Politics
The policing of LGBTQ+ people casts a long, dark shadow. Marching at Mardi Gras must be backed up with real change.
Public trust and confidence in NSW Police has been sorely tested in the past two weeks. The charging of a police officer with the murders of a Sydney gay couple, Jesse Baird and Luke Davies, has seen shock turn to grief and then anger.
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Not just a youth movement: history too often forgets older protesters
Recent sustained anti-coal action by Blockade Australia in the Hunter Valley has brought public protest back into the news cycle. Activists have occupied trains, railway lines and machinery in an attempt to obstruct coal production and broadcast their message about the climate crisis.
Our hybrid media system has emboldened anti-LGBTQ+ hate – what can we do about it?
Anti-LGBTQ+ hate from religious conservatives and far-right extremists in the United States, and now in Australia, is a worrying trend.
Long before the Voice vote, the Australian Aboriginal Progressive Association called for parliamentary representation
The most startling point on the referendum for a Voice to parliament is the fact the majority of people in this country have no idea of history. And I mean both Black and white people.
