Don’t!

Jesus, I thought they were actually dead!

This is more what I’ve experienced, but in the evening.

I’ve also noticed this sort of thing happening roughly around 7pm

What the fuck does the synagogue arson attack have to do with protests?

The puzzling thing is that after the magic words don’t work the first time they don’t give up on it.

I feel safer already, knowing that the cops have taken a bong off the streets 😂

Children convicted of them are subject to the same length of sentence as adults. If convicted of murder they must be given a life sentence with a 20-year minimum non-parole period.

Imagine deliberately setting up a legislative environment where a 10-year-old kid could be sent to jail for 20 years.

So transparently self-serving for the major parties. Victoria has been particularly bad for this kind of thing in the past few years - they also moved to single-member electorates for council elections: https://www.tallyroom.com.au/55121

This ban is such a garbage idea.

The cops have recently tried to shut down protests in Sydney by arguing that their route supposedly takes them too close to particular places of worship - despite the route being originally proposed by the cops! This will only bolster that obstructionism.

But he said there were already laws designed to do precisely that, which target violent protest, offensive behaviour, racial abuse and discrimination.

Amen!

The NSW Council for Civil Liberties (NSWCCL) has come out against these laws: https://www.nswccl.org.au/media_release_religious_institutions

The legislation contains an exemption if you have a ‘reasonable excuse’, and it lists some examples without restricting it to those. So I think the judge has fairly wide latitude.

Legislation: https://www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/bills/Pages/bill-details.aspx?pk=3987

93ZA Offence of displaying Nazi symbols

(1) A person who knowingly displays, by public act and without reasonable excuse, a Nazi symbol commits an offence. Maximum penalty—

(a) for an individual—100 penalty units or imprisonment for 12 months, or both, or

(b) for a corporation—500 penalty units.

(2) For subsection (1), the display of a swastika in connection with Buddhism, Hinduism or Jainism does not constitute the display of a Nazi symbol.

(3) Also, without limiting subsection (1), a reasonable excuse includes the display of a Nazi symbol done reasonably and in good faith—

(a) for an academic, artistic or educational purpose, or

(b) for another purpose in the public interest.

(4) In this section— public act has the same meaning as in section 93Z.

This commenter dug up even more baffling details: https://aussie.zone/post/15912083/13633454

The Guardian’s headline is.pretty tame all things considered. You could have had:

• US woman backflips in court, pleads guilty to smuggling 24-carat gold gun into Sydney
• Clown school student who tried to smuggle gold-plated pistol into Australia claims Google said it was ‘OK’

From the first one:

Goodson had declared that she was carrying cat, squirrel and rabbit parts on her incoming passenger card, but failed to mention the gun.

…

The court also heard that she previously owned two other guns while living in the States, but she had accidentally given them away.

“Those guns I ended up giving away, because I accidentally left them in a donation box.”

From the last one:

Her lawyer said she packed the pistol because she was high and paranoid from synthetic marijuana

She also has a horn and a bone through her nose.

Do you mean the double-murder of Luke Davies and Jesse Baird? The alleged murderer in that case is gay himself, so it hasn’t been interpreted as a hate crime, or indicative of homophobia in the police force, if that’s what you mean.

News story on the case: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-02-24/sydney-luke-davies-jesse-baird-alleged-murder-police-hunt-bodies/103505602

You can find the report here: https://www.csiro.au/en/research/technology-space/energy/GenCost

The full report (and an executive summary) can be found here: https://www.csiro.au/en/research/technology-space/energy/GenCost

Pfff, but who are you gonna trust? The CSIRO, or Peter Dutton?

I don’t believe the cops who want to march are the same cops exhibiting homophobia and disdain for gay hate deaths.

Sure, but if they’re in uniform they’re representing that institution as a whole. Marching in uniform, in formation, with guns, no less.

“It’s a bit hypocritical to ban them from marching if you’re going to rely on them, as everybody does for major events, for security.”

I think that’s legally mandated. If there were any other option available I’m sure Pride In Protest would be pushing for that too.

Scumbags.

Workers are asking for community reinforcement at the picket of the Dandenong distribution centre tonight.

Where’s this listed? I only see “2004”, was it a typo that’s since been corrected?