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Tough police powers to target 'hate-promoting' protests

Police will get the power to reject protest applications they believe could promote hate under planned state laws.

$‘Outrageous’: EPA backs WA fracking project that may add up to 2.6% to Australia’s emissions$

‘Outrageous’: EPA backs WA fracking project that may add up to 2.6% to Australia’s emissions

State environmental regulator says Valhalla project, set to drill up to 20 gas wells in Canning basin, can proceed subject to conditions

The Guardian - AU

WA museum tells staff ‘almost all of us are guilty’ of burning fossil fuels in email defending Woodside partnership

WA museum tells staff ‘almost all of us are guilty’ of burning fossil fuels in email defending Woodside partnership

Exclusive: Climate advocates reject CEO’s claim he is ‘not qualified’ to comment on risks of gas firm’s plan to extend production to 2070

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WA Museum partnership with Woodside criticised as record-breaking marine heatwave decimates coral reefs

A report found widespread bleaching along a 1,500km stretch of WA coastline is released as fossil fuel giant inks partnership extension

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‘How to save whales and produce gas’: ABC changes headline of interview with Woodside CEO Meg O’Neill

Climate scientist Bill Hare says it was a shock to see the headline which he described as ‘laughable’, accusing the ABC of ‘innovation in greenwashing’

The Guardian - AU

‘Walking billboard’ for Woodside: parents want end to fossil fuel company sponsorship of WA Nippers

New campaign supported by Greenpeace urges Surf Life Saving WA to scrap $5m naming rights deal

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NSW push to stop climate protesters livestreaming on Facebook labelled ‘profoundly anti-democratic’

Premier Chris Minns claims climate activists such as Blockade Australia are endangering lives by streaming protest actions

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SA opposition leader criticised over beheading remark when defending anti-protest laws

SA opposition leader criticised over beheading remark when defending anti-protest laws

David Speirs said protest was ‘a good thing’, but ‘there are some countries where your head would be cut off for doing that sort of protest’

The Guardian - AU

Australia’s credibility on human rights blighted by laws targeting climate protesters and jailing children, report says

Australia’s credibility on human rights blighted by laws targeting climate protesters and jailing children, report says

Human Rights Watch calls on government to address its own ‘alarming deficiencies’, including detention of children under 14 and treatment of asylum seekers

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Australia's human rights credibility undermined by domestic record, new report finds

Australia's human rights credibility undermined by domestic record, new report finds

Human Rights Watch highlights more Indigenous Australians died in custody last year than in 2021, and that new laws targeting climate protesters resulted in harsher penalties against activists.

Climate Protestor Violet Coco Granted Bail After She Was Sentenced To 15 Months In Prison

Climate Protestor Violet Coco Granted Bail After She Was Sentenced To 15 Months In Prison

She was sentenced under wild new NSW protest laws.

NSW failed Lismore flood victims: report

NSW failed Lismore flood victims: report

Local and state authorities failed to protect at-risk Lismore residents - the elderly, disabled and pregnant - from record-breaking floods, a new report says.

Pilbara pound to get full air-conditioning before Roebourne Prison

Pilbara pound to get full air-conditioning before Roebourne Prison

Stray dogs and cats picked up in the Pilbara will move into an air-conditioned facility in time for the hottest months, as the state government rules out air conditioning in cells at WA's hottest prison.

Australia repatriates 17 women and children from Syrian camp

Australia repatriates 17 women and children from Syrian camp

An estimated 11,000 foreign children and women remain in the Roj and al-Hol refugee camps in northeastern Syria.

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UN torture prevention body suspends Australia trip citing 'clear breach' of OPCAT obligations

The UN Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture said it had no option but to suspend its visit, saying lack of access to detention facilities in NSW was "a clear breach by Australia of its obligations".

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Ita Buttrose puts Chris Kenny in his place as Sky News’s ABC doco draws blanks

The Sky News host, who tried unsuccessfully to interview the ABC chair, had little luck with a more direct approach. Plus: union sausage sizzle flames out

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Greens MP calls for inquiry into botched NSW police operation against Blockade Australia

Greens upper house member Sue Higginson says ‘even inconvenient’ protesting plays a vital role in democracy and police was extremeMP calls for inquiry into botched NSW police operation that led to Blockade Australia raid

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Albanese government urged to keep focus on human rights as it rebuilds relationships in Asia

Thawing diplomatic relations with China shouldn’t mean ‘taking a backwards step with Beijing’, Human Rights Watch says

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Australia raises concerns about ‘human rights abuses’ after failing to back US-led statement on Israel

Former foreign minister Gareth Evans says Albanese government’s decision to outline its own position sends ‘very clear message’

Data reveals antipsychotic drugs linked to chemical restraint in aged care still widespread

New data shows one in five aged care residents are being given antipsychotic medication, and elderly residents are more likely to be given the drugs if they live in rural areas.

Inside Zaatari: Syrian refugees turn desert into one of the world's largest refugee camps

In the dusty desert of northern Jordan a city has emerged out of the sand. Two years ago Syrian families began arriving here, fleeing war and persecution in their homeland. Almost overnight the United Nations was forced to set up a refugee camp and what started as a few tents…

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