Indonesian anti-feminism campaign

The campaign, “Indonesia Without Feminists”, recently went viral for its opposition to feminism and ridicule of the LGBTQI community.

 

It is a supposed opposition to western feminism deemed incompatible with their Islamic values and believe Indonesian women should mobilise to protect their children from ‘un-godly communism”, homosexuality and other ‘moral threats’.

 

The campaign is a part of a growing tech-savvy ultra-conservative movement using memes and hashtags like #UninstallFeminism to spread their messages.

Major changes to EU Parliament

The European Union’s elections have seen a decreasing amount of centre parties being voted into parliament.

 

Britain's right-wing ‘Brexit party’ has had a landslide victory for British seats despite only being created six weeks ago.

 

There has also been a large increase in votes for Germany’s Greens Party which has doubled to 21% coming second in Germany.

 

Traditional Indigenous land owners in the Brisbane Federal Court to oppose Adani

The Federal Court in Brisbane is hearing an appeal over a land use agreement today from a group of traditional land owners opposed to the Adani coal mine.
Members of the Wangan and Jagalingou community are appealing the Federal court’s decision last year to reject their objections to an Indigenous Land Use Agreement. Under this agreement native title over the area would be terminated to allow Adani to build its Carmichael coal mine.

Nationals senator Bridget Mckenzie to be Australia's first female agriculture minister

Nationals senator Bridget Mckenzie will be sworn in on Wednesday as Australia’s first female agriculture minister.
Whilst the National Party’s leader Michael McCormack plans to ‘pray for rain’ as one of his drought response policies, Senator McKenzie plans to take a more practical approach.
Her strategy will include working closely with the drought taskforce to gain ‘practical responses for those farmers doing it tough’.

Tores Straight Islanders ask UN to hold Australia to account on climate ‘human rights abuses’

Torres Strait Island communities have lodged a climate change case with the United Nations human Rights Committee against the Australian federal government.

A failure to take action against the climate crisis which is destroying Torres Strait homes, infrastructure and even cemeteries have lead the islanders to take action.

They argue that the coalition government has not only steered Australia off track in meeting globally agreed climate emission reductions, but has also set us on course for a climate catastrophe.

Hong Kong protesters demand China be held to account for 1989 Tiananmen crackdown

Thousands of protesters marched in central Hong Kong on Sunday as a part of annual demonstrations demanding that China be held accountable for the 1989 Tiananmen square Massacre.

The Tiananmen crackdown is a taboo subject in China with Chinese internet companies increasingly blocking content related to the event’s 30th anniversary.

The leader of the Hong Kong democratic party said China has tried and erase these memories but the Hong Kong people have not forgotten.

Australian recovering in Nepalese hospital after being rescued on Mount Everest

An Australian man was found unconscious on the Tibetan side of Mount Everest on Wednesday, at an Altitude of 7,500 metres.

 

The department of foreign affairs and trade said it was “providing consular assistance to the Australian man hospitalised in Kathmandu”. 

 

The man was reported to be in a critical condition, but has since been stabilised.