NSW Premier Chris Minns’ entrance to the NSW Labor conference was met with cheers as well as those wanting to show their opposition to Labor’s position on Palestine and its anti-free speech laws. Brennan Dick reports.
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NSW Labor had a chance to address the housing crisis in its election budget, but it barely included a mention. Jim McIlroy reports on how its new plan to subsidise private prefabrication and modular construction factories falls short.
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The current plan for Waterloo South is to demolish all public housing and build 3300 new homes. Alistair Sisson argues that Labor should revisit its previous commitments to public housing residents.
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NSW Premier Chris Minns continues to defend his NSW Labor government’s anti-protest laws, despite the NSW Court of Appeal striking them down as unconstitutional. Pip Hinman reports.
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If developers have their way, the Bays West redevelopment will likely end up as a “Barangaroo 2.0” — a privatised waterfront enclave for wealthy residents and investors. Ben Radford reports.
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Climate campaigners say NSW Labor’s decision to open the state’s west to gas exploration companies will harm the environment and make the transition to benign energy more difficult. Jim McIlroy reports.
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Twenty Palestine justice activists were arrested by Queensland Police at a Not Our Law rally in Magan-djin/Brisbane. Paul Gregoire talks to Alex Bainbridge, an arrestee, about the campaign against the LNP’s criminalisation of Palestine freedom slogans.
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Chris Minns told a business summit last year that Labor’s planning changes were designed for them, which, as Ben Radford explains, means less public oversight and community engagement.
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The NSW Supreme Court ruled that Labor’s rushed-through laws, which gave NSW Police unprecedented authority to unilaterally block authorised assemblies, are unconstitutional. Pip Hinman reports.
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Anne Twomey, a constitutional lawyer at the University of Sydney, is concerned that new state and federal laws, allegedly to combat hate, are adversely impacting free speech. Paul Gregoire reports.
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Protesters rallied outside NSW Premier Chris Minns’ office, condemning his support for Israel’s genocide in Gaza and his new anti-protest laws. Neville Spencer reports.
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Watch the highlights from the Green Left forum on ‘Resisting genocide and police repression — Why is Labor criminalising freedom of speech?’.