To Deborah Terry AC and the University of Queensland,

My name is Ian Curr, I am an alumnus of the University of Queensland, the Education Vice President of the UQ students union in 1976-77 and former staff and NTEU member.… Go to Article

To: Minister for Transport, overseeing the delivery of Cross River Rail,

Dear Brent Mickelberg,

I am seeking information regarding the Albert Street Green Spine and its implications for public assembly and democratic rights both during the construction phase and following the completion of the project.… Go to Article

We sent it down in the Night of Power!
But how can you know what is the Night of Power?
The Night of Power is better than a thousand months,
In it, the angels and the Spirit are sent swarming down
By their Lord’s leave, attending to every command
Peace is that Night, till the break of dawn.… Go to Article

” … across the gulf of space, minds that are to our minds as ours are to the beasts in the jungle, intellects vast, cool and unsympathetic, regarded this earth with envious eyes, and slowly and surely drew their plans against us.”… Go to Article

There is something quietly absurd about a cycling jersey becoming a flashpoint for corporate cowardice. Yet that is precisely what happened when an Australian sportswear manufacturer, refused to produce a winter, long sleeved jersey for the Big Ride for Palestine SA — a community cycling group raising awareness for peace in one of the world’s most devastating conflicts.… Go to Article

I first attended the Brisbane Dental Hospital and College on Turbot Street in the city in the early 1970s.   it was an emergency.… Go to Article

Alex Macdonald Memorial Lecture.

Australian Society for the Study of Labour History, Brisbane Branch. 
ETU Offices, 41 Peel street, South Brisbane. … Go to Article

Now more than ever we need to support the Cuban people. With threats of invasion by the United states and a crippling blockade hitting the economy this initiative by the Australian Cuba friendship society is important.… Go to Article

We suffer from an incurable disease: hope. – Darwish.

Ceasefire is (temporary) suspension of hostilities; an agreement made to effect this; a truce – Oxford English Dictionary.… Go to Article

ASIO, the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation, is Australia’s domestic security intelligence agency. It engages in intelligence gathering, analysis and security assessments concerning matters that affect Australia’s security within Australia.… Go to Article

Members United is a rank-and-file group of CPSU members who aim to expand union democracy, while also building up our capacity to take industrial action and win real improvements to our lives.… Go to Article

Although I wasn’t invited to shake hands with Hitler, I wasn’t invited to the White House to shake hands with the President either – Jesse Owens

Where support for racist apartheid was strongest in Australia — in Queensland — the resistance was strongest too.… Go to Article

Gazelles like to die among their people. Falcons don’t care where they die. – Ghassan Kanafani, Men in the Sun : A novel: Three men die in a strange way.… Go to Article

“The day of the political street march is over. Anybody who holds a street march, spontaneous or otherwise, will know they are acting illegally … don’t bother applying for a march permit.… Go to Article

This is the second major government attack on Aboriginal sovereignty in Brisbane Magan-djin in the past 15 years. The first came in 2012, when hundreds of police moved on the Aboriginal Sovereign Embassy at Musgrave Park.… Go to Article

Friday, 29 May 2026
The Goori Embassy at Barambin / Victoria Park is under attack by Queensland Police. Brisbane City council are clearing the camp that has been resisting the destruction of land to be used for the 2032 Olympic Games.… Go to Article

After bad weather forced us to cancel our May Foco Nuevo, we’re really pleased to reschedule the Combined Unions Choir for our June Foco Nuevo, along with Rebecca Wright, joining Jumping Fences (in duo format!).… Go to Article

“But right now, the Greens are stagnating, and there’s no evidence that’s suddenly going to change unless the party shakes up its approach.… Go to Article

This is a review of Trump’s deal leaves Iran in the driver’s seat by Laura Tingle, ABC 7.30 25 May 26

Firstly, we should not conceive of what is happening in the Middle East as a matter of winners and losers.… Go to Article

Sam Watson welcome home to Magan-djin after Global Sumud Flotilla aid mission to Gaza.

Sam Watson was welcomed home to Magan-djin by around 70 supporters at Brisbane Domestic Airport yesterday after a terrible ordeal on the high seas and in detention at the hands of genocidal Israeli soldiers.… Go to Article

While the Queensland Council of Unions has announced its latest industrial campaign around wages, it seems seriously out of touch with the mood of the broader struggle unfolding across Australia.… Go to Article

My preferred option is for nothing to change – the impacts outweigh any benefits in my opinion! – Trevor Berrill, renewables engineer and wind surfer, May 2026

We post this report on a planned boat harbour at Wellington Point.… Go to Article

I stood in an olive grove in Beita,
And witnessed a killing at close range.
I returned carrying that memory with me,
And nothing I’ve known has been quite the same.… Go to Article

The Global Sumud Flotilla has held a press conference in Türkiye following the release and deportation of international activists kidnapped by Israeli occupation forces on the high seas while attempting to sail humanitarian aid to Gaza.… Go to Article

Supporters of the Sumud flotilla gathered outside the office of the federal Member for Moreton, on Quandamooka land, on Thursday morning demanding action over the detention of Aboriginal activist Sam Watson by Israeli forces during a humanitarian mission to Gaza.… Go to Article

Background

The seat of Stafford was held by my chemistry teacher’s son, Terry Gygar. He was what you might have called a “Menzies Catholic” — that is, someone aligned with the Liberal Party because Menzies provided subsidies to help Catholics educate their children.… Go to Article