Judy Mundey argues that public housing served Australia well after World War II and it could provide the same security to hundreds of thousands of people on social housing waiting lists today.
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Former Greens leader Bob Brown said Australia is “culpable” for the devastation in Nepal because it was not acting seriously on the dangers of carbon emissions changing the climate. Alex Bainbridge reports.
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Justice Desmond Fagan’s decision in State of New South Wales v Farhat wrecks the architecture designed by Jillian Segal, adopted by Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and enforced across Australia, writes Andrew Brown.
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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.