Latest news: Black Lives Matter

A video showing a Colorado police officer pistol-whipping and choking a Black man during an arrest has reignited anger over police mistreatment of people of colour.

Scholars analyze the guilty verdicts handed down to former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin in the 2020 murder of George Floyd. Outside the courthouse, crowds cheered and church bells sounded – a...

In June, as restrictions began easing and the ACT slowly started to re-open, we learnt more about the long-term effects of the pandemic and the world was gripped by Black Lives Matter...

Three females and three males have been arrested at a Black Lives Matters protest in Sydney the protest was deemed an unauthorised public gathering.

Accomplished Canberra community leaders Cindy Mitchell, Dion Devow and Francis Owusu were all moved by the recent Black Lives Matter protests.

“I came here as a refugee and we know what a bad day looks like, but whatever racism I have received here is nothing compared to what Indigenous people are copping in their own damn country,” says Sudanese-Australian, Dheiu Mading.

Participants at the Black Lives Matter protest at Parliament House in Canberra yesterday share their views with CW journalist Cassandra Power.

Hundreds of Canberrans stood, and knelt, outside Parliament House this afternoon (Saturday 6 June), in solidarity with the worldwide Black Lives Matter protest movement against police brutality and racial inequality. The protests were...

Following Friday 5 June’s Black Lives Matter protest, at least 500 Canberrans will participate in a protest outside Parliament House on 6 June from 3pm.