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BRENT ROW Coin-hunters across Australia will be on the hunt for a special new addition to their collection in the coming weeks. As part of this year's Remembrance Day commemorations the Royal Australian Mint will press a limited edition … [Read more...]
BRENT ROW Calls for the streamlining of Australia's refugee determination process have intensified following a week of intense scrutiny for the Government's controversial off-shore detention centres. Refugee advocates in Australia say … [Read more...]
BRENT ROW After two years in the making, Brisbane Supreme Court reached a guilty verdict closing one of the most notorious police shooting cases in Queensland’s history. Robert George Speedy, 49, was found guilty of attempted murder after … [Read more...]
BRENT ROW The Australian Government has drawn widespread condemnation following the death of an Afghan asylum seeker in Victoria at the weekend. 30 year old Afghan refugee Khodayar Amini is believed to have died after he set himself alight … [Read more...]
BRENT ROW Victoria’s legalisation of medical cannabis has been met with mixed reactions from leading researchers in the field of drugs and alcohol. Director of the National Drug and Alcoholic Research at the University of New South Wales, … [Read more...]
BRENT ROW Advocates for the prevention of domestic violence have called for more effective media reporting on domestic violence. Following a serious assault on a Gold Coast woman last week, media reporting focused on the perpetrator’s … [Read more...]
BRENT ROW Attorney-General George Brandis has drawn ire from civil liberties and environmental groups today, following his proposal to change environmental protection laws in Australia. Under the proposed changes, Mr Brandis hopes to avoid … [Read more...]
BRENT ROW An international alliance of nurses and midwives took to the Brisbane River this morning to call on G20 leaders to implement a “Robin Hood” tax. The boat performed a two-hour circuit of South Bank with nurses on board singing the tune … [Read more...]
As the G20 summit unfolds, advocates from around the world have descended on Brisbane to voice their concerns to world leaders on everything from climate change to refugees. Amanda Jackson and Coralie Diebold joined us from Micah Challenge to … [Read more...]
BRENT ROW Queensland Police have released the name and photograph of a man who has been placed on the prohibited persons list for this weekend's G20 Leaders' Summit. Gavin George Begbie, 47, is the twelfth man prohibited from the G20 … [Read more...]
