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More than 700 people gathered on the steps of WA parliament to demand that Labor ban fracking in the Kimberley. Sam Wainwright reports.

Responding to the genocidal starvation of Palestinians in Gaza, Merri-bek Council passed another motion calling for sanctions on Israel. Jordan Shukri AK Armaou-Massoud reports.

How is it that a peaceful, family-oriented gathering at Bondi Beach, initiated by Jews Against the Occupation ’48, was met with racist, intimidating abuse from Zionists waving Israeli flags and white supremacists draped in Australian flags, asks Judith Treanor?

Doctors working in public hospitals have voted to overwhelmingly reject NSW Labor’s latest pay offer, with 75% voting “no”. Kerry Smith reports.

The National Tertiary Education Union, together with the Australian Services Union and the Community and Public Sector Union, among others, joined a national protest to demand that Labor impose sanctions on Israel. Pip Hinman, Jim McIlroy, Jacob Andrewartha and Markela Panegyres report.

Gunnai, Gunditjmara and Djab Wurrung independent Victorian Senator Lidia Thorpe said a Treaty process that does not address the “continuous theft of our land and destruction of our sacred sites undermines our very survival”. Kerry Smith reports.

Barat Ali Batoor, a Hazara refugee from Afghanistan, told a forum he had hoped that Labor in government would be better than its predecessor, but that it is imposing a “brutal regime”. Chris Slee reports.

Protests continue around the country against Labor’s refusal to act against the United States-backed genocide in Gaza being delivered by Israel. 

Thousands gathered at Camp Sovereignty to show solidarity with First Nations people against the fascists and racists’ brutal attacks on the camp. Blair Vidak reports.

Graphic: Sovereignty Never Ceded National Day of Action 13/10/2025

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Blak Caucus organised a protest outside Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s electorate office in Marrickville to demand sanctions be placed on the Country Liberal Party government of the Northern Territory over its racism. Zebedee Parkes reports.

A national day of action for Palestine has been called by rank-and-file National Tertiary Education Union members in the NSW division. Markela Panegyres reports.