Kerry Smith

Sovereign cinema

Sovereign Cinema celebrates Indigenous perspectives on climate, ecology, culture and custodianship

Sovereign Cinema, part of Melbourne's Environmental Film Festival, is a one-day mini-festival on December 10, reports Kerry Smith.

Refugees demand Labor grants them permanent visas, as promised

Refugees and their supporters converged on Parliament to demand the federal government act on its promise to give 19,000 refugees permanent visas. Kerry Smith reports.

Asia-Pacific left parties condemn attacks on the Kurds

Parties from across the Asia-Pacific have issued the following joint statement in response to the attacks by Turkey and Iran on Kurdish communities.

NSW nurses and midwives take fourth strike to demand safe ratios

“We are heroes, but we are treated as zeros,” a NSW Nurses and Midwives Association nurse said at their fourth strike this year. Kerry Smith reports.

Freedom Movement of Iran: ‘Australian gov’t does not seem to have heard our voices’

The Freedom Movement of Iran – Queensland has been organising weekly protests in Brisbane calling on the federal government to do to help the democracy movement win in Iran. Kerry Smith reports.

Vigil to call on Labor to drop racist refugee policy

Activists are set to protest Labor’s cruel immigration policy of keeping refugees in limbo. Kerry Smith reports.

Blockade IMARC protests the mining conference in Darling Harbour. Photo: Blockade IMARC

Climate activists resist police intimidation to protest mining conference

About 30 activists defied police intimidation to protest the International Mining and Resources Conference at the International Convention Centre in Darling Harbour. Kerry Smith reports.

Adelaide vigil for Cassis Turvey

Photos: Thousands demand justice for Cassius Turvey

Thousands of people across the country are turning out to celebrate and mourn Noongar boy Cassius Turvey, who died after being set upon and beaten by youths with an iron bar on October 13. Isaac Nellist reports.

Anti-war

Anti-war activists oppose ADF trainer deployment

Sydney Stop the War Coalition released a statement opposing the deployment of Australian Defence Force trainers and raising concerns about the lack of parliamentary oversight, reports Kerry Smith.

Cassius Turvey vigils across the country

Justice for Cassius Turvey

National solidarity actions have been called by the family of Cassius Turvey, a young Noongar man who died after being set upon and beaten by youths with an iron bar. Kerry Smith reports.

MUA condemns import of illegal cargo from Western Sahara

The Maritime Union of Australia has condemned an Australian company resuming trade in phosphate plundered from Western Sahara, a country under an illegal occupation by Morocco. Kerry Smith reports.

Tasmanian Aboriginal Centre says police officers who assaulted an Aboriginal man in custody must be stood down

Nala Mansell of the Tasmanian Aboriginal Centre said the police officers responsible for assaulting a young man in custody must be stood down. Kerry Smith reports.