‘We’ve stuffed it’:Kokoda Track shut indefinitely,leaving tourists high and dry

‘We’ve stuffed it’:Kokoda Track shut indefinitely,leaving tourists high and dry

Local authorities are scrambling to find a solution to reopen the popular trail,which would usually be in the midst of one of its busiest periods of the year.

  • byMatthew Knott

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Deeming didn’t want to assume saluting,black-clad men were Nazis

Deeming didn’t want to assume saluting,black-clad men were Nazis

The ousted Liberal says she found it very difficult to believe there were “actual,real Nazis in Melbourne” and didn’t want to accuse them if she wasn’t sure.

  • byRachel Eddie
As it happened:Union members march in Sydney,Melbourne as CFMEU administrator vows to expel bikies

As it happened:Union members march in Sydney,Melbourne as CFMEU administrator vows to expel bikies

Tens of thousands of workers downed tools in Melbourne and Sydney to rally in support of the CFMEU again on Wednesday.

  • byCassandra Morgan
Calls to outlaw Hamas symbol after Jewish-owned business targeted

Calls to outlaw Hamas symbol after Jewish-owned business targeted

An inverted red triangle,a symbol first used by Hamas to identify Israeli targets,has become prominent within the pro-Palestine protest movement.

  • byChip Le Grand
Photographer shot in ear outside weapons expo
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Photographer shot in ear outside weapons expo

A man was hit with rubber bullets during violent clashes between protesters and police in Melbourne on Wednesday.

Photographer at protest shot with rubber bullet,loses part of ear

Photographer at protest shot with rubber bullet,loses part of ear

The man said it felt like he’d been “hit by a car” and that he may suffer permanent hearing loss.

  • byCameron Houston
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Labor says weapons expo should return to Melbourne,despite disruptive protests

Labor says weapons expo should return to Melbourne,despite disruptive protests

Treasurer Tim Pallas wants Melbourne to host the controversial Land Forces weapons expo again – but maybe not in the inner-city.

  • byAlex Crowe,Lachlan Abbott andCassandra Morgan
Marbles,hockey stick and paint seized as police extend search powers outside arms expo

Marbles,hockey stick and paint seized as police extend search powers outside arms expo

Protesters marched and chanted for several hours on the streets around Southbank on day two of a major weapons expo.

  • byRachael Dexter,Lachlan Abbott andAlex Crowe
Police expand barricades,search protesters on subdued day two of anti-war demonstration

Police expand barricades,search protesters on subdued day two of anti-war demonstration

Police used metal detectors to scan protesters outside the weapons expo in Melbourne on Thursday,but the turn-out was much smaller than the previous day,when violence erupted between officers and activists.

  • byLachlan Abbott,Rachael Dexter,Alex Crowe,Cassandra Morgan andSherryn Groch
As it happened:Dozens arrested as demonstrators disrupt Melbourne weapons expo

As it happened:Dozens arrested as demonstrators disrupt Melbourne weapons expo

Anti-war demonstrators have vowed to continue to protest after a day of violent clashes in which members of the group pelted police with horse poo,rocks,eggs,beer bottles,tomatoes,canned food and a mild acid.

  • byTom Cowie andCassandra Morgan
Police chief lashes ‘hypocritical’ protesters as city prepares for more unrest

Police chief lashes ‘hypocritical’ protesters as city prepares for more unrest

Anti-war protesters have vowed to return for more demonstrations against the Land Forces expo after a day of violent clashes with police.

  • byMelissa Cunningham,Cameron Houston andTom Cowie