Queensland Greens MP calls for compulsory Sex Education

Queensland Greens MP Amy McMahon says sex education should be made compulsory in Queensland schools. McMahon, the state member for South Brisbane, wrote to Education Minister Grace Grace yesterday in a bid to curb sexual violence. As people around the world celebrated International Women’s Day yesterday, Ms

Tamil refugee supporters mark three years in offshore detention

Protesters marked three years since a family of Tamil asylum seekers were taken into immigration detention, with a protest in Brisbane’s CBD this weekend. 

The Brisbane protest came on the same weekend a candle-light vigil was held in support of the family by neighbours and friends in their home town of Biloela.

Developers seek changes in light of raised flood levels

Developers of the Bulimba Barracks site in Brisbane's east have asked the City Council to vary an existing masterplan to reflect a need to raise the entire site above flood level.

Developers say earthwork filling is needed to remove the risk of flood inundation and effectively manage stormwater flow across the site.

Protests planned for women affected by gendered violence

Simultaneous marches are planned across Australia on 15 March to seek justice for women affected by gendered violence.

The protest was initially planned just in Canberra, with aims to have enough attendees to encircle Parliament House, but popularity for the event has grown significantly now with twenty-one planned events across all States. 

Legal proceedings begin over Dan Murphy's in Darwin

Danila Dilba Health Service launched legal proceedings on 5 March in the Northern Territory Supreme Court over a decision to approve a Dan Murphy's store in Darwin.

The action, being run by Maurice Blackburn Lawyers, calls on the liquor licence approval to be set aside on the basis that the decision failed to properly weigh up the risks and benefits for the community. 

Asylum seeker camp in Mexico opened

The Matamoros asylum seeker camp on the US-Mexico border is now almost empty, with nearly all asylum seekers allowed to cross the border to pursue their claim to stay in the United States.

Once home to more than three thousand people, the camp has emptied after American President Joe Biden last month rolled back the Migrant Protection Protocols (MPP), which had forced asylum seekers to wait in Mexico.