LGBTQ
Analysis
NRL 2024
Homosexuality is illegal in PNG. The NRL is all about inclusivity. How do they square the two?
Ian Roberts, still the only openly gay Australian rugby league player in the past 30 years, sees the new PNG NRL franchise as an opportunity to change attitudes in the Pacific nation.
- by Christian Nicolussi
Latest
Britain bans puberty blockers after reviews finds them too risky
The indefinite ban will apply to children with gender dysphoria and comes after a judge said young people were caught up in “stormy social discourse”.
- by Michael Searles
Exclusive
Police
Hundreds of murder cases to be re-examined by special taskforce
More than two dozen detectives are using covert DNA testing and re-examining troves of evidence to help crack hundreds of unsolved murders in NSW.
- by Amber Schultz
Exclusive
Crime
‘Pedo hunts’: Gay-bashing teen gangs in wave of Sydney attacks
The teenagers are luring men to public parks before bashing, robbing and filming their victims for social media in a shocking revival of Sydney’s gay hate era.
- by Perry Duffin
‘Slap in the face’: Move to ban police from Mardi Gras attacked as hypocritical
As Mardi Gras members prepare to vote on barring NSW Police from participating in the 2025 parade, the premier has condemned the move.
- by Max Maddison
Opinion
Mardi Gras
The secret reason behind Mardi Gras move to ban NSW police
A motivated, radical group wants Mardi Gras to be more exclusionary. Less radical queers are now the enemy.
- by Peter Stahel
Exclusive
Mardi Gras
Mardi Gras moves to ban NSW Police from parade
The long-vexed relationship with the force reached a new low last year. Now Mardi Gras members will vote on whether to exclude officers from the 2025 parade.
- by Max Maddison
‘We looked unreasonable’: Losing credibility, trans activists employ new tactics
After the “painful” election of Donald Trump, some in the movement question the effectiveness of an all-or-nothing approach.
- by Jeremy Peters
It was a bank, a nightclub and a failed bike hub. Now this Oxford Street icon has a new fate
A Taylor Square landmark that has sat dormant for more than 15 years is set for a new lease on life after plans were approved to add three storeys and a rooftop, and transform the basement into a live music venue.
- by Michael Koziol
Offensive language
Social media
United Australia senator Ralph Babet posts racist, homophobic slurs
Greens leader Adam Bandt condemned Babet’s posts, arguing that President-elect Donald Trump’s victory had emboldened the hard right.
- by Olivia Ireland
Trump day one: Drills, pardons and a certain ‘schedule F’
According to his own statements, the new US president has a lot to do on his first day back in the White House.
- by Colleen Long and Dan Merica
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