An anti-Woolworths development demonstrator confronts a YIMBY heckler at a community rally in Elsternwick.

Elsternwick erupts:NIMBYs v YIMBYs as VCAT bypass fuels local fury

Woolworths has sought to overturn a VCAT judgment and applied to Victoria’s planning minister to approve a 148-apartment housing proposal in Elsternwick.

  • Adam Carey

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Just Stop Oil protesters threw tinned soup at Vincent Van Gogh’s famous 1888 work Sunflowers,then glued themselves to the wall at the National Gallery in London in 2022.

After throwing soup at Van Gogh and painting Stonehenge,agents of chaos say they’re done

The group of protesters,which included women in their 80s,grabbed the headlines with disruptive stunts that saw them arrested 3300 times in three years.

  • Rob Harris
Palestinians attend a rally calling for an end to the war,in Beit Lahiya,in the northern Gaza Strip.

‘We’ve had enough’:Rare show of dissent against Hamas in Gaza

Palestinians tend to blame Israel for the death,destruction and hunger that the war in Gaza has inflicted. But some blame Hamas,too,for starting it in the first place.

  • Iyad Abuheweila,Abu Bakr Bashir,Aaron Boxerman andMalachy Browne
Businessman and pro-Palestinian activist Hash Tayeh,of the Burgertory chain,at a protest in Melbourne.

Insults and arson:How one man’s chants could define free speech

A fight over a restaurant owner’s “insulting” chant in the streets could go all the way to the High Court.

  • Michael Bachelard
Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio

‘Violation of civil rights’:Emboldened by Trump,US Capitol rioters seek retribution

Not content with being released from prison,Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio and others charged over the January 6 riots are determined to prove they are the victims.

  • Amelia Adams andGarry McNab
A climate protestor confronts Treasurer Jim Chalmers in mid-March,2025.

‘Bird-dogging’:Why the federal election will see a spike in confronting protests

Protesters are gatecrashing politicians’ events before the election has begun. Conservatives claim it shuts down debate. Climate activists insist it’s necessary.

  • Mike Foley
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Police are investigating after several vehicles were set on fire at a Tesla service centre in Las Vegas.

Canadian car show kicks out Tesla,citing safety concerns amid Musk protests

A spate of destructive attacks on vehicles of the electric car brand at the weekend have been condemned by the Trump administration as “domestic terrorism”.

NSW premier Chris Minns is under pressure over the new laws.

‘Undemocratic,based on lies’:Court challenge to stop anti-protest laws

NSW Premier Chris Minns is facing mounting pressure amid revelations that crime lords were behind a host of antisemitic attacks which forced law changes.

  • Alexandra Smith
Serbia protest

A whooshing sound,then panic:Claims ‘sonic weapon’ used at protest over train tragedy

The widely banned acoustic weapon emits a targeted beam that causes sharp ear pain and can temporarily incapacitate people.

Stop Killing Women rallies being held around Australia call for an end to gender-based violence.

Crowds hold rallies over deadly attacks on women

The Prime Minister and other politicians were criticised for not attending as it was pointed out 117 women have been killed in Australia since January 2024.

  • Aaron Bunch