With new laws affecting the right to protest in NSW, some experts are saying the state now has the most severe anti-protest regime in the country. So what are NSW's anti-protest laws, and how have they changed? @jordynbeazley.bsky.social explains: www.youtube.com/watch?v=rXX-...

Was holding out for Gab Chan’s take on the momentary breakup, and it is obviously the best of all the takes.

An uncomfortable truth: police already know about many offenders who murder women - by @ninobucci.bsky.social @jordynbeazley.bsky.social and @bensmee.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/law/2025/apr...

This is quite incredible. That a Canadian PM could say such a thing and it actually be completely understandable. Completely reasonable, and for them to not be the aggressor.

Clare Nowland’s son says decision not to imprison police officer who killed her a ‘slap on the wrist’ www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Female prisoner allegedly sexually abused for years by prison guard settles with NSW government. By @jordynbeazley.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

We asked readers about taking antidepressants. The response points to a ‘silent epidemic’ and urgent need for reform

Posting this immediately after approving 4 coal mine extensions (that, according to campaigners, could lead to 850m tonnes of CO2 being emitted) is... quite a choice.

Alan Jones to plead not guilty to 34 sexual assault charges saying allegations ‘baseless or distort truth’ www.theguardian.com/media/2024/d...

David Mejia-Canales, from the HRLC, says the Vic Gov’s banning of lock on devices seems “shoehorned into a media release to make it appear that the government is doing more than it actually is doing.” “We’re not going to fix racism… by criminalising protests.” www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

This actually hurt to read. Well done @theshufflediary.bsky.social www.crikey.com.au/2024/12/16/w...

The identity of a high profile Sydney man acquitted on two counts of rape in October can be revealed, after court orders were lifted. Anthony Lister, a renowned artist, is the man who faced a six-week trial after pleading not guilty to nine charges. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

“That may the view of young people that’s not the view of our government”… Housing Minister Clare O’Neil on Triple J’s Hack. Doubt that went down well with the audience

A review into the Queensland Police Service has found systemic discrimination against women and First Nations people. The state's human rights commissioner says it's not just a case of rooting out the "bad apples www.abc.net.au/news/2024-12...

Nour Haydar’s lecture is vital listening for all Australian journalists www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...

Clothing found in bushland may offer clue to 30-year mystery of missing Wollongong woman

“We’re seeking assistance from anyone who may have someone who’s a friend, who’s a female, who may be missing.” A tragic “more than likely” murder of a woman whose body was found in a bush near Sydney airport. Her identity is still a mystery to police. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

A journalist just asked the PM "is antisemitism a bigger problem than Islamophobia? A bigger threat?" Struggling to understand how pitting forms of discrimination against each other assists with social cohesion

A piece about writing, polarisation and genocide theconversation.com/friday-essay...

The NSW government held a drug summit to be informed by experts on the best way forward. Experts said decriminalise drugs. The government said no. Mine and @natashamay.bsky.social read on how experts continue to bang their heads against a wall. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

It feels fitting that my first post on Bluesky is @alyxg.bsky.social explaining to me what we’ve described as “an aspirational twist on the great eshittification.” Though, we’re actually talking about Pantone’s colour of the year.