First Nations people, unionists and environmental activists took their protest about Santos’ coal seam gas plans in the Pilliga Forest to NSW parliament, ahead of a decision by the Native Title Tribunal. Jim McIlroy reports.
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Novelist, filmmaker and academic Tracy Sorensen, who was diagnosed with ovarian cancer in 2014, passed away on May 5. Neville Spencer writes about her life, which included a strong focus on social justice.
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Indigenous communities across Peru are facing the devastating impacts of ongoing extractivism, while a series of new government laws threaten their right to self-determination, justice and land, reports Ben Radford.
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While this federal election is heavily focused on cost-of-living pressures, Mark Gillespie argues that candidates cannot ignore the fact that Australia also faces urgent international relations’ challenges.
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An alternative ANZAC day ceremony had a focus on peace not militarism. Renee Lees reports.
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Peter Boyle argues that Labor and Coalition governments have exploited the ANZAC sacrifice myth to justify and promote Australian participation of, and complicity in, subsequent imperial wars.
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In Indonesian-occupied West Papua, soldiers are enforcing the destruction of vast areas of rainforest to be replaced by the monoculture plantations of the government’s “food estate” program, reports Chris Lang.
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The controversial Treaty Principles bill has been defeated after the people of Aotearoa New Zealand spoke out against it in record numbers, reports Zara Lomas.
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Yorta Yorta, Yirendali and Kalkadoon woman Miss Kaninna performed an electric set to a sold-out crowd at The Vanguard in Newtown, reports Isaac Nellist.
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Human Rights Watch criticised the Western Australia government for the alarming rise in the forcible removal of Aboriginal children from their families. Paul Gregoire reports.
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A ceasefire rally was organised by the Islamic community in Garramilla/Darwin in the wake of Israel’s renewed bombing in Palestine. Stephen W Enciso reports.
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Frontline workers in the Northern Territory are pushing back against the Country-Liberal Party’s destructive “tough on crime” policies. Stephen W Enciso reports.