Meet Sydney’s most colourful characters
Gary Nunn introduces us to some of Sydney’s most colourful eccentrics, free spirits and one-offs: the characters who give Sydney its personality, colour and flair.
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Anti-lockdown protestors descend on CBD as NSW reports record Delta case numbers
Thousands of people have descended on Sydney’s CBD to protest against the ongoing Covid lockdown, as Sydney’s Delta outbreak worsens.
CloMo lays into ScoMo over slo-mo vaccine rollout
Sydney Lord Mayor Clover Moore has lashed out at the Morrison Government on social media, telling it to “get its act together” on Covid-19 vaccinations.
Sydney lockdown extended to 30 July
NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian has announced Greater Sydney’s lockdown has been extended by two weeks, after 97 new cases of Covid-19 were recorded in the past 24 hours.
Vaccine rollout a barrel of porkies
John Moyle brings some much needed clarity to Australia’s bungled vaccine rollout and ScoMo’s serpentine promises
The pleasure and pain of being an expat locked into the lucky country
Gary Nunn – one of Australia’s 1.2 million British expats – describes the mixed emotions of living in a virtually Covid-free country while watching the pandemic ravage his homeland.
Women’s March 4 Justice takes over Central Sydney, sending powerful message
10,000 people attended the Women’s March 4 Justice in Sydney today – one of more than 40 such events attended by 100,000 people around Australia.
Two more Aboriginal deaths in custody as Inquiry investigates proportion of Indigenous Australians in gaol
Two more Aboriginal deaths in custody within a week in NSW has again highlighted Australia’s shameful record on incarcerated Indigenous citizens.
ScoMo vs Zuck: clash of the incels
As our Prime Minister and another powerful world leader square off, we ask: which android will blink first?
The rise of Matty Mills: from homelessness and foster care to private jet trips with Baz Luhrmann
Gary Nunn speaks to Matty Mills about his remarkable ascent – and predicts even bigger things for the Kamilaroi wunderkind.
Keeping the dream alive: a review of the John Laws Morning Show
The Sentinel reviews a day’s broadcast of the John Laws Morning Show – and finds out how the Golden Tonsils are holding up.
Scott Marsh’s new mural survives censors
Satirical artist Scott Marsh has painted a wall mural of George Michael in Erskineville. It replaces a mural that was defaced by fundamentalist Christians in November 2017.
Mardi Gras rejects moves to ban police, Liberal Party
The Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras has rejected calls by activists to ban police, corrective services and the Liberal Party from future Mardi Gras parades, and to officially affirm the Black Lives Matter movement.
SALON78 returns to showcase the oral history of early LGBTQI movements
The SALON78 forum is returning for its third year to collect oral histories and enshrine the work of our early LGBTQI activists.
Ode to a Superwoman
Though she’s largely forgotten, the legacy of activist, inventor, journalist, mother, poet, publisher and suffragette Louisa Lawson is enormous, writes Sunny Grace.