Gaye Demanuale on the close Pine Gap convergence | Tim O’Connor on Malcolm Turnbull’s pledge at the UN summit on refugees | Anna Boddenberg from Earthworker cooperative about the ‘walk with the valley’

Australian News: What caused South Australia's state-wide blackout?; https://www.greenleft.org.au/content/what-caused-south-australias-state-wide-blackout-1Rally to support anti-racist activist Jafr; https://www.greenleft.org.au/content/photos-rally-support-anti-racist-activist-jafri  ‘Priority Investment’: code for attacks on most vulnerable; https://www.greenleft.org.au/content/%E2%80%98priority-investment%E2%80%99-code-attacks-most-vulnerable   Welfare ‘reform’: New Zealand’s model for attacking the poor; https://www.greenleft.org.au/content/welfare-%E2%80%98reform%E2%80%99-new-zealand%E2%80%99s-model-attacking-poor    International News: Corbyn re-elected with bigger majority - huge win for Britain's left; https://www.greenleft.org.au/content/corbyn-re-elected-bigger-majority-huge-win-britains-left   United States: Charlotte erupts in rage; https://www.greenleft.org.au/content/united-states-charlotte-erupts-rage Interviews:Jacob and Zane interview activist Gaye Demanuale about the close Pine Gap convergence happening at the moment just outside Alice Springs. Listen here. Gaye notes the racial divide between Aboriginal people and white people during her first visit to the town and tells us why activists are calling for closure of the joint US- Australian military operations / spying facility. https://closepinegap.org/Jacob and Zane interview Tim O’Connor, CEO of the Refugee Council of Australia about Malcolm Turnbull’s pledge at the UN summit on refugees and migrants in New York to increase Australia’s refugee resettlement intake, and “the elephant in the room” that is the continued operation of Australia’s refugee torture camps on Manus and Nauru. Listen here.   https://www.refugeecouncil.org.au/media/rcoa-welcomes-commitments-displacement-urges-resolution-offshore-detention/Zane and Jacob interview Anna Boddenberg from Earthworker cooperative about the ‘walk with the valley’ and the announcement that the full closure of Hazelwood is likely to occur next year. Listen here. Anna paints a vision for how the Eureka’s future solar hot water co-op and other co-ops under the earthworker umbrella could ramp up to help absorb job losses from the closure of Hazelwood, while stressing that the project is not intended to be a ‘silver bullet’. http://earthworkercooperative.com.au/