vigil

Cassius Turvey vigil: 'No Black child is ever in the wrong place at the wrong time on their own land'

More than 3000 people gathered outside Sydney Town Hall on November 2 to call for justice for 15-year-old Cassius Turvey. Isaac Nellist reports.
Vigils to remember the man of flowers
Sydney and Melbourne hold vigils for Orlando

Four hundred people came out on June 13 for the Newtown vigil for the victims of the Orlando massacre and to stand up against homophobia, transphobia, bigotry and hatred. Speakers condemned it as a hate crime but rejected attempts by politicians and conservative media to turn this into an excuse for escalating hate campaigns against Muslims and justifying imperial wars in the Middle East. The vigil was organised by Defend Safe Schools and was endorsed by a broad range of organisations.
She was only 19

A vigil was held in Sydney on May 4 in solidarity with Hodan Yasin, a 19-year-old Somali asylum seeker. She is in a critical condition after setting herself on fire in Australia's notorious offshore refugee detention centre on the Pacific island state of Nauru.
Stop Woodside - Community Vigil
Boorloo/Perth & Walyalup/Fremantle
Perth community will gather for a peaceful vigil as fossil fuel company Woodside starts trying to construct a massive new gas field off the Pilbara coast.