North Bondi RSL calls for board to be removed

North Bondi RSL calls for board to be removed

North Bondi RSL’s members initially supported NSW RSL president Mick Bainbridge. Like them,and unlike most other members of RSL branches,he was young and he had seen combat. Now they want him to resign.

  • byJulie Power

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‘Unethical cowboys’:RSL NSW president accused of ‘exploiting’ veterans by overcharging for legal advice
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‘Unethical cowboys’:RSL NSW president accused of ‘exploiting’ veterans by overcharging for legal advice

Independent senator Jacqui Lambie said RSL NSW had taken no action against lawyers who overcharged veterans for legal advice because some of the worst culprits sat on its board.

  • byHarriet Alexander
‘Moral accountability demands more’:Calls for top brass to hand back medals
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‘Moral accountability demands more’:Calls for top brass to hand back medals

Former Defence Force chief Angus Campbell and other leading military figures are facing growing calls to surrender their military honours after more junior Afghanistan war commanders were stripped of theirs.

  • byMatthew Knott
‘Payman is correct’:Senators call for parliament staff overhaul

‘Payman is correct’:Senators call for parliament staff overhaul

Crossbench senators who would not usually agree on anything are united. They want the prime minister stripped of the power to decide MPs’ staffing levels.

  • byMatthew Knott
I saw a woman call Kathy Lette a moll. It could have been me

I saw a woman call Kathy Lette a moll. It could have been me

This literary fan had suffered an unfortunate affliction known as a spoonerism,where the beginnings of two words are transposed.

  • byJo Pybus
For crying out loud,the theatre is no place for a baby

For crying out loud,the theatre is no place for a baby

If I have paid a high price for a ticket to an evening show,screaming children are not part of the deal. It’s not fair to the other members of the audience or the performers.

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Stabbed bishop backs Musk in fight to keep church attack footage online

Stabbed bishop backs Musk in fight to keep church attack footage online

In the lead-up to a Federal Court hearing on May 10,Bishop Mar Mari Emmanuel has provided X with an affidavit supporting the images remaining on the platform.

  • byPaul Sakkal andAngus Thompson
Five options for slashing landlord concessions to help fix the housing crisis

Five options for slashing landlord concessions to help fix the housing crisis

Key independent senators have teamed up and say the government could be giving up as much as $60 billion in tax revenue if it doesn’t make changes.

  • byRachel Clun
Senator Tammy Tyrrell quits the Jacqui Lambie Network

Senator Tammy Tyrrell quits the Jacqui Lambie Network

The senator said she will become an independent after Lambie told her she should leave the party.

  • byRachel Clun
Morrison accuses UN of antisemitism,decries ‘persecution’ of Australian Jews

Morrison accuses UN of antisemitism,decries ‘persecution’ of Australian Jews

The former prime minister spoke at a rally against antisemitism in Sydney,where he questioned the viability of a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

  • byPatrick Begley
Bosses to face penalties if they fail to stop calling workers after hours

Bosses to face penalties if they fail to stop calling workers after hours

A right to disconnect has been inserted into Labor’s latest industrial reforms,under which employers face fines or criminal sanctions if they fail to comply.

  • byAngus Thompson