About 35 people charged over a violent protest in September had their cases heard back-to-back for more than two hours in a packed Melbourne Magistrates’ Court on Thursday.
“The Minns government can’t arrest their way out of the fact that people are freaked out about climate crisis and angry that the government is continuing to approve new coal and gas projects,” said protest organiser Alexa Stuart.
Farming’s least likely champion opposes a new tax the Labour government says will help restore public services.
Tens of thousands of people have gathered in Wellington for the final stretch of a week-long protest that has spanned the length of the country. Here is why.
Pro-Palestine protesters,some wearing Santa hats,were outside the department store,blowing bubbles and mocking Premier Jacinta Allan for calling them “morons”.
Premier Jacinta Allan said there was no need to bolster Victoria police’s powers after an activist group threatened to disrupt the Myer Christmas windows launch.
The annual Christmas window unveiling in the CBD has been scrapped after pro-Palestine protesters announced a plan to disrupt the event.
The centre,called the Clinic for Quitting Hijab Removal,is the Islamic Republic’s latest attempt to quash female dissent.
Five people were hospitalised and 62 arrested after authorities said antisemitic rioters attacked Israeli supporters following a Europa League soccer match in Amsterdam.
Demonstrations in the city reached record levels last year and are booming worldwide as numerous crisis points and political polarisation point people to problems.
Police have arrested a further 12 people after a Melbourne weapons expo descended into “vomit-smelling” and horse manure-strewn chaos.