Queen of Aussie fiction shuts newspaper,goes after local council

Queen of Aussie fiction shuts newspaper,goes after local council

Di Morrissey has sold more than 3 million books but local journalism was her passion project.

  • byKishor Napier-Raman andStephen Brook

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Residents lodge human rights complaint over Oxford Street cycleway
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Residents lodge human rights complaint over Oxford Street cycleway

Island bus stops created by a separated bike lane force passengers to cross the bike lanes to get from the footpath to the bus stop.

  • byMichael Koziol
Minister warned unis of campus tensions days after October 7
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University

Minister warned unis of campus tensions days after October 7

Universities assured Education Minister Jason Clare they had measures in place to deal with antisemitism on campus within days of the October 7 Hamas attacks on Israel.

  • byAngus Thompson andNatassia Chrysanthos
Why ABC chiefs should back Laura Tingle for calling out racism
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Racism

Why ABC chiefs should back Laura Tingle for calling out racism

As is often the case in Australia,the person who calls out racism faces far more scrutiny than the racism itself.

  • byGiri Sivaraman
I was stranded in a wheelchair at the airport. Something’s finally being done
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Air travel

I was stranded in a wheelchair at the airport. Something’s finally being done

Eighteen months ago,I was almost left stuck on the kerb in a wheelchair at Sydney Airport. Finally,the airport and airline are making changes.

  • byTracey Spicer
The award for worst job of 2024 goes to these folk. I almost feel sorry for them
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Harassment

The award for worst job of 2024 goes to these folk. I almost feel sorry for them

A nation that has done an appalling job of protecting women at work – or of paying them fairly – is about to hear what’s real and what’s not.

  • byJenna Price
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Alicio speaks three languages,loves science and is popular at school,but Australia doesn’t want him

Alicio speaks three languages,loves science and is popular at school,but Australia doesn’t want him

Alicio has cerebral palsy. While his condition hasn’t held him back from swimming lessons,nor from playing with his friends in the school playground,it means Australia’s migration system won’t let him stay.

  • byAngus Thompson
Almost two-thirds of ASX300 board directors not ready for new sexual harassment laws

Almost two-thirds of ASX300 board directors not ready for new sexual harassment laws

Almost two-thirds of ASX300 company directors do not believe their boards are prepared to meet new laws that will be enforced from next week to eliminate sexual harassment in the workplace.

  • bySumeyya Ilanbey
Professors named as NSW’s Australians of the Year for life-saving works

Professors named as NSW’s Australians of the Year for life-saving works

Oncologist Georgina Long and pathologist Richard Scolyer have improved outcomes for people with melanoma. They’re now working to save Scolyer from brain cancer.

  • byJulie Power
Lesbian Action Group loses bid to exclude trans women from events

Lesbian Action Group loses bid to exclude trans women from events

The Australian Human Rights Commission rejected the bid on the basis that sex is neither fixed nor binary and transgender women can be lesbians too.

  • byChip Le Grand
‘Very concerned’:Influential senator David Pocock raises free speech objections to misinformation bill
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‘Very concerned’:Influential senator David Pocock raises free speech objections to misinformation bill

The ACT independent senator said he could not support Labor’s proposed misinformation laws in their current form,and urged government to address the free speech concerns raised by legal experts.

  • byLisa Visentin