After more than two months of protests, the mass movement of grassroots Chileans calling for system change continues. And while the nation is often held up as a beacon of economic prosperity, those demonstrating are the overwhelming majority, who don’t...

Straight Talking Cannabis: An Interview With LoudCloudHealth’s Bojana Petkovic

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Fibromyalgia is a medical condition that intensifies pain. Characterised by widespread musculoskeletal agony, fibro is often accompanied by fatigue, sleep and mood issues. It’s more common in women than men. And there’s no known cure for this neurological health disorder....

“The Coal Industry is Dead”: An Interview With Miner Turned Activist Micah Weekes

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At around 6 am on 13 September last year, anti-coal protester Micah Weekes climbed on top of a 13,000 tonne freight train on Sandgate Bridge, Newcastle, with the aim of preventing it and other coal trains from making it to...
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