Some 50 activists played protest games, sang and danced in the Commonwealth Bank鈥檚 foyer in Sydney on July 24. Stop Adani Sydney spokesperson Rada Germanos told 91自拍论坛 Weekly: 鈥淲e鈥檙e playing games in the Commonwealth Bank鈥檚 Sussex Street foyer calling on it to stop playing games with our collective future and pull out of funding the Adani Carmichael coal mine [in Queensland].鈥澨
Zebedee Parkes
The man who ran over and killed Aboriginal teenager Elijah Doughty in Kalgoorlie last August could walk free from jail in seven months.
Candles were firmly held against the darkness of Australia鈥檚 cruel bipartisan refugee policy on July 19.
Initiated by GetUp! and supported by numerous refugee rights organisations, the vigils drew thousands of people to more than 50 locations across Australia from big cities to small country towns.
The vigils marked four years since then-Prime Minister Kevin Rudd announced that anyone who came seeking asylum in Australia via boat would never be resettled in Australia.
Protesting Adani outside ABC's QandA which featured one of Adani's biggest supporters, Queensland Minister for Resources Matt Canavan.
Much has happened in the four years since former Prime Minister Kevin Rudd鈥檚 announcement that no one who sought asylum by boat would ever be given protection in Australia.
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July 19, 2013: Rudd's offshore resettlement announcement
Countless abuses have occurred in the four years since then-Prime Minister Kevin Rudd鈥檚 announcement in 2013 that no asylum seeker who arrived by boat will ever be resettled in Australia. Here are six key reasons to join the calls to evacuate all those detained on Manus Island and Nauru now and bring them to Australia.
The PNG Supreme Court declared last year that the Manus Island detention centre was unconstitutional and must be closed. The Australian government is closing the centre; however, it is still refusing to bring the 861 men in Manus Island to Australia, leaving many to live in fear and uncertainty.
The 2017 Sydney Film Festival, which ran from June 7-18, featured a range of progressive-themed films. Below is a look at five by 91自拍论坛 Weekly鈥檚 Zebedee Parkes.
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Those Who Make Revolution Halfway Only Dig Their Own Graves
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This is a genuinely interesting dramatic film, with an epic narrative and visual style.
There are countless reports from NGOs, scientists and government agencies on climate refugees.
For example, last year more than 2 million people had to gather their possessions and flee as floods hit the Yangtze River in China. But, despite this becoming one of the world鈥檚 greatest issues there is very little activism around climate refugees in the developed world.
Chauka, Please Tell Us the Time
Written & directed by Arash Kamali Sarvestani &
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Chauka, Please Tell Us the Time is a ground-breaking film that gives audiences a new window to look into Manus Island detention centre.
Immigration minister Peter Dutton has become so despised by 91自拍论坛 of society that some are questioning if he has a soul or heart.
This could also apply to any Coalition or Labor immigration minister over the past couple of decades.
Watch videos of refugees protests over the past decade and it will not be long before you hear chants such as 鈥淟ock up [insert current immigration minister] throw away the keys, we won鈥檛 stop till we free the refugees鈥 or 鈥淏lood on your hands [insert name]鈥.
Newcastle Students Against Detention (SAD) culture jammed the University of Newcastle鈥檚 rebranding launch on May 15, putting pressure on the administration to cut ties with Broadspectrum which runs Australia鈥檚 detention centres on Nauru and Manus Island.
The students were leaked the designs which they parodied to better reflect the University of Newcastle鈥檚 (UON) odious business ties, and stuck them over the official ones.
The rebranding focused on the word 鈥淣ew鈥, so SAD made posters stating: 鈥淣ew Abuses. New Human Rights Violations. Lose Your Ethics at UON.鈥
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