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Andrew Messenger
QUT academic Amy McGuire, who spoke at the Invasion Day protest in Brisbane/Meanjin, said protesters marched up to the Gabba.
“A lot of the protesters went straight to the barricades, which were pulled down,” she told Guardian Australia.
“We’re obviously all in on the fact that … always was, always will be, Aboriginal land. This is Invasion Day. Free Palestine, Free Gaza, and just making it known what the reason for this day is, that this isn’t the day to celebrate.”
McGuire said, “it’s unbelievable that on a day that signifies invasion, that you could have something like an Australia Day Test”.
“So it’s very much confronting the forced amnesia that this day represents where they want us to be quiet about what is currently happening in this country, and they want to keep celebrating on our graves effectively. So it’s about disruption.”
10m ago00.31 EST
Lisa Cox
The southerly that moved through Sydney early this afternoon saw temperatures at Sydney airport drop 11C in the space of five minutes.
Observations at the airport at 1.55pm recorded a temperature of 40.1C. At 2pm that had fallen to 29.7C.
The southerly will reach areas including the Hunter and Central Coast in coming hours.
Bureau of Meteorology meteorologist Gabrielle Woodhouse said:
“We’re seeing that change push through which is going to bring some welcome relief.
That change is expected to bring showers and potential storms to the northern ranges and slopes and north coast on Saturday and Sunday with a risk of severe storms throughout the weekend.
Temperatures in much of the state are forecast to be slightly cooler than they have been for a few days before creeping up again during the week.
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15m ago00.25 ESTLisa Cox
Temperatures in most parts of Sydney reached the high 30s today before the arrival or a southerly change that will bring relief from the heat over the next few days.
The highest temperature was 40.6C recorded at Sydney airport just before 2pm. In western Sydney, temperatures climbed to 39.8C at Bankstown, 39.5C in Canterbury, 39.9C in Camden and 39.3 at Sydney Olympic Park.
Elsewhere in the state, temperatures reached the high 30s on the Central Coast, 42.2C at Williamtown…
2024-01-26 00:31:10
Original from www.theguardian.com
