Energy + Water / Are you paying more than other customers for the same energy plan? An excerpt from CHOICE: The way energy retailers fiddle with their prices can bring on bewilderment for even the most... 19 Jun 2024 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Justice / 2SER: Learning the truth about Aboriginal housing in NSW Aboriginal people have lived in what-is-now NSW for tens of thousands of years. But since 1788, NSW laws and policies... 13 Jun 2024 Discrimination / Queensland Labor shelves reforms to stop faith-based schools discriminating against gay teachers Excerpt from the Guardian: The Queensland government will renege on its promise to pass new anti-discrimination laws before the October... 13 Jun 2024 Discrimination / Christian school apologises for anti-LGBTQ+ contract Excerpt from the Daily Aus: A Christian school in Brisbane has issued an “expression of regret” over an anti-LGBTQ+ ‘enrolment contract’. A... 11 Jun 2024 Discrimination / Australian laws still allow schools to sack gay teachers Excerpt from Q News: Laws allowing religious schools to sack teachers on the basis of their sexuality or gender identity... 10 Jun 2024 Discrimination / Citipointe Christian College reaches settlement with parents over gender contracts Excerpt from the Sydney Morning Herald: The Pentecostal Christian school that made national headlines after issuing a controversial student gender... 10 Jun 2024 Policing and Detention / NSW Government passes knife ‘wanding’ legislation, legal groups push back Excerpt from City Hub: In a sweeping effort to tackle knife crime in the state, NSW Police now have the... 6 Jun 2024 Policing and Detention / Legal bodies push back against pitched NSW knife 'wanding' legislation Excerpt from Australasian Lawyer: Legal bodies have pushed back against knife “wanding” legislation being pitched in NSW. The proposed Law... 6 Jun 2024 Policing and Detention / “Why throw more money into failed law and order responses?": NSW parliament urged to reject new knife laws Excerpt from the National Indigenous Times: Legal and Human Rights groups are urging the rejection or amendment of new ‘wanding’... 4 Jun 2024 Policing and Detention / NSW knife laws allowing suspects to be scanned without a warrant could be ‘abused by police’ An excerpt from The Guardian: Proposed laws to expand New South Wales police powers to randomly “wand” or “scan” people for knives... 4 Jun 2024