Under Australia’s migration system—principally the Migration Act 1958—the Minister (currently Andrew Giles) has significant powers. These include:

• Refusing or cancelling visas on “character” or security grounds
• Intervening personally in cases deemed in the “public interest”
• Setting or influencing policy directions applied by the Department of Home Affairs

Australian migration law and administrative practice—particularly around work, student, and family visas—operate in a way that systematically disadvantages Palestinians, especially those seeking refuge from settler violence in the West Bank and genocide in Gaza refuge, even when supported by Australian family members.… Go to Article

Callout for Volunteers

Volunteers are needed to help hand out Unionists for Palestine leaflets at the Brisbane and Ipswich Labour Day events this weekend.… Go to Article

Pedal Party Magandjin presents the Ride for Revolution – a rolling ride through the streets of Magandjin to celebrate the feminist history of our town.… Go to Article

Israel hates things beginning with ‘H’

Hamas, Hezbollah, Hormuz … Humanity

– Sundeep Bhardwaj

A friend sent me this video: “China Quietly Built a 10,400km Railway to Iran — The US is Terrified”

Hmm … I don’t like the click bait title.… Go to Article

This article in the March 2026 issue of Arena draws on Can robots dream of becoming time-poor? what future for labour-times?… Go to Article

The Queensland government’s attack on members of Justice for Palestine Magan-djin has been backed by Jillian Segal, the Australian government’s ‘special auditor of hate’.… Go to Article

Stop all the clocks, cut off the telephone,
Prevent the dog from barking with a juicy bone,
Silence the pianos and with muffled drum
Bring out the coffin, let the mourners come.… Go to Article

I am afraid, oh my heart,
to grow up in this exile;
and my homeland may not recognize me.
Take me, take me —
take me back home.… Go to Article

Please join us for our monthly meeting and other activities, actions and events, and feel free to send us your items of interest and ideas for meetings.… Go to Article

‘No boy. These mob got no love in them.’ – Macow in The Kadaitcha Sung – A novel by Sam Watson Penguin Books (1990)

While universities remain focussed on ‘anti-semitism‘, they are refusing to acknowledge Israel’s genocide and ethnic cleansing in Palestine and Lebanon.… Go to Article

I am afraid, oh my heart,
to grow up in this exile;
and my homeland may not recognize me.
Take me, take me —
take me back home.… Go to Article

4PR. What are the risks to Australia?

Fossil fuel Expert: We are running out of fuel, particularly diesel.

4PR: How much diesel do we have left, particularly after the fire at the Geelong refinery?… Go to Article

By order of a Queensland Government directive we have REDACTED a phrase from all articles and comments on workersbushtelegraph.com.au posted after 5 March 2026. … Go to Article

Grazie Tutta, primo round della campagna «Not our Laws», 18 Aprile, 2026

The score so far:

JFP – Magandjin 1

Crisafuli 0

It would be good if people could round up some friends and come today, 1 PM.… Go to Article

A number of  people in my family have witnessed the great war for civilisation in West Asia.  Coming from settler colonial countries, their descriptions are often biased and distainful of indigenous people in the Levant and do not mention the Palestinian people at all.… Go to Article

The ABC reported (10/4/26)

Mr Dutton’s appointment was announced on Friday alongside that of former Queensland Labor assistant minister Michael Choi.… Go to Article

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Gracias a la vida que me ha dado tanto
Me ha dado la marcha de mis pies cansados
Con ellos anduve ciudades y charcos
Playas y desiertos, montañas y llanos
Y la casa tuya, tu calle y tu patio – Jorge Drexler

Each year, Australia to Cuba with Love and the Big Ride for Palestine Australia bring people together in solidarity with two beleaguered countries under blockades by the United States (Cuba) and Israel (Palestine)— and this year, we rode to raise awareness of nearly 1,000 days of Israel’s genocide in Gaza and to end the United States blockade of Cuba.… Go to Article

In less than two months it will be 1,000 days into the genocide in Gaza. the UK Labour government has decided to send in police against Palestine Action despite having been overruled in the High Court.… Go to Article

Does the expression “From the River to the Sea” describe the borders of Palestine, or of Israel, or of both? Israel’s officially recognized borders are defined by international treaties with Egypt and Jordan, while other boundaries remain disputed or are based on armistice lines.… Go to Article

“Cuban eye doctors in Jamaica are the only reason why my grandmother didn’t go fully blind in one eye after she got a botched surgery.… Go to Article

Introduction
*”The centers of power and control, and the interests of policymakers in the United States, dedicate all their media, artistic, cinematic, and literary platforms to manipulating minds to achieve their goals through a policy of disinformation — a cornerstone of their indoctrination system.… Go to Article

1978 was the first year we carried the Red Contingent banner. There were 12,000 people behind us including the socialist parties, the Latin Americans, the Campaign Against Nuclear Power, and the Civil Liberties Coordinating committee with their Unite in oppositionto State and Federal governments banner plus the anarchists and Friends of the Earth.… Go to Article

“WE GOT HIM! My fellow Americans, over the past several hours, the United States Military pulled off one of the most daring Search and Rescue Operations in U.S.… Go to Article

88% of Israeli voters support war crimes against the Palestinians and the bombing of Iran Lebanon Iraq and Syria.

Israel president Herzog is part of a Zionist death cult responsible for the extermination of Palestinians Arabs and Iranians.… Go to Article

Open letter to the Queensland premier David Crissafulli and my local member Di Farmer.

The Queensland Government has blood on its hands.… Go to Article

“I don’t get it, why would the government ban ‘from the river to the sea‘?” said the Brisbane City Cat Deckhand.… Go to Article