Great-grandma,teen student,doctor:Kayak activists arrested disrupting coal ships

Great-grandma,teen student,doctor:Kayak activists arrested disrupting coal ships

Eight climate campaigners have been arrested after they tried to paddle through a police water checkpoint into shipping lanes at the world’s biggest coal port.

  • byWilliam Ton andJack Gramenz

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Still burning:Peter Garrett’s well-oiled solo show amps up the passion
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Still burning:Peter Garrett’s well-oiled solo show amps up the passion

The Midnight Oil frontman might be 70,but you wouldn’t know it from this galvanising show behind a new solo record.

  • byMichael Bailey
‘Tell em they’re dreamin’:How Michael Caton and friends helped save Bondi Pavilion

‘Tell em they’re dreamin’:How Michael Caton and friends helped save Bondi Pavilion

A new documentary details the steps a community took to save a beloved asset.

  • byGarry Maddox
Amazement,relief,gratitude from Peter Garrett at the finding of the Montevideo Maru

Amazement,relief,gratitude from Peter Garrett at the finding of the Montevideo Maru

As the USS Sturgeon chases down a Japanese vessel,it has no idea 1060 manacled prisoners are being kept below deck – some 980 of whom are Australians.

  • byPeter FitzSimons
‘God help future generations’:Peter Garrett unloads on AUKUS
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‘God help future generations’:Peter Garrett unloads on AUKUS

The former Labor cabinet minister and Midnight Oil frontman delivered a withering critique of Australia’s decision to acquire nuclear-powered submarines.

  • byJames Massola
Albanese,Wong return fire at Keating but Garrett,unions back former PM

Albanese,Wong return fire at Keating but Garrett,unions back former PM

Midnight Oil’s Peter Garrett stepped away from recording to tweet that AUKUS stinks. Albanese,meanwhile,said Keating’s jibes did nothing “other than diminish him”.

  • byJames Massola andMatthew Knott
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From the Archives,1997:Armband campaign for native title

From the Archives,1997:Armband campaign for native title

25 years ago,footballers,comics,musos,religious leaders,environmentalists and former politicians sat together in a smoky band room of St Kilda’s Prince of Wales Hotel to launch an armband campaign supporting Indigenous land rights.

  • byRachel Gibson
For one of their final shows,Midnight Oil turn to a classic album from a ‘desperate’ time

For one of their final shows,Midnight Oil turn to a classic album from a ‘desperate’ time

The “10 to 1” album that thrust the Oils into the global spotlight is taking centre stage.

  • byMartin Boulton
Peter Garrett’s only regret in politics:I wish I’d got in earlier and stayed longer

Peter Garrett’s only regret in politics:I wish I’d got in earlier and stayed longer

The Oils frontman and former Labor minister is watching the election closely.

  • byPeter FitzSimons
Voters have shown they don’t want parachute candidates. So why do parties do it?

Voters have shown they don’t want parachute candidates. So why do parties do it?

It is something both sides of politics do:recruit high-profile candidates to attract the attention of voters who might be wooed by a name they know. Kristina Keneally and Andrew Charlton are just the latest examples,but they have stirred debate about Labor’s commitment to diversity.

  • byNatassia Chrysanthos andJacqueline Maley
Why Midnight Oil remains one of Australia’s great natural wonders
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Why Midnight Oil remains one of Australia’s great natural wonders

This week our reviewers listen to Midnight Oil’s Resist,Methyl Ethel’s Are You Haunted? and Beach House’s Once Twice Melody.

  • byBarry Divola,Craig Mathieson andKish Lal