Protesters spent months occupying an ancient cottonwood. Then a tense standoff with US border patrol came to a headA 200-year-old cottonwood tree near the US-Mexico border, known as the “grandmother”, has been destroyed to make way for the construction of Donald Trump’s border wall, despite a months-long effort by protesters trying to save it. In late July, land defenders began a tree-sit in the ghost town of Lochiel, Arizona, taking turns occupying a platform high in the tree’s canopy.
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analysis Angus Taylor went where no Liberal leader has before, but Pauline Hanson already ruled the room When Angus Taylor finished speaking to a room of conservative faithful in Brisbane this weekend, about 50 people stood to applaud him. A few minutes later, hundreds rose to their feet to give Pauline Hanson a standing ovation simply because the One Nation leader had walked out onto the stage. Such was the contrast in reception, that anyone might reasonably question why Mr Taylor had...
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