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The 1996 Parliament House riot (also called the Canberra riot), involved a physical attack on Parliament House, Canberra, Australia, on 19 August 1996. The riot followed the "Cavalcade to Canberra" protest rally organised by the Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) against the Howard government 's first Budget following the 1996 Australian ...
19 August – Thousands of protesters, in a breakaway group from a pre-budget rally against the Federal Government's workplace reforms, broke down the doors of Parliament House and caused an estimated $200,000 worth of damage in one of the most violent demonstrations ever seen in Australia. [58] [59] 20 August –
The Brooks Brothers riot was a demonstration led by Republican staffers at a meeting of election canvassers in Miami-Dade County, Florida, on November 22, 2000, during a recount of votes made during the 2000 United States presidential election, with the goal of shutting down the recount. After demonstrations and acts of violence, local ...
According to police estimates reported by local media, at least 15,000 people were part of protests and music events in Sydney, while Melbourne’s central business district saw at least 30,000.
S11 refers to a series of protests against meetings of the World Economic Forum on 11, 12 and 13 September 2000 in Melbourne, Australia, where approximately 10,000 people of many ages and a wide cross section of the community were involved. [3] One of the groups involved in the protests called itself the S11 Alliance. [4]
In the past 10 days, pro-Palestinian protest camps have appeared at seven universities around Australia – from Melbourne and Sydney in the country’s southeast, to Adelaide in its center, and ...
1996 – Yatala Prison Riot, May 6, 1996 (Yatala Labour Prison, Adelaide, South Australia) [68] 1996 – Riots in Trafalgar Square during UEFA Euro 96, June 26, 1996 (London, England) 1996 – Drumcree riots, July 1996 (throughout Northern Ireland) Derry riots; 1996 – Parliament House Riot, August 19, 1996 (Canberra, Australia)
The lack of any treaty with Indigenous populations puts Australia out of step with comparable countries including the United States, Canada and New Zealand. Posters said: “Abolish Australia Day.”