This morning, hundreds of people from across the country have joined a rally on the road to Pine Gap, near Mparntwe/Alice Springs, on Arrernte Country, demanding the closure of the controversial US-run military facility.

The language of the Australian government about the war in Gaza has hardened since the death of Australian aid worker Zomi Frankcom, along with six other people working for the World Central Kitchen charity, when their vehicles were hit by three Israeli missiles.

Peaceful activists are now following the trials of six people who were arrested after entering the forbidden territory around the US/Australian signals intelligence spy base at Pine Gap. The case continues today.