![Marhaba Yakub Salay, centre, with her parents Bahar Mamtimin, left, and Yakub Sabir, right, holding a photograph of sister and daughter Mayila Yakufu who they say is currently detained by the Chinese government. Australian Uighurs told Al Jazeera they have been unable to contact family members in China for years [Courtesy of Marhaba Yakub Salay]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/2.jpeg?resize=270%2C180)
Families fear that Australia is being too cautious on issue because of China’s economic might.
![China has accused Australian Yang Hengjun, standing right at a book launch and birthday celebration with his friend Feng Chongyi, of spying [Courtesy of Feng Chongyi]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/7846381574220129923.jpg?resize=270%2C180)
The 56-year-old was detained in early 2019 in Guangzhou and is one of a number of foreigners facing charges of espionage
![Wreaths were laid early on Sunday - ANZAC Day - to remember the servicemen and women killed in war [Jaimi Joy/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/2021-04-24T204947Z_82544549_RC2K2N9N3QKP_RTRMADP_3_ANZAC-DAY.jpg?resize=270%2C180)
Day remembers the sacrifice of those who went to war, but there is little acknowledgement of those who objected.
![Indigenous musician Bunna Lawrie has joined Midnight Oil on the Makarrata Project [Courtesy of Daniel Hackett]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/7.-MO-Photographer-Daniel-Hackett-IMG_9762.jpeg?resize=270%2C180)
Veteran band working with Aboriginal performers to campaign for an Indigenous voice to Australia’s parliament.
![Protesters gathered outside parliament in Canberra and towns and cities across Australia to demand justice for women [Mick Tsikas/AAP Image via Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/2021-03-15T025156Z_795501318_RC2EBM97TYOA_RTRMADP_3_AUSTRALIA-POLITICS-RAPE-RALLY.jpg?resize=270%2C180)
Protests follow allegations of sexual misconduct in the country’s parliament that shocked the country.
![The Bruce Lee classic has been dubbed into an Aboriginal language, Noongar, for the first time. The producer Kylie Bracknell says the film shares a physicality of expression with Noongar [Courtesy Perth Festival]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/FOF-Image_20210909.jpg?resize=270%2C180)
After inspiring a Noongar family, the movie has been dubbed into an Australian Aboriginal language for the first time.
![Punks have been among the tens of thousands protesting against the coup in Myanmar [Stringer/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/2021-02-17T111942Z_170155953_RC2BUL9B4HO3_RTRMADP_3_MYANMAR-POLITICS.jpg?resize=270%2C180)
Inspired by protesters in Hong Kong and Thailand, Myanmar’s youth aim to grab the world’s attention.
![Draped in a possum-skin cloak, Senator Thorpe entered the Australian Federal parliament for the first time as member last September [File: Photo from Thorpe's office]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Senator-Thorpe-enters-the-Senate-suuplied-e1613096685995.jpg?resize=270%2C180)
Granddaughter of a revered Indigenous matriarch takes her fight for justice and equality to the federal parliament .
![Australia has interned medically-vulnerable refugees and asylum seekers in hotels under its controversial 'offshore' processing policy. After months confined to a hotel room, some are finally being freed [Ali MC/Al Jazeera]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/2-1-1.jpg?resize=270%2C180)
Dozens of men held in hotels as part of Australia’s controversial offshore immigration policy have been freed.
![Kel Henry is the volunteer fire chief in the Wonboyn. He says more needs to be done to reduce fire hazards and prevent fires after the disasters of 2020 [Ali MC/Al Jazeera]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/5-1.jpg?resize=270%2C180)
The tiny settlement of Wonboyn was ravaged by fires, but its people and landscape are beginning to recover.