by Kshantu Kaul | Jan 3, 2023 | Govt & Politics, News
On 13 April, 2022, an Australian climate activist Deanna ‘Violet’ Coco blocked a lane on the Sydney Harbour bridge for 28 minutes as a part of the protest drawing attention towards climate change. She was recently sentenced to 15 months in jail, convicted under...
by Dylan Parkes | May 5, 2021 | Govt & Politics, News
Shellharbour and neighbouring community members gathered in their thousands at the Farm Beach on the NSW South Coast on the weekend to protest a proposed redevelopment the popular Killalea reserve. Committee member of the Save Killalea Alliance John Davey said the...
by Liam Woods | Jun 19, 2020 | News
Thousands of Illawarra residents have made their voices heard showing up in force at the Black Deaths in Custody protest. The rally in Wollongong focused on racial injustice and discrimination within Australia, as well as standing in solidarity with the United States...
by Noella Franklin | Jun 16, 2020 | News
Local climate activists have found creative new ways to protest and advocate online in the wake of Covid-19 restrictions. The Illawarra Climate Coalition (TICC), has taken part in an online protest for climate action through Zoom meetings, as well as establishing a...
by River Mccrossen | Aug 14, 2019 | Govt & Politics, News
The Wollongong Undergraduate Students’ Association (WUSA) has sunk a motion to distance itself from its former president, Chloe Rafferty. Ms Rafferty was charged with common assault after allegedly throwing coffee on a man at Saturday’s Conservative Political Action...
