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If the greyhound abuse industry in NSW is a particularly sordid mess presided over by the gambling-addicted NSW Labor Party, things are even grubbier in Victoria. Greyhound Racing Victoria’s annual report emerged at the end of October and the outlook is bleak for citizens in Australia’s highest-taxed state. Despite the Victorian government handing $40 million […]
On October 24, five police officers turned up on Jasmine Duff’s doorstep. Despite not having a warrant, Duff claims they insisted on coming into the house to look for her. “They walked into my room as I was climbing out of bed and placed me under arrest,” Duff tells Crikey. “One officer stayed in the […]
Major residential housing projects will be will be fast tracked as the NSW government plans to bypass council approval with the establishment of its new Housing Delivery Authority. Premier Chris Minns announced the major change to the state’s planning system on Friday, saying it would introduce simultaneous state-led approval pathway for large new residential housing […]
The federal government has launched a fresh inquiry into anti-Semitism at Australian universities, following months of reported harassment and abuse of Jewish students and staff. On Tuesday, Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus announced the surge in anti-Jewish racism would be the subject of an inquiry and report from the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights. A Senate […]
It’s long been assumed the Queensland election of October 26 — to elect the state’s 58th (and second fixed, four-year) Parliament — would be a tough ask for a tired-looking Labor government seeking a rare fourth term. Having won the 2020 COVID-19 election with primary and two-party-preferred swings to it — and with a net […]