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Activists take to Taylor Square against Latham and Porter’s discriminatory bills Protestors take the Sydney streets against the Parental Freedoms and Religious Discrimination bills. April 17, 2021 This afternoon, around 350 protestors marched from Taylor Square to Martin Place, demanding the withdrawal of bills that enable discrimination against LGBTQIA+ people within certain social settings like schools and workplaces.  The ‘Kill-the-Bill’ demonstration, organised by Community Action for Rainbow Rights, was chaired by activists April Holcombe and Patrick White. The protest was directe...

Pride in Protest and the fight for Sydney’s queer community Leadership struggles, online vitriol and generational change within Sydney's queer community. Photography by Aman Kapoor April 11, 2021 Veiled in respectful silence, Taylor Square is surprisingly still, calm even. The sheer number of people that have turned up smother the occasional spot fires of nervousness that jump through the crowd. Bodies radiate quiet determination. “I’m going to get a little bit emotional because, as I stand here on this occasion, I am recalling that first Mardi Gras”, says Ma...

Advertisement “Heritage” conjures images of beautiful Victorian-era cottages, massive Gothic Revival mansions and buildings of historical civic import. But among the many Sydney icons that grace the NSW heritage list are more curious and contentious inclusions that range from public toilets to bus shelters and an airport access road. NSW Arts Minister Don Harwin last week announced a major overhaul of the state’s heritage laws to make it easier and less expensive to own or adapt heritage-listed buildings. Tom Forrest, chief executive of the Urban Taskforce, which lobbies on beh...

The verdict on Clover Moore’s four decades in public office We’re sorry, this service is currently unavailable. Please try again later. Dismiss Normal text size Very large text size On March 27, Clover Moore will have officially notched up 17 years as Sydney’s lord mayor. If - as expected - she is re-elected in September and serves a full term, she will have been in that office longer than Robert Menzies or Joh Bjelke-Petersen were in theirs. Younger readers would struggle to recall, but by the time she became mayor in 2004, Moore had already been in politics for two-and-a-half...