Activism
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Residents of a tiny Australian island are calling for a return to self-rule to save their culture
On the external territory of Norfolk Island, a six-year fight against Australian rule by some residents is gathering momentum. Omar…
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Australia’s ‘lowest priority’: The men waiting a decade to reunite with their families
Some have now been waiting, alone, for more than 10 years. Rebekah Holt SBS News The rural city of Swan…
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Boris Johnson calls for calm after a fiery fourth night of violence in Northern Ireland
Rioters have set a hijacked bus on fire and hurled petrol bombs at police in Belfast in the fourth night…
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In regional Australia, many domestic violence victims have ‘nowhere to go’
Grace’s mother Jessica Kupsch was violently killed by her partner in 2012. Manika Champ ABC News Matthew Patrick Tunks is…
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‘Not about sending teenagers to jail’: Chanel Contos pushes for new sex crimes reporting
University student Chanel Contos is pushing for a program that would allow sexual assault complaints to be made to police…
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Seven pro-democracy advocates, including Jimmy Lai and Martin Lee, convicted for organising massive Hong Kong protests
Lai, the founder of the Apple Daily tabloid, had already been held without bail on other charges related to his…
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‘In danger of getting shot to the head’: Myanmar’s military warn against protests on Armed Forces Day
Myanmar’s ruling military junta warned on Friday that pro-democracy protesters risked being shot in the head or back as activists…
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Renewed calls to bring Australians home from refugee camps on 10-year anniversary of Syrian civil war
As the 10-year anniversary of the Syrian civil war is commemorated this week, the Refugee Council of Australia and Save…
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Minneapolis has agreed to pay $27 million to settle family lawsuit over George Floyd’s death
The family of George Floyd, the Black man who died while being arrested by a white police officer in Minneapolis,…
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Powerful image captures nun begging Myanmar police to ‘shoot me instead’ before they fire into crowd of protesters
Kneeling before them in the dust of a northern Myanmar city, Sister Ann Rose Nu Tawng begged a group of…
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The year Bali tourism stopped
In calm waters between the islands of Ceningan and Lembongan, off the east coast of Bali, an old way of…
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Black Lives Matter activists return to the streets as George Floyd murder trial begins
The family of George Floyd and Black Lives Matter activists rallied this weekend ahead of the trial for the police…
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Grassroots Activists Work to Save Remaining Cardamom Mountains Rainforest
Peng Sovannarin, the law enforcement coordinator at the international NGO Conservation International, has spent decades patrolling the rainforests of the…
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These two children have now been in Australian immigration detention for three years
The girls are the only two children left in Australian immigration detention and still have no pathway to freedom. Kulasegaram…
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The Sydney music teacher helping refugees to heal their trauma through song
Amid the lasting mental health impacts of the coronavirus pandemic, he says he’s doing what he can to help. Sandra…
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Man’s death years after heart attack on Nauru shows toll of Australia’s refugee policies, advocates say
But the Somali refugee’s health problems would only become more severe in his years in offshore detention on Manus Island…
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