NSW
Outrage over local council’s decision to ban books featuring same-sex parents
Advocates are fighting to reverse a western Sydney council’s decision to ban books featuring same-sex parents. At the beginning of......
Drug reform needed in New South Wales
On 2 May 2024, the New South Wales Council for Civil Liberties will host a discussion panel about the need......
Calls for NSW to remove voting restrictions for incarcerated people
The NSW Council for Civil Liberties has called on the NSW Electoral Matters Committee to remove the restrictions on incarcerated......
Australia Faces Whooping Cough Outbreak
Australia is in the midst of a whooping cough outbreak, with more than 2700 cases recorded in the first 3......
Push for NSW to reform drug driving laws
New research supports the push for reformed drug-driving laws following the legalisation of medicinal cannabis in 2016. Under New South......
First National Housing Inquiry to start in May
Australia’s first Peoples Commission into the housing crisis will convene in the next month as affordability remains at crisis level.......
Pro-Adaptive Surfing Titles Kick off in Byron Bay
This year’s World Pro-Adaptive Surfing Titles have kicked off in Byron Bay. The four-day international competition comes ahead of the......
Greater Gliders in NSW Pause Logging Operations
North East New South Wales forest protectors have stopped logging operations in Styx River State Forest, north east of Armidale,......
Prison officers on strike for better conditions in NSW
Prison officers from the Parklea Correctional Centre in Sydney have started a strike today to demand better wages and better......
Concern is rising about New South Wales prison assault statistics
According to a recent report there have been thousands of assaults on inmates and scores on guards and other jail......