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Coming to Vivid: David McDiarmid’s Kiss of Light.

Sydney Opera House celebrates work of late artist with a kiss of light

A tribute to David McDiarmid, artist and HIV/AIDS activist, will illuminate the Sydney Opera House sails for Vivid Sydney.

  • Linda Morris

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Two barristers have been disciplined over the posting of offensive remarks about LGBTQ people in the lifts of a legal office. File photo.

Lawyers disciplined over ‘offensive, demeaning’ LGBTQ ‘joke’ posted in lifts

The two men admitted writing and posting the offensive remarks in the lifts of a Melbourne law chambers building. Their actions caused outrage in the legal community.

  • Erin Pearson and Chris Vedelago
Celebrations outside London’s Supreme Court following its unanimous ruling that “the terms woman and sex in the Equality Act 2010 refer to a biological woman and biological sex”.

Trans women not legally women, UK’s highest court rules

The unanimous decision – hailed by gender-critical campaigners but condemned by trans rights advocates – could have implications in healthcare, education and sport.

  • Rob Harris
Peter Dutton and Donald Trump have both run unapologetic “anti-woke” campaigns.

The problem with going after ‘woke’ diversity? It’s actually good for us

The kindest thing that can be said about dismantling diversity programs is that it’s retrograde. And by retrograde, I’m not just referring to a Happy Days self-image of society.

  • Sonia Orchard
Premier Jacinta Allan and then Attorney-General Jaclyn Symes announced the new laws in November.

Hate speech laws pass parliament as Liberals claim freedom of speech is at risk

The long-awaited reforms will make serious vilification – such as incitement of hatred or physical threats – punishable by up to five years’ jail.

  • Daniella White
“We’re being treated with cruelty … The fact that someone like me can exist terrifies some people.”

Author Torrey Peters on why her existence ‘terrifies some people’

The prize-winning novelist on the cruelty faced by trans people – and how opponents have used stories of detransitioning to ‘weaponise regret’.

  • Benjamin Law
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The stars from left to right; Rupert Grint, Daniel Radcliffe and Emma Watson with the author JK Rowling, at back, arrive for the world film premiere of Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone in London in 2001.

J.K. Rowling appears to accuse Harry Potter stars of ‘ruining’ movie franchise

The author has renewed her public disagreement with the films’ child stars Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson and Rupert Grint.

  • India McTaggart
Clive Palmer, Trumpet of Patriots chairman and party spokesperson, poses for cameras ahead of an address to the National Press Club.

‘I’ll have to bow and apologise’: Palmer admits mistake while stoking gender war

Palmer targeted transgender issues in a National Press Club address on Thursday, while at the same time claiming Australia’s public debate was being derailed by the topic.

  • Natassia Chrysanthos
Mayor of Whittlesea Aidan McLindon has been barred from attending the chamber over his alleged behaviour.

Mayor barred from chamber and making phone calls, as council takes ‘extraordinary’ action

Aidan McLindon, the former Freedom Party candidate who became an outer-suburban mayor, is at war with his own council after he was barred from attending meetings over repeated allegations of poor behaviour.

  • Tom Cowie and Rachael Dexter
Mark Da Costa in his new St Peters cafe, Bueno Eatery.

He called his cafe a ‘Trump safe zone’ but now he’s making a comeback

Mark da Costa says he’s a different man to the one who made a string of homophobic comments in 2020. But some inner west residents will boycott his new venue.

  • Angus Thomson and Anthony Segaert

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