Townsville

The Guardian • Townsville

Vincent Namatjira, Western Aranda people, Australia in Colour, 2021, National Gallery of Australia, Kamberri/Canberra. Rinehart demanded that a portrait he painted of her be removed from the National Gallery of Australia, without success. Issue #2198

Rinehart seeks to gift stolen land to Israel

Gina Rinehart, Australia’s richest person, has signalled that we don’t have to await a Pauline Hanson prime ministership for the MAGA playbook to be set...

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Half the Sky column logo Issue #2127

HALF OF THE SKY

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women are the most incarcerated people on the planet. They make up only 2.5 per cent of the adult female...

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Issue #2044

Black troops killed by white US soldiers

There has long been a rumour in Queensland that dozens of African American troops were killed by their white officers during World War II, but...

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Anti-AUKUS protest in Perth (Wesley Corner) CBD to commemorate the 79th Anniversary of Hiroshima. Issue #2112

Slaves to the US alliance

The next step in the AUKUS agreement will see a line of bases hosting foreign, mostly US, personnel, that will run along the Australian coast...

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Lavarack Army Barracks, Townsville, c 1966. Issue #2205

Townsville military buildup

The Defence Strategic Review placed great importance on Australian defence planning on the defence of Australia’s northern approaches. In 2024, the Australian government announced a...

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