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The New South Wales premier, Chris Minns, has denied emboldening police to crack down on protesters after a former Greens candidate, who was injured at a pro-Palestine protest last week, was charged with resisting police.
Hannah Thomas, who ran against the prime minister, Anthony Albanese, in the Sydney seat of Grayndler at the federal election, was arrested at the protest attended by about 60 peoplein Belmore on Friday morningbefore she was taken to hospital.
Thomas – who has said she could lose sight in her right eye after the arrest –called out the Minns government’s“draconian anti-protest laws”.
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Pride parades took placeacross the world over the weekendin support of LGBTQ+ rights. From New York to Madrid, marchers filled the streets with music and calls for equality. Many carried messages of protest, highlighting ongoing discrimination and growing political pressure in several countries.
“It was a good battle. A bit on the edge at times and probably pushed the limits a bit far. But that’s what we’re here to do” – Oscar Piastri
Oscar Piastri has reflected on the moment the great McLaren battle could have all gone disastrously wrong. The Australianmoved to pass McLaren teammateLando Norris but locked his wheels and veered perilously close to his championship rival. The Australian regained control to eventually finish immediately behind the British driver in an enthralling Austrian Grand Prix that tightened up the race to the world title.
Canada hasrescinded its digital services tax in a bid to advance trade negotiationswith the US, the country’s finance ministry has announced, days after Donald Trump ended trade talks amid a dispute over the levy. The first payments on the tax were due on Monday and would have cost US tech companies, including Alphabet, Amazon and Meta, anestimated $3bn.
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In this piece, Dr Kat Eghdamianwrites that we don’t need less religionin public life. Instead, she says, we need better ways of talking about it – ways that allow both believers and non-believers to engage meaningfully, with honesty and depth.
“Imagine if we approached religion not as a set of camps to defend or oppose but as a shared inheritance. What if we stopped asking which one is right and started asking what they’re trying to show us – about justice, humility, forgiveness, the soul and the sacredness of life?”
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