Slogans equating Zionism with fascism and Israel with apartheid could be seen on the streets of Sydney and Melbourne on Sunday as thousands marched in furious “hands of Rafah” rallies. Israel is preparing to move on the southern Gazan city of Rafah to eliminate the senior leadership of terror groupContinue Reading
The Transport Workers’ Union has supermarket giant Aldi in its sights, with the union set to kick off a months-long campaign to pressure the retailer to negotiate a national agreement for transport employees. The TWU also wants Aldi to sign on to a charter ensuring “minimum standards” across Australia’s supermarketContinue Reading
A major pro-Palestine protest group has promised to cause “economic pain” in planned protests all over the world, including Australia, from next week, as the bloody Gaza Strip conflict continues. The protest group A15 Action has called for the protests for next Monday, April 15 in solidarity with Palestine. TheContinue Reading
Dozens of environmental radicals shut down a major city intersection on Saturday, with armed police moving in to break up the unlawful sit-down protest. More than one hundred Extinction Rebellion protesters marched through Melbourne in the afternoon before stopping at the Flinders Street Railway Station, where a smaller group splitContinue Reading
A group of protesters who have targeted Western Australian-based energy giant Woodside have fronted a Perth court after their activism allegedly breached the law. Disrupt Burrup Hub members Jessie Noakes, Gerard Mazza, Matilda Lane-Rose and Emil Davey all appeared before Perth Magistrates Court on Tuesday, charged with conspiracy to commitContinue Reading
Victoria’s Police Deputy Commissioner has warned neo-Nazis they’re “on notice” as the state’s ban on the Nazi salute comes into effect. Neil Paterson fronted the media on Saturday afternoon, addressing accusations of double standards in enforcing the Racial and Religious Tolerance Act. It came a day after the ban onContinue Reading
Protesters have rallied across the country to call on the government to end native to forest logging nationwide. Rallies were organised by the Bob Brown Foundation in Sydney, Melbourne, Canberra, Perth and Hobart on Saturday. Events were also held in towns impacted by native forest logging, such as Ulladulla andContinue Reading
An 18-year-old woman has become the fifth climate protester charged this week after allegedly scaling infrastructure at a major port and glueing herself to a railing. Authorities and port workers are bracing for yet another day of peak hour chaos as climate action group Blockade Australia has promised a weekContinue Reading
An anti-Woodside Energy protester has been charged as police analyse a gas bomb they allegedly detonated, forcing thousands of workers from a Perth office building. Kristen Morrissey, 49, a member of the Disrupt Burrup Hub movement, allegedly set off the smoke bomb about 10am on Thursday, sparking the evacuation ofContinue Reading
A protester has been arrested by police after allegedly forcing the evacuation of Woodside Energy’s Perth office building by setting off a “stench bomb”. Musician Kristen Morrissey walked into the Woodside building on Mount St about at 10am Thursday and allegedly set off a device which spewed “safe, non-toxic ethylContinue Reading