Gadigal Country/Sydney

Corporate greed, privatisation and deregulation behind Sydney’s asbestos scandal

The number of asbestos-polluted sites grows by the day, people should be asking why the EPA has failed to act for a decade. Peter Boyle reports.

NSW school cleaners say privatised model has failed

The NSW United Services Union has launched a campaign to ensure school cleaners are properly paid and their work conditions improved. Jim McIlroy reports.

Round-the-clock People's Picket for Palestine sets up at Prime Minister’s office

Families for Palestine started a round-the-clock peaceful protest outside Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s electorate office in Marrickville. Rachel Evans reports.

Aunty Gail Hickey and family

TJ Hickey 20 years on: Family and supporters say justice is needed

Aunty Gail Hickey marched through Redfern with her family and supporters to demand justice for her son TJ Hickey, who was killed in a police pursuit 20 years ago. Isaac Nellist reports.

Minns has turned his back on the LGBTIQ community.

Minns waters down conversion therapy ban after pressure from faith council

New South Wales Premier is reportedly watering down a bill to ban gay conversion therapy after pressure from the new NSW Faith Affairs Council. Paul Gregoire reports. 

two sister's bodies wrapped in cloth

Poem: Despair & Disbelief

Stuart Rees responds to months of genocide in Gaza and the West Bank.

Tenants, housing activists fight NSW gov’t demolition plans

With more than 57,000 households on the NSW public housing wait list, public housing tenants are determined not to let their homes be demolished. Rachel Evans reports. 

Julian Assange faces final British appeal

The US case against Julian Assange redefines investigative journalism as espionage, journalist Mary Kostakidis said, adding that extradition to the US will cost him his freedom and quite likely his life. Jim McIlroy reports.

Coroner refers Jai Wright’s death to DPP

New South Wales Coroner Teresa O’Sullivan has suspended the inquest into the death in 2022 of Dunghutti teenager Jai Wright and referred it to the Department of Public Prosecutions. Kerry Smith reports.

Anti-Zionist Jews refuse to legitimise Israel’s bloodthirsty conquest of Palestine

Israel has always appropriated and exceptionalised Jewish suffering, but anti-Zionist Jews reclaim their suffering under Nazi persecution from Israel’s propaganda machine, Michelle Berkon told a Palestine rally.

Concern grows over NSW Labor’s secret plan for Powerhouse Museum

The Save the Powerhouse group is concerned that NSW Labor is going back on its promise to end the secrecy surrounding this much loved and internationally admired arts and sciences museum. Kerry Smith reports.

 

Kurds take solidarity action at Western Sydney Wanderers New Year’s Day win

Kurdish supporters of the Western Sydney Wanderers showed their solidarity with Kurdish soccer players at the team’s winning January 1 match. Peter Boyle reports.