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When institutions say no, and protesters say never again

Australia's largest shire says it needs state and federal support to repair roads damaged during a cyclone, which provide a "lifeline" to remote communities.

In 1975, declared International Women’s Year by the United Nations, the Australian media were having a field day with feminism. Evan Williams, then press secretary to prime minister Gough Whitlam, was called in to address the Women and Politics Conference in Canberra, held just a few weeks after the UN’s gigantic Mexico City conference, which was dubbed “the greatest consciousness-raising event in history” that year.