Free Palestine Rally - Healthcare Workers Won't Be Silenced

Yesterday, hundreds of healthcare workers, including nurses, doctors, midwives and others, assembled outside the offices of the Allied Health Practitioners Regulation Agency (AHPRA) to protest against the enforced adoption of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance’s controversial definition of anti-semitism.

Health workers at yesterday’s rally spoke out against the definition, saying that it unfairly proscribes criticism of the state of Israel, Zionism, and Israel’s genocide in Gaza, sending a chilling effect not only to health workers, but to the broader community.

*Click through images for full screen view.

Divine Playhouse Sing-In, Protest and Rally

Yesterday, around a thousand people attended a rally at Hyde Park to protest against the eviction of the LGBTQIA+ theatre, Divine Playhouse.

The eviction by billionaire developers and owners, Redevelop, took place after right-wing Christian groups, Fit for the Kingdom and the Prodigal Sons, campaigned against the theatre being sited at a former church building on Pitt Street in Sydney’s CBD, which was deconsecrated in the 1930s.

Speakers at yesterday’s rally called for push-back against discrimination against LGBTQIA+ communities and for more safe spaces for queer performances and art. The rally ended with music, singing and dancing.

*Click through images for full screen view.

NAIDOC at NCIE

Photos from this morning’s opening of NAIDOC events at the National Centre of Indigenous Excellence in Redfern-Waterloo, Gadigal Land.

The Welcome To Country was performed by Nathan Moran from the Metro Local Aboriginal Land Council, with Luke Carroll doing the MCing. Dances were by the Brolga Dance Academy.

*Click through images for full screen view.

NAIDOC Launch at Darling Harbour

Photographs of last night’s launch of NAIDOC events at Darling Harbour, on Gadigal Land.

The Welcome to Country was performed by Uncle Brendan Kerin, with a smoking by Uncle Matt Doyle. Dances were performed by the Jannawi Dance Group.

This year’s NAIDOC theme is ‘50 Years Deadly’ and runs until the 12th of July across the country.

*Click through images for full screen view.

Public Housing Rally at State ALP Conference

Photographs from yesterday’s public housing rally outside the State ALP conference at Sydney Town Hall, Gadigal Land.

*Click through images for full screen view.

Free Palestine Rally at ALP State Conference

Yesterday saw around 2,000 people rally outside the ALP State Conference at Sydney Town Hall on Gadigal Land to protest the Minns Labor Government’s support for Israel’s military actions in Gaza and Lebanon. The conference took place as Labor Party delegates were holed up inside Town Hall, protected by a ring of steel fencing and hundreds of police, including the riot squad, mounted police and PolAir.

The rally took place at the same location of February’s police violence against protesters during Israel’s President, Isaac Herzog’s visit to Sydney.

*Click through images for full screen view.

Protest: Rinehart and Hanson - No Room For Racism

Around 200-300 people turned up to Star Casino on Gadigal Nura last night to protest against a $500 per head ball held by controversial surgeon, Charlie Teo, and whose invitees were some of the richest and most powerful people in the country, including Australia’s richest person, mining magnate, Gina Rinehart, and extreme right politician, Pauline Hanson.

The extravagant ball was held during an economic crunch time for those on lower incomes, during a housing crisis and during political attacks by One Nation on workers and minorities including women, refugees, immigrants, Aboriginal people and trans people.

*Click through images for full screen view.

Refugee Cultural Day

Refugee Cultural Day at Addi Road Community Centre, organised by Families For Palestine.

*Click through images for full screen view.

Aftermath of Police Raid on Waterloo Encampment

The Waterloo encampment was this morning raided by police after Homes NSW erected trespass signs around the protest site. These images were taken after the early morning raid, after protesters were evicted.

*Click through images for full screen view.

Vigil for Kumanjayi White

On Monday evening, a small vigil and rally was held outside Redfern Police Station, Gadigal Nura, to commemorate 1 year since Warlpiri man, Kumanjayi White, was killed by police in a Coles supermarket in Alice Springs, Mparntwe, Arrente Country.

This week, Northern Territory Police confirmed that no charges would laid against the police officers involved, following advice from the Director of Public Prosecutions.

Rally organisers, including speakers from the Blak Caucus, demanded the immediate cessation of the ongoing killings of Aboriginal people in police custody and that those involved be held to account. The deaths of TJ Hickey, Patrick Fisher and Colin Burling were also remembered as victims of interactions with Redfern Police.

An estimated more than 700 Aboriginal people have died in custody since the report of the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody was handed down in 1991. Last year saw the highest number of Aboriginal Deaths in Custody in NSW since that Royal Commission was held.

The rally was part of a national day of action for Kumanjayi White called by Warlpiri Elder, Uncle Ned Jampijinpa Hargraves.

*Click through images for full screen view.

Justice Ride - Day 8

The 12th of June, 2026 - Day 8 of Eileen and Marion Murray’s ‘Justice Ride’ across northern New South Wales. The Murray sisters’ aim is to bring attention to the ongoing epidemic of Aboriginal Deaths in Custody in ‘Australia’ and to demand justice for their brother, Eddie Murray, who they say was murdered by police in the small cotton farming town of Wee Waa in 1981.

The eighth and final day of the Justice Ride saw Eileen and Marion meet up with other family members to hold a vigil and march through the streets of Wee Waa to commemorate the death of Eddie Murray. The march started at the local park before it made its way past The Imperial Hotel, which is where local police apprehended Eddie back in 1981.

The march then proceeded to the Wee Waa police station, where family say Eddie was murdered by police. Speeches were given and a vigil held. Speakers called for those responsible to be held to account, and for the ongoing spate of Aboriginal deaths in custody across the country to stop. An estimated more than 700 Aboriginal people have died in custody since the report of the Royal Commission was handed down in 1991. Eddie Murray’s case was a driving catalyst for the Royal Commission. Decades later, many of its recommendations have yet to be implemented. Eddie’s family is determined that his death does not remain in vain.

A solemn and emotional but unifying day for the family in memory of Eddie Murray, 45 years after the passing of a much loved son, brother and nephew and uncle.

It was a powerful end to The Justice Ride, and one full of determination for the future.

*Click through images for full screen view.

Justice Ride - Day 7

The 11th of June, 2026 - Day 7 of Eileen and Marion Murray’s ‘Justice Ride’ across northern New South Wales. The Murray sisters’ aim is to bring attention to the ongoing epidemic of Aboriginal Deaths in Custody in ‘Australia’ and to demand justice for their brother, Eddie Murray, who they say was murdered by police in the small cotton farming town of Wee Waa in 1981.

Eileen and Marion Murray arrived in Narrabri on Day 7 of the Justice Ride, where they displayed their banner outside the police station there. They also visited their family home, an ex-19th Century hospital that had been sub-divided and turned into flats by the time their family moved in during the 1970s.

From Narrabri, the Murray sisters then drove the half-hour drive to Wee Waa - their final destination. At Wee Waa, they unfurled their banner in front of the police station - what is know locally as ‘the Opera House’ - where their brother Eddie Murray died 45 years ago.

Tomorrow will be the final day of the Justice Ride, when a vigil and march will take place through streets of Wee Waa.

*Click through images for full screen view.

Justice Ride - Day 6

The 10th of June, 2026 - Day 6 of Eileen and Marion Murray’s ‘Justice Ride’ across northern New South Wales. The Murray sisters’ aim is to bring attention to the ongoing epidemic of Aboriginal Deaths in Custody in ‘Australia’ and to demand justice for their brother, Eddie Murray, who they say was murdered by police in the small cotton farming town of Wee Waa in 1981.

Day 6 started in Moree, the location where Charlie Perkins’ Freedom Ride descended in 1965 in an attempt to desegregate the Moree Baths, which was then still being run along race lines. Eileen and Marion unfurled their banner there, in front of the current Moree Aquatic Centre, reminding bathers of the ignominious history of their pool.

In Moree, the Murray sisters met up with local Elders, Polly Cutmore and Lyall Munro Jnr.

They then headed to Wee Waa Cemetery, where their parents, Arthur and Leila, are buried, along side brother, Eddie Murray.

The day ended with the visit to the historic Tulladunna, the place of their family tree.

*Click through images for full screen view.

Justice Ride - Day 5

The 9th of June, 2026 - Day 5 of Eileen and Marion Murray’s ‘Justice Ride’ across northern New South Wales. The Murray sisters’ aim is to bring attention to the ongoing epidemic of Aboriginal Deaths in Custody in ‘Australia’ and to demand justice for their brother, Eddie Murray, who they say was murdered by police in the small cotton farming town of Wee Waa in 1981.

The fifth day saw The Justice Ride stop off at Lighting Ridge police station before heading off to heading to Narrabri via Moree.

*Click through images for full screen view.

Justice Ride - Day 4

The 8th of June, 2026 - Day 4 of Eileen and Marion Murray’s ‘Justice Ride’ across northern New South Wales. The Murray sisters’ aim is to bring attention to the ongoing epidemic of Aboriginal Deaths in Custody in ‘Australia’ and to demand justice for their brother, Eddie Murray, who they say was murdered by police in the small cotton farming town of Wee Waa in 1981.

On the fourth day, The Justice Ride stopped off at Walgett, where a banner was again displayed in front of the local police station there.

Walgett, on Gomeroi country, was a town also visited by the 1965 Freedom Ride, led by Charlie Perkins, and where there is now a park commemorating these historic events. Back in ‘65, the Walgett RSL was infamous for barring Aboriginal people from entry, including Black Diggers who had fought in Australia’s foreign wars, such as WWII. Perkins and the other Freedom Riders held a protest outside the Walgett RSL during their visit and were jeered at and spat on by local patrons entering the club.

This evening, Eileen and Marion Murray spoke with Leonie Mason at the Walgett RSL. Leonie Mason is the sister of Mark Mason Senior, who, in 2010, was capsicum sprayed, tasered and eventually shot dead by police in his Collarenebri home. A police investigation cleared all the officers involved of any fault or charges. Mark Mason Senior’s family are still fighting for justice.

*Click through images for full screen view.

Justice Ride - Day 3

The 7th of June, 2026 - Day 3 of Eileen and Marion Murray’s ‘Justice Ride’ across northern New South Wales. The Murray sisters’ aim is to bring attention to the ongoing epidemic of Aboriginal Deaths in Custody in ‘Australia’ and to demand justice for their brother, Eddie Murray, who they say was murdered by police in the small cotton farming town of Wee Waa in 1981

The third day of The Justice Ride saw a visit to Brewarrina where Eileen and Marion met with Warwick Clarke and Tina Murray, the parents of Kallan Murray, who was killed during a police pursuit in Bourke in 2024. Seventeen-year old Kallan and three other teenagers were in a stolen car that came off the road after police chased them across northern NSW and through Bourke. But Warwick and Tina say that the police reports of the incident don’t add up and that foul play was at work.

In Bourke, the Justice Riders and the family visited the scene where Kallan died. Wreckage of the crashed car still sits strewn across the ground, 16 months later, next to a memorial built by family.

A banner was then unfurled in front of Bourke police station and then later that day, in front of the Brewarrina police station.

The court case into Kallan's death has been delayed several times already but is expected to be heard later this year. The family are holding out for a proper independent investigation and for answers to their questions about what really happened on the day that they lost their son.

*Click through images for full screen view.

Justice Ride - Day 2

The 6th of June, 2026 - Day 2 of Eileen and Marion Murray’s ‘Justice Ride’ across northern New South Wales. The Murray sisters’ aim is to bring attention to the ongoing epidemic of Aboriginal Deaths in Custody in ‘Australia’ and to demand justice for their brother, Eddie Murray, who they say was murdered by police in the small cotton farming town of Wee Waa in 1981.

The second day of The Justice Ride saw visits to Moree and Collarenebri on Gomeroi Land, where a banner was unfurled in front of the respective police stations there. The banner’s design is based on a similar banner carried by Eileen and Marion’s parents, Arthur and Leila Murray, during their decades long struggle to reveal the truth of their son Eddie’s death.

The week-long Justice Ride will culminate in a vigil in Wee Waa on Friday the 12th of June.

*Click through images for full screen view.

Justice Ride - Day 1

Last Friday, June 5th, 2026, Eileen and Marion Murray, sisters of Eddie Murray, set off from Redfern, Sydney on a ‘Justice Ride’ around northern NSW to meet up with families and bring attention the ongoing spate of Aboriginal people who have been killed in custody.

Eddie Murray was a Gomeroi man and promising rugby league star, who was found hanged in his cell in 1981 under suspicious circumstances, after being picked up by local police outside a public hotel in Wee Waa. After a string of internal investigations, no police were ever been held accountable for Eddie’s death, despite the family’s claims that he was murdered.

Eddie Murray’s death was the catalyst for the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths In Custody in 1987. The Commission’s report was handed down in 1991. Thirty-five years later, almost all of its recommendations have still not been implemented. Last year, Australia recorded its highest number of Aboriginal deaths in custody since 1979.

Inspired by the Freedom Rides of 1965, the Murray sisters’ Justice Ride will run for a week and stop off at Moree, Collarenebri, Brewarrina, Bourke, Walgett, Lightning Ridge, Narrabri and end up with a vigil in Wee Waa, the site of Eddie Murray’s death.

*Click through images for full screen view.

A Night At The Waterloo Camp with Judy Mundey and Wendy Bacon

Photographs of tonight’s talk by long-time activist, Judy Mundey and journalist, Wendy Bacon at the Save Waterloo encampment, a protest site set up to prevent the first stage of demolition of Australia’s largest public housing complex, the Waterloo estate.

Discussions centred around the history of Sydney’s fight for equitable housing, including the Green Bans in Potts Point, which was led by Judy’s husband, Jack Mundey, in the 1970s.

*Click through images for full screen view.

Save Waterloo Rally

Photographs from today’s ‘Save Waterloo’ rally demanding the halt to the demolition of public housing in Waterloo in Sydney’s inner city on Gadigal Country.

The rally began at Waterloo Green (T.J. Hickey Park) where speeches were made, before marching to the encampment which has been set up as a protest site.

*Click through images for full screen view.