Nick Cowdery
Legal action to deny school change is abuse of privilege
I am really shocked that anyone would bother trying to sue a school for going co-ed. What is wrong with people that they feel they have to protect exclusiveness and the exclusion of girls?
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Ageing well is a state of mind – it doesn’t require cosmetics
Changing society’s attitudes to growing old remains an uphill battle.
Long-suffering commuters deserve a Christmas present
The unions are essentially holding the city to ransom for an unrealistic pay and working conditions claim, writes our correspondent.
Respect all public sector workers with a fair wage
Sydney’s rail network will be strangled by industrial action in the lead-up to New Year after the NSW government failed to strike a pay deal with the Rail Tram and Bus Union.
Violent sex offender released after High Court ruling charged with indecent assault
He attacked three elderly women between 2013 and 2014. He allegedly offended again within a month of the High Court ruling that freed him from detention.
- by Angus Thompson
Remind politicians of need for integrity in their roles
Julia Baird’s article should be mandatory daily reading for politicians on both sides of the floor, a reminder of the importance of integrity in those who hold public office.
MPs reject plan to impose fixed time frames on ICAC for reports
NSW parliament’s committee on the ICAC has stopped short of recommending the watchdog be forced to deliver reports within a legislated period.
- by Michaela Whitbourn
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Police
NSW Police scrap controversial search targets after quota rise during pandemic
The use of numerical goals to monitor performance across police regions and commands has been criticised by legal bodies and civil libertarians as enabling the targeting of vulnerable groups.
- by Angus Thompson, Pallavi Singhal and Nigel Gladstone
‘What do you think you’re doing?’: Sydneysiders stung for eating outside
James Adcock and his partner were standing in a corner of the Potts Point markets on Saturday, each eating noodle soup, when a suited man approached them.
- by Angus Thompson and Natassia Chrysanthos
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Consent crisis
Police urge schoolgirls to report assaults, even if they decide against charges
The information could identify trends or repeat offenders, police told independent school principals at a private meeting on how to respond to sexual assaults.
- by Jordan Baker
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Drug reform
'Legalise, regulate, control and tax': former DPP urges drug overhaul
Decriminalisation of the use and possession of illicit drugs should be a "first step" towards legalisation, the state's former top prosecutor says.
- by Michaela Whitbourn
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