Thousands of First Nations people and allies marked Invasion Day on Ngunnawal and Ngambri country, marching聽to the Aboriginal Tent Embassy outside Old Parliament House. Elliott Guerrero reports.
Ngunnawal/Canberra
Extinction Rebellion聽and other climate activists began a fortnight of protests and disruptive actions on October 17 to call out the federal government鈥檚 failure to address the climate emergency, Isaac Nellist reports.
A former Department of Immigration deputy secretary told a rally for the Murugappan family聽that good immigration policy can and should be compassionate. Paul Oboohov reports.
United Firefighters Union ACT branch secretary and national president聽Greg McConville, together with representatives of the local Indigenous community, Farmers for Climate Action and The Greens, addressed the 鈥淥ur federal government fiddles while Australia burns: Let鈥檚 put the heat under them鈥 event outside federal parliament in Canberra on November 25. This is what he had to say.
David McBride, a former Australian military lawyer and whistleblower on alleged war crimes by Australian soldiers in Afghanistan spoke to media outside the ACT Courts on August 22. He was there for a preliminary hearing on charges he is facing for theft of commonwealth property, breaching the Defence Act and unauthorised disclosure of information. If convicted, this 55-year-old could spend the rest of his life in jail.
About 500 protesters rallied outside federal parliament on February 12 under the slogan "Stop Adani - Climate action now!"聽
Hundreds of primary and secondary students went on strike and protested at Parliament House on November 28 calling for serious action on climate change. This was followed by thousands of students taking to the streets of about 30 cities and towns across Australia as part of the Student Strike 4 Climate Action on November 30.
The federal Attorney General鈥檚 case against a defendant dubbed 鈥淲itness K鈥 began in the ACT Magistrates Court on September 12. Media reports say Witness K聽is a serving Australian Secret Intelligence Service (ASIS) officer.聽
We don鈥檛 need to pray for rain, as Prime Minister Scott Morrison has suggested, we need to take serious climate action now, was the blunt message farmers delivered to federal parliament on September 10.聽
The farmers said the drought gripping NSW and Queensland had to be a wake-up call for politicians to take climate change seriously.
They also raised concerns that the Coalition government is attempting to stymie the development of wind power, which provides income for farmers and rural communities when agricultural income falls.
Members of the Whistleblowers, Activists and Citizens Alliance (WACA) blockaded the Home Affairs Department building and the Wilson Security Car Park in Canberra on March 28.
They were protesting the treatment of refugees held in indefinite detention and at risk of being deported to danger. The activists held banners that read 鈥淏order Force Tortures Refugees鈥, 鈥淒eportations = Death鈥, 鈥#Justice4Refugees鈥, 鈥#SackDutton鈥 and 鈥淎ll Refugees in Detention are Political Prisoners鈥.
Seven protesters who superglued their hands to a balustrade in the public gallery of Parliament House were found not guilty on March 29 of intentionally damaging Commonwealth property.
The seven were part of a Whistleblowers, Activists and Citizens Alliance (WACA) campaign that on November 30, 2016, disrupted Question Time in protest at the government's treatment of refugees. The parliamentary session was halted as security officers removed the protesters one by one.
Stop Adani activists from around Australia gathered in Canberra on February 5, calling on Labor and Coalition MPs to prioritise cancelling the Adani mine project in this session of parliament.
About 100 protesters set up at the front and rear entrances of Parliament House from 7am to 鈥渨elcome鈥 politicians arriving for the first day of parliament.
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