A protester with a sign that reads ‘Not just a daughter’ at a rally on International Women’s Day in Melbourne. March 4 Justice protests will be held across Australia on Monday. Photograph: Michael Currie/Speed Media/REX/Shutterstock
Across Australia, survivors and their allies will be calling for gender equality, and justice for victims of sexual assault, through a series of protests under the banner March 4 Justice.
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The focal point of the protests will be a rally outside Parliament House in Canberra on 15 March, which many people have stated they are travelling from interstate to attend.
Labor wins historic landslide in Western Australia elections
Labor wins historic landslide in Western Australia elections
Mark McGowan was flanked by his family during his victory speech. (Photo / Getty)
Labor wins historic landslide in Western Australia elections Sun, 14 Mar 2021, 1:08PM
Labor has emphatically won the West Australian election in a second successive historic win, evicting the Liberals from many of its traditionally held blue-ribbon seats with staggering swings across the metropolitan area.
Political guru Antony Green made the call just 43 minutes after polling booths closed with only one per cent of votes counted, describing wildly popular Premier Mark McGowan’s primary vote surge as “quite remarkable”.
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The Morrison government has renewed its concerns with China over delays clearing dozens of ships carrying Australian coal, amid wider uncertainty over import quotas that will apply this year.
About 40 ships carrying coal of Australian origin were still awaiting clearance at Chinese ports as of 8 March – fewer than the more than 60 ships that were waiting in November – amid the protracted standoff.
Most of the coal is believed to be metallurgical, the kind used in steelmaking.
It comes as changes to China’s environmental laws threaten sales of iron ore, which have continued at record pace despite the trade dispute.