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The Indigenous senator’s outburst is her highest-profile protest yet, bringing her face to face with her long-term adversary: the British monarchyThe Australian federal senator who interrupted a parliamentary reception for King Charles III and Queen Camilla on Monday has a history of activism and protest for progressive causes and Indigenous rights, courting controversy with a series of prominent public demonstrations through her political career.Lidia Thorpe, a senator for the state of Victoria, yelled “give us our land back”, “fuck the colony” and “you are not my king” during an event in Parliament House on the royals’ Australian tour. Continue reading...

Treasurer says ‘peak of inflation is now in the rear-view mirror’. Follow the day’s news liveAllan calls out opposition to housing planJacinta Allan said that “Nimby-ism” – aka a “not in my backyard” approach to new housing – was “one way to describe” how opponents to her plan are feeling.We’ve got to this point because the loudest voices, who don’t necessarily represent all of the community, have particularly got in the way of building new homes. They’ve been the blockers. They’re particularly Liberal members of parliament, like we saw yesterday in Brighton, and we’ve got Monique Ryan, who is not

The biennial competition that counts Sheku Kanneh-Mason and Nicola Benedetti as previous victors was won by the 17-year-old Canadian for his performance of Rachmaninov’s second piano concertoThe 2024 BBC Young Musician competition has been won tonight by 17-year-old pianist, Ryan Wang.Three musicians competed in the final, in which each played a concerto with the BBC National Orchestra of Wales conducted by Ben Gernon before an audience at Bristol Beacon. Joining Wang was another pianist, Jacky Zhang (also a category finalist in 2022’s competition), and violinist Shlomi Shahaf. Shahaf performed Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto; both pianists chose Rachmaninov’s Second Piano Concerto –

Shooting at Albany State University is one of two at the weekend that shattered homecoming-related activitiesA mass shooting during homecoming weekend at Georgia’s Albany State University left one person dead and five others wounded on Saturday night, according to school officials.Earlier Saturday in Mississippi, authorities said three people were killed and eight others were injured near Lexington, Mississippi, when at least two people fired guns at a group of several hundred people who were at an outdoor trail celebrating a high school football team’s homecoming game victory.The Associated Press contributed reporting Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/oct/20/shooting-georgia-albany-state-university Author : Guardian