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Neo-nazis outside a queer film festival in Albury last year

‘Very real risk of violence’: The growing fear within NSW’s LGBTQ community

Threats and attacks against LGBTQI+ organisations, including a neo-Nazi rally outside a queer film festival, have elevated leaders’ fears of violence.

  • Michael McGowan

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A Joint Standing Committee on Electoral Matters report called for mandatory civics course for years 11 and 12 students.

Compulsory civics lessons push amid escalating antisemitic attacks in Sydney

The state’s top private school told parents it will review its curriculum programs to ensure it’s emphasising “the importance of tolerance and understanding”.

  • Lucy Carroll
Laijipa Naulivou

Rugby boss sacked four days into job after claiming women’s team have ‘gay problem’

An international director of rugby has been dismissed after saying lesbianism had caused a rift in the country’s women’s team.

  • Fiona Tomas

Governments can’t control people’s thoughts, but they must try to stamp out hate speech

Recent proposals are the latest in a string of moves over the years to tackle the issue of free speech and hate speech. Condemnation is easy. Getting laws right is another matter.

  • The Age's View
US President Donald Trump listens to Episcopal Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde. “Not too exciting,” he said.

What to know about Trump’s ‘two-sex’ executive order

Donald Trump said his gender-related executive orders were aimed at ending efforts to “socially engineer race and gender into every aspect of public and private life”.

Anthony Albanese alongside NSW Premier Chris Minns during an announcement of a $1bn upgrade of 15th Avenue in West Hoxton.

The law changes coming in response to antisemitic attacks across Sydney

NSW Premier Chris Minns has flagged legislative changes, strengthening hate-speech laws and protecting places of worship from protest, after a spate of antisemitic attacks across Sydney

  • Max Maddison and Amber Schultz
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Former Sex Discrimination Commissioner, Kate Jenkins.

New data reveals how far Australian workplaces still have to go on harassment

The research shows that at a leadership level in particular, engagement with harassment policies is lagging.

  • Kate Jenkins
Alex Gutierrez won a landmark age discrimination case against his former employer.

The ‘silent discriminator’ endemic in our workplace

Over two-thirds of people believe that ageism is a serious problem in Australia. So why aren’t we doing more about it?

  • Emily Chantiri
Anthony Albanese

Albo’s T-------- blunder says more about our times than our PM

Insults, and our ever-changing tolerance for them, speak volumes for the incoherence of our politics.

  • Malcolm Knox
The prime minister during question time on Tuesday.

Let’s not get too snotty about Albo’s Tourette’s slip

In an era of unrestraint, partisan bombast and ritualised attention-seeking, the humble insult finds itself in a state of confusion.

  • James Hughes

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