Developers are fighting North Sydney Council’s proposal to lift rates by nearly 90 per cent over two years,arguing the financial strain could force businesses to abandon its CBD.
After weeks spent foreshadowing new anti-vilification laws in defiance of a recommendation from the state’s expert legal body,Minns announced on Thursday that he will move to criminalise hate speech when parliament resumes next week.
Hate speech laws will be strengthened in the next sitting of parliament. Some of the reforms will be in defiance of the state’s Law Reform Commission.