Wendy Bacon Journalist, activist
MenuThe 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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Disgusting hydrogen sulphide odours have returned in Western Sydney. It took the EPA five weeks to take action
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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.
The NSW prison system is in the grip of a crisis caused by the COVID pandemic. Prisons generally receive little coverage which is why readers may know so little about this. In this story, I focus on Junee prison where two prisoners have recently died and severe restrictions are threatening the health and welfare of hundreds of prisoners and their families.
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