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Women leaving management roles, face 'horrible attacks'

Women leaving management roles, face 'horrible attacks'

Australian women are less likely to stay in high-paid roles due to domestic expectations, as the governor-general calls for "horrible attacks" to be confronted.

Another state shoots down funding national gun buyback

Another state shoots down funding national gun buyback

Another state shoots down funding national gun buyback

Another state shoots down funding national gun buyback

Another state has rejected the national gun buyback, saying it won’t divert money from core services and cost‑of‑living pressures to a federal scheme.

Police drop hundreds of charges over climate blockade

Police drop hundreds of charges over climate blockade

Police drop hundreds of charges over climate blockade

Police drop hundreds of charges over climate blockade

More than 100 climate protesters who successfully blockaded coal ships in a large-scale demonstration have had their charges dropped two years later.

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Contentious hate speech laws face High Court challenge

Contentious hate speech laws face High Court challenge

Pro-Palestine protesters are taking a state’s new hate speech laws to the High Court, arguing a ban on two slogans unlawfully criminalises political speech.

Family take legal action after death in custody

Family take legal action after death in custody

The family of a man who died in custody after being restrained by police is seeking answers and launching legal action over a decision that no charges be laid.

Uni students report 'serious' free speech problem

Uni students report 'serious' free speech problem

University funding should be partly tied to how free students feel to express themselves, a think tank says, as students report increasing constraints.

Labor considers landmark human rights law ... again

Labor considers landmark human rights law ... again

Australia is the only advanced democracy without a human rights act or bill of rights - but Anthony Albanese's government isn't in a hurry to change that.

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Protesters’ mega hearing to target alleged police abuse

Protesters’ mega hearing to target alleged police abuse

Protesters’ mega hearing to target alleged police abuse

Protesters’ mega hearing to target alleged police abuse

Examining whether authorities unlawfully cracked down on demonstrators will form part of a huge planned court hearing for at least 24 Herzog visit protesters.

Stolen Generations still paying price of forced removal

Stolen Generations still paying price of forced removal

Stolen Generations still paying price of forced removal

Stolen Generations still paying price of forced removal

The many thousands of Indigenous children who were forcibly removed from their families from 1910 to 1970 are being remembered as part of National Sorry Day.

'Unprecedented': concerns over 24/7 patron surveillance

'Unprecedented': concerns over 24/7 patron surveillance

'Unprecedented': concerns over 24/7 patron surveillance

'Unprecedented': concerns over 24/7 patron surveillance

Privacy advocates and experts have raised concerns about a plan to allow police to watch hospitality patrons over a 24/7 live feed.

Pro-Palestine protesters arrested over banned chant

Pro-Palestine protesters arrested over banned chant

Pro-Palestine protesters arrested over banned chant

Pro-Palestine protesters arrested over banned chant

Police have arrested a number of demonstrators who chanted a banned pro-Palestine phrase, which is also used in a John Farnham classic.

Australia's story of spear versus gun needs telling

Australia's story of spear versus gun needs telling

Australia's story of spear versus gun needs telling

Australia's story of spear versus gun needs telling

Australians need to know thousands of Aboriginal people died defending Country with spears, says one of the activists who founded the Aboriginal Tent Embassy.

Calls to drop charges as anti-protest laws struck down

Calls to drop charges as anti-protest laws struck down

Calls to drop charges as anti-protest laws struck down

Calls to drop charges as anti-protest laws struck down

Prosecutors could be forced to withdraw charges against protesters brutalised by police after a court ruled limits imposed on attendees were unconstitutional.

Protest restrictions struck down in 'win for democracy'

Protest restrictions struck down in 'win for democracy'

Protest restrictions struck down in 'win for democracy'

Protest restrictions struck down in 'win for democracy'

Protest restrictions swiftly implemented after the Bondi terror attack have been deemed unconstitutional and struck down by a court.

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Profiling concerns mount as police plan influx in CBD

Civil rights groups are alarmed over a plan to almost double the number of patrolling police officers in a major city, citing fears of increased profiling.

Call to action to close gendered gaps in justice system

International Women's Day is being marked as a call to balance the scales and ensure all women and girls have fair and inclusive access to justice.

Anti-Semitism laws banning chants draws mixed reaction

Critics have slammed new laws designed to combat anti-Semitism as overreach, but a last-minute change reduces a minister's extraordinary powers.

What controversy? Festival boss Peter Sellars is back

More than two decades since Peter Sellars parted ways with the Adelaide Festival, the lauded director is back - with some thoughts on saying the unsayable.

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Bondi attack anti-protest laws 'limited and necessary'

A government is defending anti-protest laws swiftly implemented after the Bondi Beach massacre which have been slammed as unconstitutional in court.

Fears Hanson's 'dog-whistling' could trigger violence

A letter threatening Muslims with death was sent to a mosque days after a senator made racist remarks, sparking fears about spiralling Islamophobia.

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.

Herzog protest chaos as people pepper sprayed, arrested

Police deployed pepper spray and arrested several people after a protest against Israel's visiting president in one major city descended into chaos.

Legal challenge looms to ban on Palestinian slogans

Palestinian Australians and their supporters are preparing to challenge laws that ban a phrase widely understood to mean different things to different people.

'Not alone': Israeli president comforts Bondi victims

Injured victims of the Bondi terror attack have been comforted by Israeli President Isaac Herzog as he champions solidarity amid unrest over his visit.

'Don't give up', MLK Jr's son tells Aussie Indigenous

Progress will always be plagued by setbacks but the son of Martin Luther King Jr has urged young Indigenous people and advocates to keep up the fight.

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