#queensland — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #queensland, aggregated by home.social.
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One dead and two fighting for their lives after bus rolled off road in Whitsundays region https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/may/14/seven-people-seriously-injured-and-22-hurt-after-bus-rolled-off-road-in-whitsundays-region #Queensland #AustraliaNews
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Registration is now open for ResBaz Queensland 2026! 🎉
Don't miss out on our 10th edition. Come celebrate with us, learn some new research skills, and meet lots of great people.- When: 23rd-25th ofJune
- Where: QUT Kelvin Grove Campus
- Register: https://resbaz.github.io/resbaz2026qld/registration/
- What's on: https://resbaz.github.io/resbaz2026qld/schedule/🔁 Boosting makes science better! ♥️
#eResearch #openResearch #Brisbane #Meanjin #Magandjin #Queensland #SEQ #ResBazQLD
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https://www.europesays.com/news/28085/ Trump Tower Deal in Australia Falls Apart And a Blame Game Begins #Australia #Building(Construction) #Buildings(Structures) #DonaldJ #EricF(1984) #GoldCoast(Australia) #Headlines #HotelsAndTravelLodgings #News #Queensland(Australia) #RealEstate(Commercial) #TopStories #trump #TrumpOrganization
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https://www.europesays.com/nl/208816/ Toch geen Trump Tower in Australië, ‘reden is impopulariteit Trump’ #Australië #BreakingNews #BreakingNews #Dutch #FeaturedNews #FeaturedNews #GoldCoast #Headlines #Hoofdpunten #LatestNews #LatestNews #Nederland #Nederlanden #Nederlands #Netherlands #News #Nieuws #NL #Queensland #TopStories #TopStories #Trump #trumptower #Voorpaginanieuws #Wereld #World #WorldNews #WorldNews
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Myall Park Botanic Gardens, Glenmorgan, Qld
Slow camping in the peace and quiet of the bush.A female Rufous Whistler cautiously approaches the water at Myall Park. Photographed from the bird hide.
Just outside the tiny hamlet of Glenmorgan, we found peace and quiet and a feel of what the bush must have been
https://slowcamping.com.au/index.php/2026/05/13/myall-park-botanic-gardens-glenmorgan-qld/
#BirdWatching #Places #Reflections #Travel #Birds #BushCamping #Queensland #Wildlife -
Myall Park Botanic Gardens, Glenmorgan, Qld
Slow camping in the peace and quiet of the bush.A female Rufous Whistler cautiously approaches the water at Myall Park. Photographed from the bird hide.
Just outside the tiny hamlet of Glenmorgan, we found peace and quiet and a feel of what the bush must have been
https://slowcamping.com.au/index.php/2026/05/13/myall-park-botanic-gardens-glenmorgan-qld/
#BirdWatching #Places #Reflections #Travel #Birds #BushCamping #Queensland #Wildlife -
Myall Park Botanic Gardens, Glenmorgan, Qld
Slow camping in the peace and quiet of the bush.A female Rufous Whistler cautiously approaches the water at Myall Park. Photographed from the bird hide.
Just outside the tiny hamlet of Glenmorgan, we found peace and quiet and a feel of what the bush must have been
https://slowcamping.com.au/index.php/2026/05/13/myall-park-botanic-gardens-glenmorgan-qld/
#BirdWatching #Places #Reflections #Travel #Birds #BushCamping #Queensland #Wildlife -
Myall Park Botanic Gardens, Glenmorgan, Qld
Slow camping in the peace and quiet of the bush.A female Rufous Whistler cautiously approaches the water at Myall Park. Photographed from the bird hide.
Just outside the tiny hamlet of Glenmorgan, we found peace and quiet and a feel of what the bush must have been
https://slowcamping.com.au/index.php/2026/05/13/myall-park-botanic-gardens-glenmorgan-qld/
#BirdWatching #Places #Reflections #Travel #Birds #BushCamping #Queensland #Wildlife -
Myall Park Botanic Gardens, Glenmorgan, Qld
Slow camping in the peace and quiet of the bush.A female Rufous Whistler cautiously approaches the water at Myall Park. Photographed from the bird hide.
Just outside the tiny hamlet of Glenmorgan, we found peace and quiet and a feel of what the bush must have been
https://slowcamping.com.au/index.php/2026/05/13/myall-park-botanic-gardens-glenmorgan-qld/
#BirdWatching #Places #Reflections #Travel #Birds #BushCamping #Queensland #Wildlife -
This Saturday 16 March join us for the IDAHOBIT Solidarity March 2pm, Queen's Gardens, Brisbane
#TransJustice #TransJusticeMeanjin #Brisbane #Queensland #IDAHOBIT2026 -
💁🏻♀️ ICYMI: 🌿🐦 Southern #cassowaries are vital #ecosystem engineers that help regenerate the #rainforests of North #Queensland and #PapuaNewGuinea.
A single #cassowary roams great distances searching for #food and dispersing #seeds from the #fruit it eats. The seeds pass through their digestive systems without being destroyed so they can be dropped far from the parent tree.
👉 Learn more https://seethis.tv/post/zillie-cassowary-melbourne-zoo-video
#animals #australia #birds #ornithology #melbourne #zoo #ecology #nature #wildlife #biology #botany #conservation #tksst #video
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💁🏻♀️ ICYMI: 🌿🐦 Southern #cassowaries are vital #ecosystem engineers that help regenerate the #rainforests of North #Queensland and #PapuaNewGuinea.
A single #cassowary roams great distances searching for #food and dispersing #seeds from the #fruit it eats. The seeds pass through their digestive systems without being destroyed so they can be dropped far from the parent tree.
👉 Learn more https://seethis.tv/post/zillie-cassowary-melbourne-zoo-video
#animals #australia #birds #ornithology #melbourne #zoo #ecology #nature #wildlife #biology #botany #conservation #tksst #video
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💁🏻♀️ ICYMI: 🌿🐦 Southern #cassowaries are vital #ecosystem engineers that help regenerate the #rainforests of North #Queensland and #PapuaNewGuinea.
A single #cassowary roams great distances searching for #food and dispersing #seeds from the #fruit it eats. The seeds pass through their digestive systems without being destroyed so they can be dropped far from the parent tree.
👉 Learn more https://seethis.tv/post/zillie-cassowary-melbourne-zoo-video
#animals #australia #birds #ornithology #melbourne #zoo #ecology #nature #wildlife #biology #botany #conservation #tksst #video
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💁🏻♀️ ICYMI: 🌿🐦 Southern #cassowaries are vital #ecosystem engineers that help regenerate the #rainforests of North #Queensland and #PapuaNewGuinea.
A single #cassowary roams great distances searching for #food and dispersing #seeds from the #fruit it eats. The seeds pass through their digestive systems without being destroyed so they can be dropped far from the parent tree.
👉 Learn more https://seethis.tv/post/zillie-cassowary-melbourne-zoo-video
#animals #australia #birds #ornithology #melbourne #zoo #ecology #nature #wildlife #biology #botany #conservation #tksst #video
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💁🏻♀️ ICYMI: 🌿🐦 Southern #cassowaries are vital #ecosystem engineers that help regenerate the #rainforests of North #Queensland and #PapuaNewGuinea.
A single #cassowary roams great distances searching for #food and dispersing #seeds from the #fruit it eats. The seeds pass through their digestive systems without being destroyed so they can be dropped far from the parent tree.
👉 Learn more https://seethis.tv/post/zillie-cassowary-melbourne-zoo-video
#animals #australia #birds #ornithology #melbourne #zoo #ecology #nature #wildlife #biology #botany #conservation #tksst #video
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🌿🐦 Southern #cassowaries are vital #ecosystem engineers that help regenerate the #rainforests of North #Queensland and #PapuaNewGuinea.
A single #cassowary roams great distances searching for #food and dispersing #seeds from the #fruit it eats. The seeds pass through their digestive systems without being destroyed so they can be dropped far from the parent tree.
👉 Learn more: https://seethis.tv/post/zillie-cassowary-melbourne-zoo-video
#animals #australia #birds #ornithology #melbourne #zoo #ecology #nature #wildlife #biology #botany #conservation #tksst #video
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Man charged after allegedly threatening Muslim worshippers at Brisbane mosque https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/may/11/growing-anti-muslim-sentiment-condemned-after-threats-made-to-brisbane-mosque-worshippers-ntwnfb #Queensland #Islamophobia #Brisbane #AustraliaNews #Islam #Religion
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Great Barrier Reef from above, Queensland, Australia
© Francesco Riccardo Iacomino/Getty Images
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Brisbane Lions player Koby Evans suspended for use of homophobic slur in VFL game, latest news
Brisbane’s Koby Evans has been suspe…
#NewsBeep #News #AFL #AU #Australia #AustraliaandNewZealand #AustralianFootballLeague #Brisbane #BrisbaneLions #ChrisHyde #four-matchsanction #goldcoast #homophobicslur #JackJovanovski #KobyEvans #Lionsdrafteecops #mandatedclubpsychologist #Oceania #Queensland #sports #TeamPhotoDay #TomHarley #typicalfive-matchpenalty #WilPowell
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Brisbane Lions player Koby Evans suspended for use of homophobic slur in VFL game, latest news
Brisbane’s Koby Evans has been suspe…
#NewsBeep #News #AFL #AU #Australia #AustraliaandNewZealand #AustralianFootballLeague #Brisbane #BrisbaneLions #ChrisHyde #four-matchsanction #goldcoast #homophobicslur #JackJovanovski #KobyEvans #Lionsdrafteecops #mandatedclubpsychologist #Oceania #Queensland #sports #TeamPhotoDay #TomHarley #typicalfive-matchpenalty #WilPowell
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#Albanese government #abandons beleaguered #inlandrail project connecting #NSW with #Queensland.
The Albanese government will drastically scale back the beleaguered inland rail project as the price tag blows out to more than $45bn.
If only it was a #submarine canal. Then they’d magically have funds for it. #auspol 😂
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#Albanese government #abandons beleaguered #inlandrail project connecting #NSW with #Queensland.
The Albanese government will drastically scale back the beleaguered inland rail project as the price tag blows out to more than $45bn.
If only it was a #submarine canal. Then they’d magically have funds for it. #auspol 😂
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#Albanese government #abandons beleaguered #inlandrail project connecting #NSW with #Queensland.
The Albanese government will drastically scale back the beleaguered inland rail project as the price tag blows out to more than $45bn.
If only it was a #submarine canal. Then they’d magically have funds for it. #auspol 😂
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#Albanese government #abandons beleaguered #inlandrail project connecting #NSW with #Queensland.
The Albanese government will drastically scale back the beleaguered inland rail project as the price tag blows out to more than $45bn.
If only it was a #submarine canal. Then they’d magically have funds for it. #auspol 😂
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#Albanese government #abandons beleaguered #inlandrail project connecting #NSW with #Queensland.
The Albanese government will drastically scale back the beleaguered inland rail project as the price tag blows out to more than $45bn.
If only it was a #submarine canal. Then they’d magically have funds for it. #auspol 😂
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Albanese government abandons beleaguered inland rail project connecting NSW with Queensland https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/may/05/albanese-government-abandons-beleaguered-inland-rail-project-connecting-nsw-with-queensland #RailTransport #AustraliaNews #Transport #NewSouthWales #Victoria #Queensland
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Albanese government abandons beleaguered inland rail project connecting NSW with Queensland https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/may/05/albanese-government-abandons-beleaguered-inland-rail-project-connecting-nsw-with-queensland #RailTransport #AustraliaNews #Transport #NewSouthWales #Victoria #Queensland
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Albanese government abandons beleaguered inland rail project connecting NSW with Queensland https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/may/05/albanese-government-abandons-beleaguered-inland-rail-project-connecting-nsw-with-queensland #RailTransport #AustraliaNews #Transport #NewSouthWales #Victoria #Queensland
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Albanese government abandons beleaguered inland rail project connecting NSW with Queensland https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/may/05/albanese-government-abandons-beleaguered-inland-rail-project-connecting-nsw-with-queensland #RailTransport #AustraliaNews #Transport #NewSouthWales #Victoria #Queensland
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Birdwatching At Pacific Pines Central Park
Recently I visited the Gold Coast in Queensland to visit my mother and in between the hot and rainy weather, we managed to have a nice day and went for a walk at Central Park near her home. Here are photos of some of the birds we managed to spot walking around the small lake.
Magpielark (also known as peewees) Black Swan Eurasian Coot Australian Magpie (adult on left, juvenile on right) Pacific Black Ducks Indian Myna (also known as Common Myna, an invasive species) Dusky MoorhenSacred IbisWood DucksRoyal SpoonbillLittle Black Cormorants Variety of birds hanging out together Two young sulphur crested cockatoos The lake at Central Park, nearly covered by water lilliesUntil next time,
Sue
#australia #bird #birdlife #birdwatching #Ducks #goldcoast #lake #Nature #park #queensland #waterbird #wildlife -
💁🏻♀️ ICYMI: 🦘✨ While most #swamp #wallabies have dark coats, some are born with a rare golden sheen due to a genetic #mutation.
Photographer Jack Evershed spent 80 hours tracking an elusive marsupial on #Australia's #GoldCoast to capture this footage. Scientists suggest the lighter #color might help them blend into sandier #woodland habitats.
👉 Learn more: https://seethis.tv/post/the-rare-and-elusive-golden-swamp-wallaby
#animals #biology #camouflage #cute #forest #genetics #marsupials #nature #queensland #science #wallaby #wildlife #woods #tksst #video
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🦘✨ While most #swamp #wallabies have dark coats, some are born with a rare golden sheen due to a genetic #mutation.
Photographer Jack Evershed spent 80 hours tracking an elusive marsupial on #Australia's #GoldCoast to capture this footage. Scientists suggest the lighter #color might help them blend into sandier #woodland habitats.
👉 Learn more: https://seethis.tv/post/the-rare-and-elusive-golden-swamp-wallaby
#animals #biology #camouflage #cute #forest #genetics #marsupials #nature #queensland #science #wallaby #wildlife #woods #tksst #video
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Queensland Tourism Industry Council calls on government for support as tourists cancel bookings
The manager of a Far North Queensland caravan park says they have lost about $35,000 in bookings due…
#NewsBeep #News #Business #AU #Australia #caravanparks #caravans #diesel #fuel #fuelcosts #fuelcrisis #fuelsupply #petrol #Qld #Queensland #tourism #TourismIndustry #tourismoperators #tours #Visitors
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Queensland Tourism Industry Council calls on government for support as tourists cancel bookings
The manager of a Far North Queensland caravan park says they have lost about $35,000 in bookings due…
#NewsBeep #News #Business #AU #Australia #caravanparks #caravans #diesel #fuel #fuelcosts #fuelcrisis #fuelsupply #petrol #Qld #Queensland #tourism #TourismIndustry #tourismoperators #tours #Visitors
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Why Did Fortitude Valley Die? (The #History of #FortitudeValley Part 2) | By #walkaboutwithrob on #YouTube
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How the History of Mt Gravatt Changed My Life! | By #walkaboutwithrob on #YouTube
https://youtube.com/watch?v=lPTXxavzx_w
> It's true, the history of #MtGravatt did change my life. There is a long winded but hopefully interesting story within this documentary about what happened....
#qld #Queensland #aus #Australia #history #AusHistory #qldhistory
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Regarding the Queensland “from the river to the sea” ban… it’s section 52DA of the Criminal Code, here:
https://www.legislation.qld.gov.au/view/whole/html/inforce/current/act-1899-009
It starts by saying: “A person who publicly recites, publicly distributes, publishes or publicly displays a prohibited expression in a way that might reasonably be expected to cause a member of the public to feel menaced, harassed or offended commits an offence” - and then goes on to define the phrase “from the river to the sea”.
Surely, singing John Farnham is not “a way that might reasonably be expected to cause a member of the public to feel menaced, harassed or offended” - and thus any media reports of people “narrowly escaping arrest” are lazy reporting?
(Even, surely, if you sing the song while holding a Palestinian flag?)
Or am I missing something crucial about this particularly dumb law from Crissafuli?
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FluMist nasal spray vaccine is available for use in Australia, but only some children will get it for free
Australia’s 2026 peak flu season will be unlike any other. For the first time, children and teens aged…
#NewsBeep #News #Health #AU #Australia #chemist #cho #Doctor #fluvaccine #flueseason #flumist #free #immunisation #influenza #mariannegale #nasalspray #Pharmacy #Qld #Queensland #RACGP #TGA
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FluMist nasal spray vaccine is available for use in Australia, but only some children will get it for free
Australia’s 2026 peak flu season will be unlike any other. For the first time, children and teens aged…
#NewsBeep #News #Health #AU #Australia #chemist #cho #Doctor #fluvaccine #flueseason #flumist #free #immunisation #influenza #mariannegale #nasalspray #Pharmacy #Qld #Queensland #RACGP #TGA
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FluMist nasal spray vaccine is available for use in Australia, but only some children will get it for free https://www.byteseu.com/1915994/ #Australia #chemist #CHO #Doctor #FluVaccine #FlueSeason #flumist #free #immunisation #influenza #MarianneGale #NasalSpray #Pharmacy #qld #Queensland #RACGP #TGA
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2026 Chronicle Garden Competition entry form https://www.allforgardening.com/1677924/2026-chronicle-garden-competition-entry-form/ #Australia #AustraliaAndNewZealand #ChronicleGardenCompetition #CompetitionReturns #DecadentGardenDisplays #EntryForm #ExperienceLevels #FindexAndPecheyDistillingCo. #garden #GardenCompetitionWinner #GardenGate #GrandChampionGarden #GreenThumbs #JordanPhilp #Oceania #PrivateGardens #Queensland #toowoomba #ToowoombaRegionalCouncil #WinExcitingPrizes
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Kevin Costner, Jake Gyllenhaal to Film ‘Honeymoon With Harry’ in Queensland
#Variety #Asia #Global #Locations #News #HoneymoonWithHarry #JakeGyllenhaal #KevinCostner #Queensland -
Crocodile Hunter Cultural Controversy
'When a massive Queensland crocodile known as Old Faithful was transferred to Australia Zoo last November, the Irwin-owned park announced it was proud to become the animal's "forever home", and the state government welcomed the move as a public safety success story.But an ABC 7.30 investigation has raised questions about the conduct of the state's crocodile catchers, including how the decision was made to capture the culturally significant animal and whether they followed their own laws.
Traditional owners in Cape York, who should have been consulted about his removal, maintain Old Faithful's capture was a "wrongful arrest" carried out by "cowboys".
Chief among their concerns are allegations that they were misled and excluded from key decisions affecting culture and Country. So much so that lawyers from the Environmental Defenders Office are considering lodging a human rights complaint.'
#IndigenousIP #biodiversity #humanrights #Qldpol #auslaw #Queensland #crocodile 🐊
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#Australia - #ProPalestinian group accuses #Queensland police of #'overreach' after '#FromTheRiverToTheSea' arrests
By Lottie Twyford
Thu 12 Mar, 2026"#StudentsForPalestine convenor Ella Gutteridge said she had never seen "riot police everywhere" at a student demonstration before yesterday's and believed they were present 'with the express purpose of using these laws'." 😱
#ACAB #AustraliaPol #AusPol #CriminalizingProtest
#AntiProtestLaws #FreePalestine #FreeGaza #GazaGenocide #WorldPol #IsraeliWarCrimes #Resistance #ResistGenocide -
How tight is the #RightToProtest?
From 418 arrests in 1977 to fresh clashes in Sydney: Debate over #Australia’s right to protest continues
"What many may not realise is that the right to protest in Australia is not protected by one simple law. It’s implied in the constitution under freedom of political communication and exists under international human rights law, which Australia has agreed to uphold. Only #Queensland, #Victoria and the #ACT explicitly protect the right to peaceful assembly, freedom of association and freedom of expression. And laws protecting the right to peaceful protest in Australia can be limited."
By Rhiannon Stevens
Sat 14 Feb, 2026" 'The day of the political street march is over,' Joh Bjelke-Petersen declared. 'Don’t bother to apply for a permit. You won’t get one. That’s government policy now.'
"A few weeks later, thousands of people defied then-Queensland premier Bjelke-Petersen’s proclamation and gathered in Brisbane for an #AntiUranium march.
"Ian Curr remembers an intense, unrelenting heat on that day nearly 50 years ago. It was 'boiling hot', the long-time #AntiNuclear activist says. So hot that when protesters sat on the road, arms linked in passive defiance, it was 'not very pleasant' because the tarmac was scorching. Other memories emerge from the haze: lines of police, three and four deep, surrounding protesters; a woman with tears streaming down her face who had just heard her partner was arrested.
"Fear swirled up spines and into the air. These were the years after the #Springbok tour #AntiApartheid protests had been violently suppressed.
"That afternoon in October 1977, 418 people were arrested and Queensland’s 'RightToMarch' movement quickly entered a new era. #CivilLiberties demonstrations continued until the ban — originally enacted to curb a growing anti-nuclear movement — was lifted two years later.
"Ross Gwyther was exhilarated seeing some 5,000 anti-nuclear marchers turn out that day. But the sensation was tempered by an 'intense fear because there’d already been many cases of #PoliceBrutality'.
"These were extraordinary times, as the Fitzgerald Inquiry would later attest. For Gwyther and many of the #ratbags, #activists and #CivilLibertarians of Queensland it was a defining moment. That era in Brisbane radicalised a lot of people, Gwyther says, who embarked on a lifetime of 'political activism, both through parliamentary politics or by grassroots politics'.
"These moments mark you, Curr says, turning to the events in Sydney this week. 'The people who saw that violence in Sydney, in 40 or 50 years, they will not forget it. In the same way I do not forget police brandishing batons and punching and throwing people into paddy wagons. It’s something you do not forget.'
"In the aftermath of last Monday’s protest against Israeli President #IsaacHerzog’s visit in #Sydney, shaky, chaotic videos began to emerge online. A man lies on tram tracks, restrained by officers who punch him 18 times. #Protesters are pushed, they struggle to their feet, crowds stumble around them. Men bowed in prayer are wrenched from their worship by police. A grandmother is in hospital with a spinal injury. She says she feared being suffocated in a stampede as she lay on the ground in agony. She alleges she was pushed over by police."
Read more:
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-15/right-to-protest-fragile-police-powers-gaza-herzog/106331356#ACAB #AustraliaPol #AusPol #CriminalizingProtest #Australia #AntiProtestLaws #WaterIsLife #LandIsLife #UraniumMines #WorldPol #IsraeliWarCrimes
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How tight is the #RightToProtest?
From 418 arrests in 1977 to fresh clashes in Sydney: Debate over #Australia’s right to protest continues
"What many may not realise is that the right to protest in Australia is not protected by one simple law. It’s implied in the constitution under freedom of political communication and exists under international human rights law, which Australia has agreed to uphold. Only #Queensland, #Victoria and the #ACT explicitly protect the right to peaceful assembly, freedom of association and freedom of expression. And laws protecting the right to peaceful protest in Australia can be limited."
By Rhiannon Stevens
Sat 14 Feb, 2026" 'The day of the political street march is over,' Joh Bjelke-Petersen declared. 'Don’t bother to apply for a permit. You won’t get one. That’s government policy now.'
"A few weeks later, thousands of people defied then-Queensland premier Bjelke-Petersen’s proclamation and gathered in Brisbane for an #AntiUranium march.
"Ian Curr remembers an intense, unrelenting heat on that day nearly 50 years ago. It was 'boiling hot', the long-time #AntiNuclear activist says. So hot that when protesters sat on the road, arms linked in passive defiance, it was 'not very pleasant' because the tarmac was scorching. Other memories emerge from the haze: lines of police, three and four deep, surrounding protesters; a woman with tears streaming down her face who had just heard her partner was arrested.
"Fear swirled up spines and into the air. These were the years after the #Springbok tour #AntiApartheid protests had been violently suppressed.
"That afternoon in October 1977, 418 people were arrested and Queensland’s 'RightToMarch' movement quickly entered a new era. #CivilLiberties demonstrations continued until the ban — originally enacted to curb a growing anti-nuclear movement — was lifted two years later.
"Ross Gwyther was exhilarated seeing some 5,000 anti-nuclear marchers turn out that day. But the sensation was tempered by an 'intense fear because there’d already been many cases of #PoliceBrutality'.
"These were extraordinary times, as the Fitzgerald Inquiry would later attest. For Gwyther and many of the #ratbags, #activists and #CivilLibertarians of Queensland it was a defining moment. That era in Brisbane radicalised a lot of people, Gwyther says, who embarked on a lifetime of 'political activism, both through parliamentary politics or by grassroots politics'.
"These moments mark you, Curr says, turning to the events in Sydney this week. 'The people who saw that violence in Sydney, in 40 or 50 years, they will not forget it. In the same way I do not forget police brandishing batons and punching and throwing people into paddy wagons. It’s something you do not forget.'
"In the aftermath of last Monday’s protest against Israeli President #IsaacHerzog’s visit in #Sydney, shaky, chaotic videos began to emerge online. A man lies on tram tracks, restrained by officers who punch him 18 times. #Protesters are pushed, they struggle to their feet, crowds stumble around them. Men bowed in prayer are wrenched from their worship by police. A grandmother is in hospital with a spinal injury. She says she feared being suffocated in a stampede as she lay on the ground in agony. She alleges she was pushed over by police."
Read more:
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-15/right-to-protest-fragile-police-powers-gaza-herzog/106331356#ACAB #AustraliaPol #AusPol #CriminalizingProtest #Australia #AntiProtestLaws #WaterIsLife #LandIsLife #UraniumMines #WorldPol #IsraeliWarCrimes
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How tight is the #RightToProtest?
From 418 arrests in 1977 to fresh clashes in Sydney: Debate over #Australia’s right to protest continues
"What many may not realise is that the right to protest in Australia is not protected by one simple law. It’s implied in the constitution under freedom of political communication and exists under international human rights law, which Australia has agreed to uphold. Only #Queensland, #Victoria and the #ACT explicitly protect the right to peaceful assembly, freedom of association and freedom of expression. And laws protecting the right to peaceful protest in Australia can be limited."
By Rhiannon Stevens
Sat 14 Feb, 2026" 'The day of the political street march is over,' Joh Bjelke-Petersen declared. 'Don’t bother to apply for a permit. You won’t get one. That’s government policy now.'
"A few weeks later, thousands of people defied then-Queensland premier Bjelke-Petersen’s proclamation and gathered in Brisbane for an #AntiUranium march.
"Ian Curr remembers an intense, unrelenting heat on that day nearly 50 years ago. It was 'boiling hot', the long-time #AntiNuclear activist says. So hot that when protesters sat on the road, arms linked in passive defiance, it was 'not very pleasant' because the tarmac was scorching. Other memories emerge from the haze: lines of police, three and four deep, surrounding protesters; a woman with tears streaming down her face who had just heard her partner was arrested.
"Fear swirled up spines and into the air. These were the years after the #Springbok tour #AntiApartheid protests had been violently suppressed.
"That afternoon in October 1977, 418 people were arrested and Queensland’s 'RightToMarch' movement quickly entered a new era. #CivilLiberties demonstrations continued until the ban — originally enacted to curb a growing anti-nuclear movement — was lifted two years later.
"Ross Gwyther was exhilarated seeing some 5,000 anti-nuclear marchers turn out that day. But the sensation was tempered by an 'intense fear because there’d already been many cases of #PoliceBrutality'.
"These were extraordinary times, as the Fitzgerald Inquiry would later attest. For Gwyther and many of the #ratbags, #activists and #CivilLibertarians of Queensland it was a defining moment. That era in Brisbane radicalised a lot of people, Gwyther says, who embarked on a lifetime of 'political activism, both through parliamentary politics or by grassroots politics'.
"These moments mark you, Curr says, turning to the events in Sydney this week. 'The people who saw that violence in Sydney, in 40 or 50 years, they will not forget it. In the same way I do not forget police brandishing batons and punching and throwing people into paddy wagons. It’s something you do not forget.'
"In the aftermath of last Monday’s protest against Israeli President #IsaacHerzog’s visit in #Sydney, shaky, chaotic videos began to emerge online. A man lies on tram tracks, restrained by officers who punch him 18 times. #Protesters are pushed, they struggle to their feet, crowds stumble around them. Men bowed in prayer are wrenched from their worship by police. A grandmother is in hospital with a spinal injury. She says she feared being suffocated in a stampede as she lay on the ground in agony. She alleges she was pushed over by police."
Read more:
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-15/right-to-protest-fragile-police-powers-gaza-herzog/106331356#ACAB #AustraliaPol #AusPol #CriminalizingProtest #Australia #AntiProtestLaws #WaterIsLife #LandIsLife #UraniumMines #WorldPol #IsraeliWarCrimes
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How tight is the #RightToProtest?
From 418 arrests in 1977 to fresh clashes in Sydney: Debate over #Australia’s right to protest continues
"What many may not realise is that the right to protest in Australia is not protected by one simple law. It’s implied in the constitution under freedom of political communication and exists under international human rights law, which Australia has agreed to uphold. Only #Queensland, #Victoria and the #ACT explicitly protect the right to peaceful assembly, freedom of association and freedom of expression. And laws protecting the right to peaceful protest in Australia can be limited."
By Rhiannon Stevens
Sat 14 Feb, 2026" 'The day of the political street march is over,' Joh Bjelke-Petersen declared. 'Don’t bother to apply for a permit. You won’t get one. That’s government policy now.'
"A few weeks later, thousands of people defied then-Queensland premier Bjelke-Petersen’s proclamation and gathered in Brisbane for an #AntiUranium march.
"Ian Curr remembers an intense, unrelenting heat on that day nearly 50 years ago. It was 'boiling hot', the long-time #AntiNuclear activist says. So hot that when protesters sat on the road, arms linked in passive defiance, it was 'not very pleasant' because the tarmac was scorching. Other memories emerge from the haze: lines of police, three and four deep, surrounding protesters; a woman with tears streaming down her face who had just heard her partner was arrested.
"Fear swirled up spines and into the air. These were the years after the #Springbok tour #AntiApartheid protests had been violently suppressed.
"That afternoon in October 1977, 418 people were arrested and Queensland’s 'RightToMarch' movement quickly entered a new era. #CivilLiberties demonstrations continued until the ban — originally enacted to curb a growing anti-nuclear movement — was lifted two years later.
"Ross Gwyther was exhilarated seeing some 5,000 anti-nuclear marchers turn out that day. But the sensation was tempered by an 'intense fear because there’d already been many cases of #PoliceBrutality'.
"These were extraordinary times, as the Fitzgerald Inquiry would later attest. For Gwyther and many of the #ratbags, #activists and #CivilLibertarians of Queensland it was a defining moment. That era in Brisbane radicalised a lot of people, Gwyther says, who embarked on a lifetime of 'political activism, both through parliamentary politics or by grassroots politics'.
"These moments mark you, Curr says, turning to the events in Sydney this week. 'The people who saw that violence in Sydney, in 40 or 50 years, they will not forget it. In the same way I do not forget police brandishing batons and punching and throwing people into paddy wagons. It’s something you do not forget.'
"In the aftermath of last Monday’s protest against Israeli President #IsaacHerzog’s visit in #Sydney, shaky, chaotic videos began to emerge online. A man lies on tram tracks, restrained by officers who punch him 18 times. #Protesters are pushed, they struggle to their feet, crowds stumble around them. Men bowed in prayer are wrenched from their worship by police. A grandmother is in hospital with a spinal injury. She says she feared being suffocated in a stampede as she lay on the ground in agony. She alleges she was pushed over by police."
Read more:
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-15/right-to-protest-fragile-police-powers-gaza-herzog/106331356#ACAB #AustraliaPol #AusPol #CriminalizingProtest #Australia #AntiProtestLaws #WaterIsLife #LandIsLife #UraniumMines #WorldPol #IsraeliWarCrimes
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How tight is the #RightToProtest?
From 418 arrests in 1977 to fresh clashes in Sydney: Debate over #Australia’s right to protest continues
"What many may not realise is that the right to protest in Australia is not protected by one simple law. It’s implied in the constitution under freedom of political communication and exists under international human rights law, which Australia has agreed to uphold. Only #Queensland, #Victoria and the #ACT explicitly protect the right to peaceful assembly, freedom of association and freedom of expression. And laws protecting the right to peaceful protest in Australia can be limited."
By Rhiannon Stevens
Sat 14 Feb, 2026" 'The day of the political street march is over,' Joh Bjelke-Petersen declared. 'Don’t bother to apply for a permit. You won’t get one. That’s government policy now.'
"A few weeks later, thousands of people defied then-Queensland premier Bjelke-Petersen’s proclamation and gathered in Brisbane for an #AntiUranium march.
"Ian Curr remembers an intense, unrelenting heat on that day nearly 50 years ago. It was 'boiling hot', the long-time #AntiNuclear activist says. So hot that when protesters sat on the road, arms linked in passive defiance, it was 'not very pleasant' because the tarmac was scorching. Other memories emerge from the haze: lines of police, three and four deep, surrounding protesters; a woman with tears streaming down her face who had just heard her partner was arrested.
"Fear swirled up spines and into the air. These were the years after the #Springbok tour #AntiApartheid protests had been violently suppressed.
"That afternoon in October 1977, 418 people were arrested and Queensland’s 'RightToMarch' movement quickly entered a new era. #CivilLiberties demonstrations continued until the ban — originally enacted to curb a growing anti-nuclear movement — was lifted two years later.
"Ross Gwyther was exhilarated seeing some 5,000 anti-nuclear marchers turn out that day. But the sensation was tempered by an 'intense fear because there’d already been many cases of #PoliceBrutality'.
"These were extraordinary times, as the Fitzgerald Inquiry would later attest. For Gwyther and many of the #ratbags, #activists and #CivilLibertarians of Queensland it was a defining moment. That era in Brisbane radicalised a lot of people, Gwyther says, who embarked on a lifetime of 'political activism, both through parliamentary politics or by grassroots politics'.
"These moments mark you, Curr says, turning to the events in Sydney this week. 'The people who saw that violence in Sydney, in 40 or 50 years, they will not forget it. In the same way I do not forget police brandishing batons and punching and throwing people into paddy wagons. It’s something you do not forget.'
"In the aftermath of last Monday’s protest against Israeli President #IsaacHerzog’s visit in #Sydney, shaky, chaotic videos began to emerge online. A man lies on tram tracks, restrained by officers who punch him 18 times. #Protesters are pushed, they struggle to their feet, crowds stumble around them. Men bowed in prayer are wrenched from their worship by police. A grandmother is in hospital with a spinal injury. She says she feared being suffocated in a stampede as she lay on the ground in agony. She alleges she was pushed over by police."
Read more:
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-15/right-to-protest-fragile-police-powers-gaza-herzog/106331356#ACAB #AustraliaPol #AusPol #CriminalizingProtest #Australia #AntiProtestLaws #WaterIsLife #LandIsLife #UraniumMines #WorldPol #IsraeliWarCrimes
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Make #Gas Giants Pay
Gas #corporations are making billions from #Australian gas – while the rest of us pay higher energy bills.
They extract publicly owned gas, sell it overseas at record profits, and pay next to nothing back in #tax. In #Queensland alone, gas companies made $36 billion in a single year and paid ZERO tax.
https://getup.to/G2GBD4szCVOBik
#petition #petitions #australia #ausgov #auspol #tasgov #taspol #politas #classwar #capitalism #fascism #extortion #exploitation #eattherich #psa