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Protests across Australia against Woodside’s gas extension

Snap rallies erupted across the country this week with hundreds of climate activists convening in outrage, and opposition to the Government’s North West gas shelf approval in Western Australia. In South Australia alone – at least 120 people including, conservation councils, nature campaigners and politicians met outside State parliament calling the Labor government to refuse …

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Aboriginal Legal Service WA celebrates 50th year

Western Australia’s Aboriginal Legal Services recently celebrated its 50th Year of service. The event acknowledged the many human rights achievements of all those involved since the organisation’s inception in 1974. Image: Image: Supplied/ Micah Kickett Produced By: Micah Kickett Featured In Story: Wayne Nannup- CEO, Aboriginal Legal Service Western Australia First aired on The Wire, …

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Women in Canberra demanding justice for missing Indigenous men

The fight for six Indigenous men who have disappeared from their remote communities in Western Australia continues. Families of the men who remain missing for more than two years attended Parliament House in Canberra last week to demand help from the Federal Government and fight for justice on a national level. Senator Dorinda Cox brought …

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UN finds Australian and WA Government in potential breach of racial discrimination convention

A UN committee has found the Australian and WA governments potentially breached racial discrimination conventions, over the handling of Aboriginal cultural heritage issues. A complaint was lodged in August 2021, under the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination. About a year after Rio Tinto destroyed the 46,000-year-old Juukan Gorge in the Pilbara. The …

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New species of land snail discovered in Nullarbor estimated 3 million years old

Scientists at the Western Australian Museum have discovered a new species of land snail in Western Australia’s Nullarbor region, the fossil estimated to be around three million years old. The discovery comes after two comprehensive fieldwork sessions between 2021 and 2023. Researchers say the discovery is especially significant, because it indicates the climate having been …

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