Activism and Lobbying

The bill would have allowed Russian legal entities to build investment projects in the Russian-backed breakaway region, which opponents say would price locals out of the market.

Activists are protesting proposed changes to New Zealand's foundational document, the Treaty of Waitangi. But is the bill more bark than bite? 

The report also found the more likely you are to believe in conspiracy theories, the more likely you are to accept extreme methods of protesting.

A Labor frontbencher says the government hasn't gone easy on Qantas just because ministers, including Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, have received free upgrades and other perks from the airline.

People living next to a controversial mine south of Perth believe groundwork has commenced for its expansion, while the company says it has the necessary approvals to start investigative geotechnical work.

The Foreign Minister said she didn't believe "we gain anything by shouting each other down" after being forced to stop her speech multiple times.

Environmental protestors who disrupted the Queensland Parliament nearly two years ago have escaped a jail term.

Grieving mother Jan Edwards was heartbroken when a legal "loophole" stopped her speaking in court after her son was fatally run over by a car. It sparked a fight for change that has reached parliament.

Author Tim Winton says societies will have to choose "life over money" to win the fight against the impacts of climate change, which he explores in his dystopian novel Juice.

In 1999, Guildford locals protested to save iconic sugar gum trees which line the main street from being cut down.

A complaint made by two supporters of native forest logging who alleged they were discriminated against based on their political beliefs after being denied entry to a Bob Brown documentary sixteen months ago have had their case dismissed.

Rosanna Natoli says she's been cleared of any wrongdoing. A top integrity advocate has criticised the state's electoral commission for remaining silent about the complaint.

High-profile Vietnamese political prisoner Tran Huynh Duy Thuc was granted a pardon but when he refused he was put on a plane anyway.

Organisers says pro-Palestinian events will go ahead in Sydney this weekend even if they are prohibited by the NSW Supreme Court as Prime Minister Anthony Albanese backs NSW Police's attempts to prevent them from happening.

Three activists threw soup at two of Vincent van Gogh's Sunflowers paintings in London, just hours after other protesters were jailed for the same act. 

Indigenous rights pioneer Joyce Clague persevered through early life on a mission and a childhood of racism and discrimination to become an international activist.

Rising Tide protesters have climbed onto a coal train near Newcastle, calling for the federal government to reverse its approval for three coal mines to extend their operations for another three to four decades.

The Walbunja people of the NSW far south coast have been handed back an important piece of their culture, once owned by the late environmental activist, academic and philosopher Val Plumwood.  

Data compiled by the Department of Home Affairs and obtained by the ABC shows the prevalence of severe mental health issues that still affect people held in Australia's immigration detention network.

As recently as the 1990s many women still avoided the f-word, hesitating to call themselves farmers in a world that overlooked their contribution to agriculture.