Palm Sunday Rally

Photographs from today’s Palm Sunday rally on Gadigal Land, where a coalition of anti-war, peace and refugee activists came together to march from Belmore Park to Victoria Park. Speakers spoke out against militarism, Trumpian politics and the war unfolding in Iran, Lebanon, Palestine and elsewhere across West Asia.

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Sacred Remnants: Poetry Book Launch By Charles Freyberg

Yesterday, poet Charles Freyberg performed excerpts from his latest book, Sacred Remnants, at the El Rocco Room in Kings Cross on Gadigal Land.

Reading their own poems were also Tug Dumbly, Lou Steer and Whatever Eva.

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International Day of The Elimination of Racial Discrimination Rally

Photographs from yesterday’s rally marking The International Day of the Elimination of Racial Discrimination rally, held on Gadigal Land and organised by The Blak Caucus.

The 21st of March commemorates The International Day of the Elimination of Racial Discrimination which was established in 1966 by the UN in response to the Sharpeville Massacre in apartheid South Africa in 1960, where at least 91 people were killed and over 250 people wounded during a protest against ‘pass laws’. Pass laws have links back to slavery and the violent colonisation of Africa.

Like many countries around the world, ‘Australia’ adopted the International Day of the Elimination of Racial Discrimination by ratifying the UN convention in 1975. But in 1998, John Howard’s Federal Government took ‘Australia’ down another path - the only nation in the world to do so - and rebranded it ‘Harmony Day’, in a political stunt aimed at masking the underlying plague of racism in this country.

Yesterday’s rally aimed to highlight this history which most ‘Australians’ are unaware of. The rally began at Hyde Park with speeches, music and dance, before marching through the CBD to Circular Quay, where speakers called for the abolition of Harmony Day and the reinstatement of The International Day of the Elimination of Racial Discrimination.

It was a sad irony that when arriving at Circular Quay, Sydney Harbour happened to be hosting one of the largest naval gatherings in its history, including flyovers by military aircraft. This at a time when several wars are raging across the world - in Africa (The Congo and Sudan), West Asia (including in Palestine and Iran), in Ukraine and elsewhere. It also comes at a time when racism is on the rise throughout the world, and when, here in ‘Australia', Aboriginal deaths in custody are at a record high.

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Vale Rhoda Roberts

Vale Rhoda Roberts, a Widjabul Wieybal woman of the Bundjalung Nation, actor, festival director, producer and cultural advisor.

Photograph taken at ‘Homeground’, a festival which she devised and directed, on Gadigal Land at the Sydney Opera House, 2016.

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24-Hour Strike at UTS

Photographs from yesterday’s 24-hour strike by staff from the University of Technology Sydney (UTS), where pay and conditions are under attack, led by Vice-Chancellor, Andrew Parfitt.

The strike was organised by the National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU).

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Hands Off Iran - Rally

Photographs from yesterday’s ‘Hands Off Iran - Ceasefire Now-Scrap AUKUS’ rally at Sydney Town Hall, Gadigal Land.

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Ramadan Night Markets - Lakemba

A few photos of the Ramadan Night Markets in Lakemba, south-west Sydney, Darug Land - taken before my battery went flat.

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Pride In Protest Banned At Mardi Gras

On Friday afternoon, the Sydney Mardi Gras chief executive, Jesse Matheson, announced that the board had banned the Pride In Protest float entry from its parade for making pro-Palestinian social media posts that they refused to take down. The posts had described another Mardi Gras group, Dayenu, as being “pro-Zionist” and “supporting genocide”.

In response, around 200 people turned up at Sydney Town Hall on Saturday to condemn Matheson and the Mardi Gras board.

With a large riot squad contingent in tow, the protests marched from Town Hall to Hyde Park, where they were prevented from entering into the holding pen and barred from participating in the parade.

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Free Palestine Rally

Photographs from Sunday’s Free Palestine rally at Hyde Park, Gadigal Land, Sydney, ‘Australia’.

It was the first rally held after the NSW government’s special protest ban during the visit by Israeli President, Isaac Herzog.

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Mardi Gras Street Rally

Photographs from yesterday’s Mardi Gras Street Rally.

Aunty Rhonda Dixon-Grovenor kicked off proceedings with a Welcome To Country. Speakers spoke out against police violence, especially against First Nations and LGBTQI communities, as well as for Trans rights and cops out of the Mardi Gras parade.

Protesters marched from Pride Square in Newtown, Gadigal Land, down King Street to Fair Day at Victoria Park.

The rally was organised by Pride in Protest..

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TJ Hickey Rally - 22 Years Later

Photographs from yesterday’s TJ Hickey rally - the 22nd anniversary of his death which occurred in 2004 during a police pursuit in Redfern Waterloo.

The rally started at Waterloo Green, where TJ was killed, with speeches from family and supporters. Aunty Joan Bell performed a Welcome To Country on Gadigal Land. Led by TJ’s mother, Gail Hickey, protesters then marched to The Block in Redfern.

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This Is Not A Police State - Rally

Hundreds of people turned up last night to Martin Place on Gadigal Land to protest against increasing police powers and new anti-protest laws, especially in the light of this week’s violent police response to the huge rally against the visit to ‘Australia’ by Israel’s President, Isaac Herzog, who has been found to have incited genocide in Gaza by a UN Commission of Inquiry.

Yesterday’s protest was organised by Stop The War On Palestine - Sydney.

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Healing Ceremony

Stop Police Brutality Protest

Gadigal Land, Tuesday, 10th of February, 2026.

Around 2000 people turned up to Surry Hills Police Station last Tuesday to protest against the brutal police violence meted out at the Anti-Herzog rally which took place the night before.

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Police Attack Huge Herzog Protest

Gadigal Land, Monday 9th of February, 2026:

NSW police violently attacked huge numbers of protesters on Monday as tens of thousands turned out to demonstrate against the visit of the President of Israel, Isaac Herzog.

Under new draconian anti-protest laws introduced by the NSW Minns Labor government, police employed kettling, pepper spray and beatings to disperse protesters from Sydney Town Hall, forcing the crowds down George Street to Central Station.

Herzog, who was invited to ‘Australia’ by Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, has been found to have incited genocide in Gaza by a UN Commission of Inquiry.

There have been calls for an independent investigation into the actions of police at Monday night’s rally, with Amnesty International calling the police violence “unnecessary and disproportionate”.

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Stop Black Deaths In Custody Rally

Photographs from yesterday’s Stop Black Deaths In Custody rally on Gadigal Land.

Last year, NSW recorded its highest number of First Nations deaths in custody. There have already been 3 deaths this year.

Focus was on the case of Patrick Fisher, who was killed after falling from a balcony during a police incident in Waterloo on this day in 2018. Patrick Fisher’s mother was present at yesterday’s rally.

Protestors marched from Hyde Park to the Surry Hills Police Station.

The rally was organised by The Blak Caucus.

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Free Palestine Rally - Protest Israel's President

Sunday’s Free Palestine rally drew thousands out to Hyde Park, on Gadigal Land, to protest against the imminent visit of Israel’s President, Isaac Herzog, after having been invited by Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese.

Israel has been found to have committed war crimes by a UN Independent Commission and is currently being investigated for war crimes and genocide by the International Court of Justice, a case brought on by South Africa.

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Yabun 2026

Invasion Day 2026

Invasion Day, 2026, Ground Zero, Gadigal Land.

Around 50,000-80,000 people marched from Hyde Park, through the CBD to Victoria Park. Some say this was the largest Invasion Day protest ever, despite attempts by the NSW government to ban the march as part of their new draconian anti-protest laws.

The rally was organised by The Blak Caucus.

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Portraits At Addi Road

Portraits taken at Addison Road Community Centre Hall, Marrickville, Gadigal and Wangal Lands: Lizzy, William, Harpeet, Jamil, Carolyn and Charlie.

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