Independent Senator Lidia Thorpe has lambasted the government and media for their silence on the attempted bombing of an Invasion Day rally in Boorloo. Cas Smith reports.
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Isaac Nellist, from Socialist Alliance NSW, said Premier Chris Minns’ efforts to criminalise protests will not stop people from exercising their conscience, including protesting a war criminal from Israel. Kerry Smith reports.
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Three activists partially won a case in the Federal Court against Victoria Police’s extraordinary powers over designated areas in the CBD. Chloe DS reports.
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First Nations leaders and human rights groups are demanding that a bomb designed, the Western Australia Police say, to “explode on impact”, be investigated in the same way that hate crimes against other groups are. Kerry Smith reports.
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Noongar Elder Uncle Hedley Hayward told the Invasion Day protest that it is a Day of Mourning, also because of ongoing settler-colonialism.
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This year's Invasion Day protests, including many young people, were very large. The turnout represents a huge defeat for the racist, pro-genocide offensive by state and federal governments, and the far right.
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The Invasion Day rally will march from Hyde Park to the Yabun Festival and Blak Caucus is calling for a big show of support. Rachel Evans reports.
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First Nations activists are leading the campaign to stop deaths in custody and for real accountability for those responsible, reports Isaac Nellist.
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In an unprecedented attack on the right to protest, NSW Labor rammed through harsh new anti-democratic laws in the early hours of Christmas Eve, reports Rachel Evans.
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Join your nearest Invasion Day protest on January 26 to demand justice for First Nations peoples, by ending paternalistic policies, including racist ‘tough on crime’ laws.
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Despite 700 people marching on January 26, describing it as a day of mourning with a call to change the date, the City of Greater Geelong subsequently decided to re-institute Australia Day celebrations next year. Sue Bull reports.