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March4Justice rally outside Andrew Lamming's office
The Brisbane charter of women’s rights group March4Justice rallied outside of federal MP Andrew Lamming’s office on the weekend, calling for accountability from the Liberal National Party about their members' behaviour.
Over 150 people attended the Redland City protest, most holding signs or shouting slogans calling for the immediate resignation of Dr Lamming, who was ordered to take medical leave in March following allegations of online harassment against women.
Brisbane locals convince BCC to support free yoga
Brisbane locals have persuaded the Brisbane City Council to support free yoga in New Farm Park after a request was made to include the classes in their “Active & Healthy” program.
Run by locals in New Farm, the LGBTQI+ and Auslan-friendly yoga classes will run from 3 to 4pm each Sunday.
Cultural shawls to encourage First Nations women to get breast cancer screen
A new initiative has been launched in Canberra to encourage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women to get screened for breast cancer by providing cultural screening shawls.
Kamilaroi woman and manager of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Liaison Service at the Canberra Hospital, Joyce Graham, launched the program.
She has collaborated with Wiradjuri artist Kirstie Peters, Breast Screen ACT and the Canberra Hospital Foundation to roll out the shawls across the ACT.
"White-washed" Olympic promotion slammed
An Australian Olympic basketballer has made international news by calling out a “whitewashed” promotion of Australian Olympians and Paralympians ahead of the Tokyo 2021 Olympics.
29-year-old Liz Cambage has threatened to boycott the games after her criticism of the campaign, which reportedly only featured one person of colour, sparked a torrent of online commentary.
Ms Cambage has backed her position, telling her Instagram viewers that Australia’s black athletes are some of the best we have and should at the forefront.
China urges UN members not to attend event for oppressed minorities in XinJiang
China is urging United Nations member states not to attend a planned event to discuss the repression of Uyghur Muslims and other minorities in Xinjiang.
China’s UN mission wrote that the event was politically motivated and requested the member states, including Germany, the United States and Britain, not to participate in what they say is an "anti-China event".
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Protest planned for refugees held in Brisbane Transit centre
Queensland Greens Senator Larissa Waters will speak at a rally for refugees this Saturday, hosted by the Refugee Action Collection.
The protest aims to highlight the continued detention of 35 refugees currently held in the Brisbane Immigration Transit Accommodation. The men were originally brought to Queensland from Nauru and Christmas Island requiring urgent medical treatment under the recently repealed Medivac legislation.
The protest will be held at 11am on Saturday in Pinkenba.
Indian disapora and Greens call for immediate end to Indian travel ban
Indian community leaders and state and federal Greens MPs will come together this morning to call for an immediate end to the Indian travel ban.
Amar Singh, President and Founder of Turbans 4 Australia, and New South Wales Greens Senator Mehreen Faruqi will join other Greens MPs and Indian diaspora in a press conference this morning calling on the Coalition to move forward it’s planned end to the ban on 15 May.