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[Link] Teen climate activist subjected to sexist and racist abuse amid federal court climate case
Read: 13/4/2022 www.theguardian.com
Teenage climate crisis campaigner Anjali Sharma has revealed the torrent of sexist and racist abuse she has received while fronting a legal case against the Morrison government’s approval of a New South Wales coal project.
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[Link] Have you asked for an Airbnb refund during COVID? Ross was refused one – and then told to break lockdown
Read: 29/11/2021 www.abc.net.au
So when they booked a night at a Victorian country home for a getaway with friends, the Melbourne-based couple didn't pay too much attention to their Airbnb host's cancellation policy.
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[Link] Police try to identify flare-wielding protesters
Read: 4/11/2021 www.abc.net.au
Police are trying to identify three people involved in the setting off of flares at an anti-lockdown protest in Melbourne on Saturday.
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[Link] 10,000 tickets confirmed for Melbourne Cup, but only 500 available to the public
Read: 22/10/2021 www.abc.net.au
Organisers have confirmed crowds will be back at the Melbourne Cup for the first time since 2019, with 10,000 allowed at Flemington, including 500 members of the general public.
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[Link] Historic Drug Bust Found 450 Kilograms of Heroin Among Ceramic Tiles
Read: 19/10/2021 www.vice.com
The heroin, which was believed to be worth at least $140 million, was hidden among ceramic tiles that were being transported in an industrial shipping container addressed to a Melbourne business, border officers confirmed on Saturday.
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[Link] Police bungle cost ‘14 years of potential progress’ in Maria James’ murder, Melbourne inquest hears
Read: 23/9/2021 www.theguardian.com
Police errors regarding the storage and examination of evidence hampered the investigation into the unsolved murder of Maria James in Melbourne, with one bungle costing “14 years of potential progress”, an inquest has been told.
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[Link] Man faces court over alleged kidnapping of children from Blackburn North
Read: 25/8/2021 www.abc.net.au
Jiangang Ji is facing charges including kidnapping, aggravated burglary, armed robbery, false imprisonment, assault and theft of a motor vehicle.
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[Link] Statement of Concern: Police use of projectile weapons
Read: 22/8/2021 melbactivistlegal.org.au
Melbourne Activist Legal Support (MALS) expresses concern regarding use of projectile weapons at Melbourne protest on 21 August 2021.
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[Link] Brunswick’s Good Karma Network shuts amid claims of ‘toxic positivity’, racism
Read: 22/8/2021 www.theage.com.au
It began as a place online where you could share excess lemons with your neighbours, pass on clothes your kids had outgrown or lend someone a power tool: a utopian vision of an online community sharing gifts and advice.
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[Link] Police arrest dozens of anti-lockdown protesters in Melbourne's CBD
Read: 13/8/2021 www.abc.net.au
Victorian police arrested dozens of anti-lockdown protesters in Melbourne's CBD last night. Officers appeared to outnumber a handful of protesters who came into the city's centre to protest hours after Premier Daniel Andrews announced a seven-day extension to the city's lockdown.
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[Link] Hundreds protest against Victorian COVID lockdown, leading to clashes with police
Read: 6/8/2021 www.abc.net.au
Hundreds of protesters have taken to Melbourne's streets hours after Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews announced a statewide lockdown from 8:00pm on Thursday.
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[Link] Fake Uber driver admits sexually assaulting two ‘vulnerable’ women he lured into his car in Melbourne
Read: 6/8/2021 www.theguardian.com
A Melbourne man has admitted raping one “remarkably vulnerable” woman and sexually assaulting another after pretending to be a ride-share driver.
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[Link] Far-right extremist jailed for disrupting Melbourne church service with homophobic rant
Read: 31/7/2021 www.theguardian.com
The far-right extremist Neil Erikson has been sentenced to 10 weeks in jail after he marched into a queer-friendly Melbourne church and hurled homophobic abuse, with a magistrate labelling his behaviour “wilfully ignorant” and “shameful”.
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[Link] $40m psychedelic medicine institute launches in Melbourne
Read: 30/7/2021 www.smh.com.au
A world-first global research institute that aims to develop new pharmaceutical-grade psychedelic medicine to treat mental health disorders is launching in Melbourne on Friday.
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