Isabelle Condon and Simone Smith Welcome to Palm Beach ON a sunny Friday afternoon, Palm Beach residents gathered alongside Tallebudgera Creek, not to enjoy the sand and sun but to passionately defend their way of life. The Gold Coast City … [Read more...]
Brisbane students join global climate strike
Sep 20, 2019 by Leave a Comment
AMY GRIFFIN Thousands of students around Australia and around the world will put down their schoolwork today to strike against government inaction on climate change as a part of the global School Strike 4 Climate initiative. The … [Read more...]
Activists rally to support abortion Bill
Sep 20, 2018 by Leave a Comment
LUKE ANSCOMBE Pro-choice activists marched from Brisbane’s city hall to the state parliament building this week in support of the Termination of Pregnancy Bill 2018, which would decriminalise abortion in Queensland. The Bill, which is based on a … [Read more...]
Protestors march over Indigenous deaths
Sep 19, 2018 by Leave a Comment
LUKE ANSCOMBE Emotions ran high as about 100 activists marched on the Queensland Police Service headquarters in Brisbane on Saturday in a display of solidarity for the families of two Indigenous teenagers who died in Western Australia last … [Read more...]
‘Enough is enough’ say Adani protesters
Sep 13, 2018 by 1 Comment
ERIN SEMMLER Stop Adani protesters gathered outside Labor MP Meaghan Scanlon’s office this morning following news of allegedly illegal drilling at Adani's Carmichael mine on Wednesday. Adani’s Carmichael coal mine will be the biggest in … [Read more...]
Indigenous protesters meet with Games chair
Apr 6, 2018 by Leave a Comment
LILLY MCKENZIE, JAKE GALLAGHER AND ROSEMARY BALL Four Indigenous protesters met with GOLDOC chairman Peter Beattie and his wife Heather on the Marina Mirage pedestrian overpass this morning to request formal meetings with government and political … [Read more...]
Battle for Bruce Bishop carpark heats up
Aug 23, 2017 by Leave a Comment
DANIEL RUSSELL Hundreds of Gold Coast locals have participated in a rally to save Bruce Bishop carpark in the heart of Surfers Paradise. The protest, held on Tuesday, attracted a host of business owners and concerned former councillors … [Read more...]
Greens Councillor Jonathan Sri calls for safer cycling
Aug 9, 2017 by Leave a Comment
EMILY FERNANDEZ Concern that cyclists lives are being put in danger on a busy CBD route has prompted one Brisbane councillor to start his own campaign. Greens Councillor for the Gabba Ward, Jonathan Sri is calling on the Brisbane City Council for … [Read more...]
Protesters shut down Commonwealth Bank in Brisbane CBD
Aug 1, 2017 by Leave a Comment
KATE RASMUSSEN Activist’s have successfully shut down two Commonwealth Bank branches in Brisbane’s CBD this week. The Stop Adani Brisbane group peacefully occupied two offices in Queen and Adelaide St, forcing them to close for the … [Read more...]
Protesters party for public space
Sep 6, 2016 by Leave a Comment
GRACE LLEWELLYN Right to the City protestors and locals took a festive approach in their fight for greater community control, and more public space, shutting down Russell Street in West End with a Protest Party. This protest party was a … [Read more...]
