David Shoebridge's win in the latest pre-selection battle is a welcome reprieve for the left of the NSW party
Mag highlights
Turnbull’s budget delivers more handouts to the rich
The Coalition is handing out personal tax cuts in the hope of boosting their popularity. But their plan was quickly exposed as unfair.
Teachers say no to NAPLAN, and no to Gonski’s testing tool
NAPLAN does not have many friends left, but some of its critics just want more relentless testing. But NAPLAN must be replaced with greater time and respect for teachers, and fully funded public schools, rather than with more tests.
May 1968—worker and student revolt that stopped France
May 1968 showed the power of the working class to take control of society—even in the rich countries of the West, argues Miro Sandev
Unions
120,000 stop work in Melbourne to Change the Rules
Around 120,000 workers took over the streets of Melbourne on 9 May in an awesome display of working class power.
Refugees
International
Change sweeps Malaysia as Najib swept from power
Against all odds and despite blatant vote-rigging, the Barisan Nasional coalition which has ruled Malaysia since independence in 1957 was thrashed in the election on 9 May.
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