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Outrage over local council’s decision to ban books featuring same-sex parents

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Advocates are fighting to reverse a western Sydney council’s decision to ban books featuring same-sex parents. At the beginning of May, Cumberland City council voted to “rid” publicly-funded libraries of any books that show same-sex parents. The state government has now warned the ban breaches public library guidelines, and could lead to funding cuts for …

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Ex Bulldogs player’s punishment compared to “flogging a dead horse”

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Ex-Bulldogs player Jackson Topine launched legal action against his former club for “unlawful corporal punishment” after coming late to a training session. The Australian reported that the 22-year-old was forced to wrestle with “30 to 35” teammates, resulting in “physical and mental impairment”. It is believed that in a statement of claim lodged with the …

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Controversy over police wearing potential right-wing symbols

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Last Sunday, pro-Palestinian protestors were arrested by Police at Port Botany in Sydney, impacting the demonstration. The policing of the protests included some police officers who were reported to have been wearing an Australian flag patch with a thin blue line through it, a symbol associated with right wing extremism. The Wire’s Zachary Probert spoke …

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