HISTORICAL FACTS: 7 - The Untold Story

NSW government rushes to pass coercive control bill despite opposition from domestic violence advocates

The NSW government says it is matter of life and death that coercive control is criminalised this year and it doesn’t want concerns from domestic violence advocates to cause delays.

ABC News · Oct 12, 2022

'No excuse' for coercive control inaction

Coercive control of intimate partners is nearer to becoming a crime in NSW as legislation to outlaw the abusive behaviour returns to parliament.

AAP · Oct 11, 2022

Closer eye on Sydney climate protest cases

The NSW attorney-general will carefully monitor protest court cases after a climate activist who caused traffic chaos was granted a mental health diversion.

AAP · Sep 28, 2022

Experts insist personal drug use a health matter not something to jail people over

The endless cycle of the 'war on drugs'

Newcastle Herald · Aug 25, 2022

Hunter ice and amphetamine drug dealing offences up 400%: data

Police say they target drug suppliers 'at all levels and in all areas of the community'.

Newcastle Herald · Aug 25, 2022

Ex-husband of child killer refuses to give vital DNA evidence that could clear her name

Kathleen Folbigg was convicted of the murders of her children between 1989 and 1999 and has spent two decades in prison. She hopes to clear her name by attempting to prove her children died from a genetic mutation

Daily Mirror · Aug 24, 2022

NSW attorney general ‘disappointed’ by own government’s lack of action over ice report

Mark Speakman says he’s spent ‘hundreds of hours’ trying to get cabinet support for reforms from Howard inquiry

The Guardian - AU · Aug 22, 2022

Countering ‘rape as routine’: world expert explains the key to getting coercive control laws right

Sexual assault in relationships requires entirely separate systems of reporting, says professor who coined term ‘coercive control’

The Guardian - AU · Aug 11, 2022

Public display of Nazi flags and memorabilia bearing swastikas banned in New South Wales following parliamentary inquiry

Offenders could now face up to a year's jail-time or a more than $100,000 fine for displaying swastikas or other Nazi symbols.

ABC News · Aug 11, 2022

Sydney news: Illawarra South Coast Line commuters urged to take alternative transport due to industrial action

MORNING BRIEFING: Commuters on the Illawarra South Coast Line, which runs from Bondi Junction to Bomaderry, are urged to take alternative transport today, with no trains running due to industrial action.

ABC News · Aug 9, 2022