Thousands joined vigils and rallies across the country demanding justice for Kumanjayi White, the 24-year-old Warlpiri-Luritja man who was killed by police in May. Isaac Nellist reports.
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Very little is known about the circumstances of young Warlpiri man, Kumanjayi White’s, death in custody because the police and state have closed ranks. Paul Gregoire reports on the push-back against this criminal pattern.
Workers across Colombia went on strike to defend President Gustavo Petro’s proposed labour reforms against right-wing opposition obstruction in Congress, reports Ben Radford.
Calls are growing for an independent investigation into the death of 24-year-old Warlpiri-Luritja man Kumanjayi White, who died while being restrained by police, reports Isaac Nellist.
Protesters rallied outside Labor MP Peter Khalil’s office in Naarm/Melbourne in response to Labor’s decision to approve Woodside’s North West Shelf gas extension. Jordan AK reports.
Transnational companies, finding an ally in United States President Donald Trump and his extractivist agenda, are pushing to mine the seafloor for valuable minerals, despite widespread concerns about the potential ecological and climate impacts, reports Ben Radford.
Labor’s decision to extend Woodside’s North West Shelf sends a clear signal to the gas industry that it will not let the concerns of scientists, Traditional Owners and ordinary working people stand in the way of corporate profits, argues Maz Misiewicz.
Victorian Senator Lidia Thorpe has called on Labor to urgently implement the recommendations of the 1997 Bringing Them Home report, as the systemic removal and incarceration of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children continues. Kerry Smith reports.
The Feminism in the Time of Gaza forum, organised by Australian Palestine Advocacy Network, was packed to capacity, writes Mary Merkenich.
Climate and Capitalism editor Ian Angus presents new books on the German peasants’ war, air, Amazonian struggles, climate history, class rule and Karl Marx’s later views on oppression and revolution.
Polly Cutmore, a Traditional Gomeroi Owner, has rejected the Native Title Tribunal’s findings that the NSW government can lease the Pilliga Forest for its 850-well coal seam gas mining project. Kerry Smith reports.
Protests have been held across Aotearoa New Zealand against the right-wing coalition government, after it forced through a bill amending the country’s Equal Pay Act. Zara Lomas reports.
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