NSW
NSW to Make Phonics Compulsory
From next year, NSW Public Schools will be required to deliver a phonics-focused approach to teaching reading for primary students,......
Criminalising coercive control: a win or a waste of time?
Since the killing of Hannah Clarke and her three children earlier this year, there has been significant public attention focused......
Natural Gas sounds good – unless its from a Coal Seam
The negative image coal has transfers seamlessly to gas when it is CSG. Yet gas is not mined like coal......
Fear for regional tourism as NSW-Vic border set to close
The NSW-Victoria border will close from midnight Tuesday to prevent interstate coronavirus spread as Victoria faces 127 new cases. Regional......
Police powers expanded to prevent COVID-19 spread
Under new legislation, Australians are now compelled to stay at home unless they have a legitimate and reasonable excuse such......
Calls to amend NSW’s strip-search laws
The University of New South Wales (UNSW) and Redfern Legal Centre have launched the first report of its kind in......
New South Wales a step closer to decriminalising abortion
Last night, after a heated debate, the New South Wales’ Lower House passed the Reproductive Health Bill with 59 votes......
New Burial Sites found at Baryulgil Cemetery
In NSW, at the Baryulgil Cemetery, at least 30 Indigenous burial sites have been discovered. The sites were uncovered by......
Disability advocacy groups campaign against government funding cuts
The New South Wales Government plans to cut funding to disability advocacy organisations by 2020. Without Government funding, these groups......
Redfern Legal Centre calls to end preemptive policing
Children as young as 10 years old have been placed on a “hidden” blacklist by the New South Wales police......