Wendy Bacon Journalist, activist
MenuFifty years ago this week, hundreds of people gathered in Victoria Street, Kings Cross to support a group of squatters who had been evicted by truckloads of Kings Cross bouncers, hired by a property developer Frank Theeman.
The School Strike 4 Climate have partnered with Rising Tide to stage what they hope will be the biggest civil disobedience action in the history of Australia this weekend.
The battle to stop the destruction of critical koala habitats in state forests in Northern NSW has escalated in recent weeks. WENDY BACON reports on the campaign from daring lock-ons and vigils in the depth of forests to rallies, parliament and courts in Sydney.
№ 9 in Women in the Media
This week Greens Senator Mehreen Faruqi delivered the annual PEN Sydney Lecture at the Sydney Writers' Festival. I reported on her speech for City Hub.
№ 8 in Wading through greenwashing
A year after the alleged first pollution offences occurred, the NSW EPA has notified residents that it has commenced legal proceedings against Macquarie-owned Bingo Industries waste facility at Eastern Creek. Local residents filed hundreds of complaints about odours spreading through their Western Sydney suburbs. The odours still continue. This story also covers Bingo's poor record at managing asbestos.
№ 7 in Wading through greenwashing
The NSW Environmental Protection Authority met with Bingo senior executives as odours continue to overwhelm residents living around its Macquarie-owned waste facility at Eastern Creek. It ordered work to stop where no odour controls were in place.
№ 6 in Wading through greenwashing
Disgusting hydrogen sulphide odours have returned in Western Sydney. It took the EPA five weeks to take action
№ 5 in Wading through greenwashing
Foul odours are again plaguing residents in Western Sydney as floods and rain cause a crisis in the waste industry and raising further concerns about the NSW's capacity to regulate powerful companies.