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Refugees' translators spoke wrong language

Yazidi refugees who settled in regional NSW after fleeing persecution by ISIS fighters in Iraq were given translators who didn't speak their language.

AAP · Sep 1, 2022

Splendour in the Grass 2022 fiasco was foreseeable and ‘just plain dangerous’, local councillors say

Organisers apologise to tens of thousands of music festivalgoers who were left bogged, stranded and out of pocket

The Guardian - AU · Jul 27, 2022

NSW anti-protest laws excessive: Amnesty

Laws targeting protesters in NSW have been criticised as excessive by human rights groups ahead of bail hearings for two accused demonstrators jailed for weeks.

AAP · Jul 11, 2022

Land swaps, relocations or rebuilds: Lismore community grapples with its future

Two major floods in the space of weeks raise urgent questions about what’s next for the NSW northern rivers region

The Guardian - AU · Apr 8, 2022

High-resolution BoM models showed Lismore was in danger while evacuation order was lifted

Exclusive: Independent sources were seeing ‘a very concerning forecast’ at the same time as residents were headed for home

The Guardian - AU · Apr 1, 2022

Ukraine president addresses parliament; Putin a ‘war criminal’, PM says – as it happened

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The Guardian - AU · Mar 31, 2022

Lismore flood: hundreds rescued and thousands evacuated as NSW city hit by worst flooding in history

Rapidly rising flood waters inundate regional city, leaving people stranded on roofs, including local MP who had to be rescued by her electorate officer in a canoe

The Guardian - AU · Feb 28, 2022

Greens elect lawyer to fill NSW parly spot

Environmental lawyer Sue Higginson will fill the Greens' upper house vacancy in the NSW parliament when David Shoebridge leaves to contest the federal election.

AAP · Feb 24, 2022