NSW Premier Chris Minns has put social media giants “on notice” after misinformation and graphic content circulated on their pages after two stabbing attacks in Sydney. Six people were killed during a violent massacre at Westfield Bondi Junction on Saturday, and two days later a southwest Sydney church service wasContinue Reading
Peter Dutton has again compared the political leadership after the Port Arthur massacre and that of a major pro-Palestine protest last year. The Opposition Leader used a speech last Wednesday to contrast Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s “inaction” on tackling anti-Semitism in Australia to the decisive action John Howard took onContinue Reading
Fairfield mayor Frank Carbone has questioned whether mental health issues have again played a part in a shocking church stabbing overnight in Sydney’s west. Speaking to news.com.au outside Christ The Good Shepherd Church on Tuesday morning following the stabbing of a bishop at Wakeley, Mr Carbone said he was “shocked”Continue Reading
The man who stabbed six people to death at Sydney’s Westfield Bondi Junction has been identified as a 40-year-old from Queensland. The male attacker was seen wearing a Kangaroos outfit as he attacked at least 18 people at the busy shopping centre in Sydney’s east about 3.30pm on Saturday afternoon.Continue Reading
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has described the death toll at Bondi Westfield shopping centre in Sydney as “beyond words or understanding” but said it was too early to speculate on any motive. NSW Police have told reporters that investigators are “not ruling anything out” including terrorism – but at leastContinue Reading
A parliamentary inquiry probing NSW’s vaping regulation and compliance has been urged by an academic to consider the “benefits” of the practice, as he proposed installing “vaping areas” in schools. Appearing on Friday morning, Colin Mendelsohn – the founding chairman of the Australian Tobacco Harm Reduction Association – said effortsContinue Reading
Chris Minns has said it was the “right call” for NSW Police Commissioner Karen Webb not to appoint a former Channel 7 journalist to a highly paid position. Veteran journalist and former Spotlight producer Steve Jackson was hired by NSW Police Commissioner Karen Webb on March 18 as her chiefContinue Reading
Foreign Minister Penny Wong has led floral tributes for the Australian aid worker killed in an airstrike on Gaza. Seven people delivering aid supplies were killed by Israeli-led air strikes in central Gaza, including 43-year-old Melbourne aid worker Zomi Frankcom. Senator Wong joined representatives from Australian NGOs to lay flowersContinue Reading
Anthony Albanese has been urged to offset emissions from his controversial jet use after it was revealed that he and two ministers chartered two private planes to attend the same clean energy event in the NSW Hunter Valley. Mr Albanese, Climate Change and Energy Minister and Industry and Science MinisterContinue Reading
NSW Premier Chris Minns has snapped back at one of the government’s main antagonists, Fairfield City Mayor Frank Carbone, over the government’s plan to build six-storey apartment blocks in town centres. The western Sydney leader has been one of many local mayors critical of the government’s “one-size-fits-all” rezoning reforms, which,Continue Reading