This Month
Fears that $10b in building sites will grind to a halt on Tuesday
The Electrical Trades Union visited Lendlease, Multiplex and Mirvac sites to urge workers to attend an industry rally protesting the CFMEU administration.
- David Marin-Guzman
October
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- Israeli-Palestinian conflict
Pro-Palestine protesters defy police demands on Hezbollah imagery
Thousands of activists marched through the streets of Sydney and Melbourne, and are threatening to return on Monday, the anniversary of the October 7 attack.
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- Edmund Tadros and Hannah Wootton
‘No tolerance for illegal behaviour’: police issue protest warning
Australian police forces issued a rare joint statement warning people planning to attend pro-Palestine rallies at the weekend there will be no tolerance for illegal behaviour.
- Gus McCubbing
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- Middle East tensions
Pro-Palestinian protests to go ahead after police back down
Protest organisers withdrew from plans to hold a vigil on October 7, but won agreement from police to march through the Sydney CBD on Sunday.
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- Maxim Shanahan
- Opinion
- Middle East tensions
For the Liberals, Israel is a rare moment of cultural unity
Even multicultural societies need some shared values. The Liberals feel confident they are defending them.
- John Roskam
No one should mourn slain Hezbollah chief: PM
A political row over Australian support for terror group Hezbollah is deepening.
- Andrew Tillett
September
Why shouldn’t Australia capitalise on its abundance of uranium?
Readers’ letters on the role of nuclear energy; horses at risk in violent protests; and new anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing laws that threaten to drive out accountants.
Dozens arrested after anti-war protest turns violent
Protesters flooded Melbourne’s CBD to take action against a defence expo and the federal government’s stance on the Israel-Palestine conflict.
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- Gus McCubbing
Why Sydney Uni vice chancellor Mark Scott is in the firing line
Street art in Sydney University’s famed graffiti tunnel was exhibit A as Jewish groups stepped up their campaign to unseat the high-profile vice chancellor.
- Tom Burton
- Analysis
- Israeli-Palestinian conflict
Angry Israelis cross red line on hostage deaths
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is refusing to cave to the biggest demonstrations since the Gaza war began last October and agree to a ceasefire.
- Ethan Bronner
Netanyahu refuses to ‘surrender’ to hostage deal pressure
The Israeli prime minister has said the war would end only when Hamas was defeated, despite mass protests and a strike to urge a ceasefire.
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- Patrick Kingsley, Aaron Boxerman and Thomas Fuller
August
US universities brace for next round of Gaza protests as students return
Institutions including New York University have resolved to enforce sanctions on students judged in violation of their codes of conduct during disruptive demonstrations.
- Andrew Jack
Gaza protests my most difficult issue, says Sydney Uni’s Scott
Resolving the Gaza protests has been the most difficult challenge of his public professional career, says Sydney University vice chancellor, Mark Scott
- Tom Burton
July
UK police clash with far-right protesters after fatal stabbing
The crowd was believed to consist of English Defence League supporters, with the unrest inspired by speculation about the arrested teenage boy.
- Jill Lawless and Brian Melley
- Opinion
- Review
Australia’s great threat is a clash of civilisations
Seismic undercurrents of discontent are surfacing in society as religious beliefs collide and a generation is locked out of the housing market.
- John Carroll
June
Argentine Senate passes Milei reform bill as protests rage outside
The bill is key to overhauling an embattled economy, and includes plans for privatising public firms, granting special powers to the president and spurring investment.
- Nicolás Misculin and Eliana Raszewski
May
- Opinion
- Opinion
What campus protesters get wrong about divestment
Resisting magical thinking about how financial markets work would help them better direct their efforts today.
- The Economist
‘End it now or we’ll call police’: Uni toughens up on protesters
Melbourne University says protesters ‘crossed a line’ when they occupied a building and warned they could be charged by police if they don’t leave immediately.
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- Julie Hare and Patrick Durkin
Albanese vows to tackle antisemitism after crisis talks with rabbis
Jewish Australians should feel safe in the classroom and in their neighbourhoods, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says.
- Andrew Tillett
Biden says ‘order must prevail’ as US college arrests top 2000
The US president has broken his silence, calling for order on college campuses where protests against Israel’s war are escalating and some have turned violent.
- Matthew Cranston