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A NSW minister has backed the anti-protest laws that has put his niece, Deanna ‘Violet’ Coco, in jail for at least eight months, and Kurdish refugee and writer Behrouz Boochani is back in Australia.

Paint a friend’s ceiling, fix their bike, babysit. There’s joy to be had if you pull yourself off the meathook of consumerism, says journalist and author Nell Frizzell

Good morning, early birds. Leadership reshuffles are expected for both the Liberal Party and the Nationals today, and the NSW government says they did not green-light the reburial of Mungo Man and Mungo Lady. It’s the news you need to know, with Emma Elsworthy.

Whether you are waiting at the bus stop or outside Lidl, the spring scent hangs heavy in the air, says Nell Frizzell, author of The Panic Years

A new documentary says society is biased in favour of those who have babies. The film’s maker and others explain why they have chosen to be child-free

It’s hard enough to concentrate at home without being drawn into household chores, so I am decamping to the garden

I know this seems like a terrible time to argue that anything should be more expensive. But for the sake of farmers, cows and the planet, this is one price that needs to rise, writes Nell Frizzell

With just the foxes and bats for company, running in the early morning allows me to assert my place in the city, writes Nell Frizzell