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Stoking hate in the Sunshine State
In March, the Crisafulli government in Queensland introduced controversial hate speech legislation, outlawing two expressions deemed antisemitic: “From the river to the sea” and “Globalise the intifada”. The Queensland Jewish Board of Deputies urged a ban on expressions that incited violence, harm or offence. They said the two phrases played a key role in intimidating…
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Reconstruction Authority seeks to reclaim the narrative
Reconstruction Authority announces Mission Accomplished: Lismore Now Fully Resilient (Pending Reality) – a triumphant dispatch from the Bureau of Unchecked Optimism. The Northern Rivers Reconstruction Authority (RA for short, because acronyms = progress) has bravely announced that everything is fine. Again. Locals were briefly ecstatic over a Lismore App headline declaring: “The Resilient Lands Program…
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Monumental win for North Lismore Plateau Protection Association
It may seem difficult to keep up with the epic battle for Banyam Biagham, the North Lismore Plateau. Surely it’s all sorted by now? So you might think, but the fight to protect Aboriginal heritage is often a long hard one. There are many envious eyes turned to high ground around Lismore, and rightly so.…
