The far right Islamophobic 鈥淩eclaim Australia鈥 movement burst onto the streets in what was the biggest racist mobilisation since the Cronulla riots, in 16 places across Australia on April 4.
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New Greens MP Jenny Leong, who won the seat of Newtown in the March 28 NSW election, attributes the Greens鈥 high votes in several parts of NSW to its MPs standing up against corruption and over-development.
The Greens' support for community-led campaigns 鈥 in particular opposition to coal seam gas and the WestConnex road project 鈥 also won them a bigger hearing.
At a G20 meeting last October, Rupert Murdoch surprised some with a speech that criticised world leaders for, as it was described in his Australian newspaper, 鈥渢heir policies [that] have caused a 鈥榤assive shift鈥 in societies to benefit the super-rich with a legacy of social polarisation鈥.
In particular, Murdoch criticised youth unemployment: 鈥淭he unemployment rate for Americans under the age of 25 is 13%, which sounds awful until I remember that in the eurozone that number is 23%, and it is twice as high in places like Spain and Greece, and parts of France and Italy.
David Pocock is a rugby player in the Australian national rugby union team. He was also recently arrested. In reacting to his arrest and the reason for it, some have suggested that Pocock may not be the right man to captain the Wallabies in the future.
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This speech was given at the Refugee Action Collective protest in Melbourne on April 8.
Why would a 54 year-old woman make a decision to lock herself onto the train tracks of the world鈥檚 biggest coal port? Annette Schneider, an artist and farmer from Monaro in NSW, explained to 麻豆传媒 Weekly that her action on March 31 was a direct result of her fear of catastrophic climate change.
Former workers from the Nauru detention centre say the Australian government has 鈥渢olerated the physical and sexual assault of children, and the sexual harassment and assault of vulnerable women in the centre for more than 17 months鈥.
The Guardian newspaper was first published in Manchester in 1821. It is generally regarded as a centre-left paper that employs some very fine journalists.
Its online edition is one of the most widely read in the world and its combined print and online editions reach some 9 million readers. The paper鈥檚 environmental coverage is provided by a team of seven environmental writers and each month four million visitors go to the Guardian for its environmental coverage.
More than 150 people filled the Redfern Community Centre on March 20 to discuss a treaty for Australia鈥檚 first people.
Organised by Stop the Intervention Collective Sydney (STICS), the event was hosted by veteran journalist Jeff McMullen and televised by National Indigenous TV. As coverage of female Aboriginal voices are rare among mainstream discourses, their retelling of their pasts and hopes for the future captivated the room.
Warriors of Aboriginal Resistance (WAR) released this statement on April 8.
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On Saturday, Reclaim Australia were held rallies across the country.
These rallies promoted messages of racism, hatred and oppression. Participants were draped in the Australian flag, were covered in swastika tattoos and carried banners with dehumanising messages.
Sydney Staff for Boycott Divestment and Sanctions sent this open letter to University of Sydney vice-chancellor Michael Spence on March 25. The letter is in response to Spence鈥檚 email of March 19, in which he claimed anti-Semitism was the trigger for the university鈥檚 investigation into the student protest at the March 11 lecture by Colonel Richard Kemp and its sequel.
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We are compelled to write to you to register our serious concern about the concerted campaign being conducted against Palestine activists at the University of Sydney.
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