Approximately 80% of Australians believe Assange should be freed and so does most of the world.
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New book released
“Imagine arriving at Blacktown Girls High School in a full sari in 1970. How did the girls respond to their new teacher?”
Charity breaking down barriers of childhood poverty
In January a Back-to-School drive will supply 600 children with essential items such as stationery (USB sticks, scientific calculators), backpacks, lunch boxes, drink bottles and library bags.
SPECIAL REPORT: WETLAND’S FUTURE STILL UP IN THE AIR
The masterplan notes that “residential developments adjacent to airports and under flight paths may lead to complaints about aircraft” and recommends no such developments within the footprint of an airport. Well, too late for that. Unfortunately there don’t appear to be flight path maps in the exhibited document so it’s difficult to know which suburbs (existing and new) will be impacted and to what degree.
Cohn keeps demergers on the agenda
Resilient and tireless community advocates from Canterbury‑Bankstown to Bombala, from the Central Coast to Tumbarumba, and more, have worked for the last seven years to undo this mess without success under the provisions of the Local Government Act as it stands.
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Safe haven with peer support a huge step forward for acute mental health care
We need teams who can address the human aspect of mental health…We stand in the vulnerabilities of our own experience… we drop the armour.
Opinion: We are passing the ice sheet tipping point
We must prepare for metres of sea level rise in the longer term beyond 2050 by planning now for a safe and efficient transfer to higher ground.
MLC enters battle to restore local democracy in NSW
Whilst the forced mergers were the brain child of the former Coalition Government, the Minns Labor Government, despite a policy of giving communities a say through a plebiscite, has shown no political appetite to address any of the lingering problems.
CEN urges community to use submission guide for Deferred Matters planning proposal
The draft planning proposal, if adopted, would undermine the planning principles at the heart of the Conservation zones within the NSW Standard Instrument.