In late November 1981, Lynette Simms came across a stall at the Christmas Fair at Narrabeen High School – a young artist, Kristin Hardiman, had set up a table showing off her wares and works. The young mother, with two young children in tow – one beside her and anotherContinue Reading
Donald Trump becoming US President for a second time is the biggest potential threat to NSW’s economy, the treasurer has warned. Speaking with the Sydney Morning Herald ahead of his second state budget, Daniel Mookhey said Trump’s intended tariffs for US imports could deal a major blow to the state,Continue Reading
The mother of an 18-year-old apprentice who was crushed in a fatal scaffolding collapse has called on the NSW government to push through industrial manslaughter laws so no other family faces the tragedy of losing their child in horrific workplace accidents. In April 2019, Christopher Cassaniti died after an overloadedContinue Reading
Illegible, incomplete and poor records mean Victoria Police will never truly know how many times their officers forcibly removed an Aboriginal child. The state’s Chief Commissioner of police made a formal apology to the Stolen Generations on Friday, acknowledging Victoria Police’s more-than-100-year role in removing Indigenous kids. “It’s vital forContinue Reading
A worsening housing crisis and skyrocketing rents has seen the number of people sleeping rough increase by 55 per cent since 2020 in NSW. The Community Housing Industry Association NSW revealed more households across the state had been hit by the housing crisis, forcing people to live on the streets.Continue Reading
Courtney Dunkerton has been transitioning for more than four years and says the trans community often refers to the ongoing stigma they face at medical appointments as the “trans broken arm syndrome”. “It’s when our ‘transness’ takes over the whole appointment,” she told NewsWire. Ms Dunkerton lives in regional WAContinue Reading
Homophobia is still rife across community sport in Australia, new research has found. Swinburne University of Technology research, looking at discrimination for LGBTIQA+ young people, has found three-in-four gay men witness homophobia and 63 per cent of gay men experience it first hand. “The young people we spoke to forContinue Reading
Of all the ways a particularly horrible day at school could’ve ended, the very last thing I imagined was my life being saved by a cheesy late ’90s bubblegum pop song. But there I was, in mum’s Toyota Corolla Seca, watching with bewilderment as she cranked the volume on anContinue Reading
Australia has sweltered through it’s third-hottest summer ever recorded, cracking a grim climate record above the country’s 30 year average. Statistics released by the Bureau of Meteorology this week reveals the country experienced its third hottest December-February period on record, 1.62C above the 1961-1990 30-year average. It marks the thirdContinue Reading
Hannah Clarke’s father has spoken of his daughter’s final moments after she was attacked by her ex-husband, saying it continues to “haunt” him to this day. Ms Clark, 31, and her children Aaliyah, six, Laianah, four, and Trey, three, were killed after her estranged ex-husband Rowan Baxter ambushed the youngContinue Reading