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The Offence of Destroying or Damaging Property, Previously Known as ‘Malicious Damage’

The Offence of Destroying or Damaging Property, Previously Known as ‘Malicious Damage’

New South Wales police were called out to Campbell Parade at Bondi Beach, which is located on Gadigal land, following several reports regarding property damage on 29 November 2025. Officers attached to the Eastern Suburbs Police Area Command arrived at the scene to find that the Bondi Beach lifeguard tower, along with several, bins, bollards and signs ...
Multiculturalism and the language of ‘values’

Multiculturalism and the language of ‘values’

The return of multiculturalism as a live political question in Australia has been swift – and faintly familiar. The Coalition’s new migration plan, announced by Angus Taylor at the Menzies Research Centre, proposes tighter visa screening, stricter enforcement of the ‘Australian Values Statement’, and even the possibility of removing those deemed not to ...
The keys to the kingdom

The keys to the kingdom

Australia has been here before. Time and again, the country has stumbled upon extraordinary good fortune – gold in the 19th Century, wool, then iron ore, coal and gas in the 20th and 21st Centuries – and time and again it has struggled to turn those booms into lasting national strength. Wealth has arrived quickly, been spent freely, and then faded. The ...

The Offence of Destroying or Damaging Property, Previously Known as ‘Malicious Damage’

The Offence of Destroying or Damaging Property, Previously Known as ‘Malicious Damage’
New South Wales police were called out to Campbell Parade at Bondi Beach, which is located on Gadigal land, following several reports regarding property damage on 29 November 2025. Officers attached to the Eastern Suburbs Police Area Command arrived at the scene to find that the Bondi Beach lifeguard tower, along with several, bins, bollards and signs ...

Multiculturalism and the language of ‘values’

Multiculturalism and the language of ‘values’
The return of multiculturalism as a live political question in Australia has been swift – and faintly familiar. The Coalition’s new migration plan, announced by Angus Taylor at the Menzies Research Centre, proposes tighter visa screening, stricter enforcement of the ‘Australian Values Statement’, and even the possibility of removing those deemed not to ...

The keys to the kingdom

The keys to the kingdom
Australia has been here before. Time and again, the country has stumbled upon extraordinary good fortune – gold in the 19th Century, wool, then iron ore, coal and gas in the 20th and 21st Centuries – and time and again it has struggled to turn those booms into lasting national strength. Wealth has arrived quickly, been spent freely, and then faded. The ...