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A fiery debate has erupted on the Today show about whether children should be able to take religious weapons to school after a teenager was allegedly stabbed with a Sikh kirpan in Sydney.
The 14-year-old boy who allegedly used the knife was legally allowed to carry it on school grounds because it was classified a religious weapon by the education department.
The NSW Department of Education reacted on Tuesday morning by placing a ban on such weapons.
Under religious tradition, the curved knife must be carried by Sikhs at all times to remind them of their duty to uphold and defend the truth courageously .
NSW tables data breach notification bill
NSW tables data breach notification bill
Launches consultation. Credit: Dreamstime
The NSW Government is proposing forcing state-owned entities to report data breaches under a new bill which could make it the first state or territory to enforce mandatory disclosures.
The state government has tabled its own data notification bill, the
Privacy and Personal Information Protection Amendment Bill.
If passed, the proposal would ensure public bodies informed the Privacy Commissioner and affected individuals of data breaches of personal or health information, which are likely to result in serious harm.
This would apply the PPIP Act to all state-owned corporations that are not regulated by the
Defence lawyers call on A-G to protect lawyers from further police harassment
By Naomi Neilson|13 April 2021
Over 600 defence lawyers have condemned reports that a solicitor was maliciously targeted by a specialist police taskforce with “grave concerns” and have demanded that Attorney-General Mark Speakman urgently contact the commission with requests that they make the officers’ names public and extend protections for lawyers.
A recent report from the Law Enforcement Conduct Commission (LECC) disclosed that two officers from specialist police taskforce Raptor acted on the orders of a third to “target” a small-town solicitor due in court the following morning on the false assumption that the solicitor in question was involved with the local “bikie” gang.
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Sydney News: Artarmon man dies after falling from ladder and landing on hedge trimmer
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NSW Police said the man fell off his ladder and landed on the power tool.
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Fatal gardening accident
A man in Sydney s lower north shore has died after falling off a ladder and landing on a hedge trimmer.
Emergency services were called to Smith Road, Artarmon about 5:30pm yesterday after receiving reports a 52-year-old man required medical assistance.
NSW Police said the man was gardening at the time when he fell and landed on the power tool.
He was taken to Royal North Shore Hospital where he died a short time later.