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Free speech or thinly veiled hate speech? Last week’s ad by the Australian Jewish Association (who appear somewhere to the right of Genghis Khan) spurned a flurry of angry letter writing, including many who live outside the Shire. See page 2, letters pages and editorial (page 8), for more. The Law Society of NSW are warning that proposed changes to the Jury Amendment Bill 2023 ‘risks reducing an important safeguard for majority verdicts’. President Brett McGrath said, ‘There can be few, if any, more important duties a citizen has than sitting on a jury. Yet a proposal to halve the amount of time before a jury can be excused from delivering a unanimous verdict represents an erosion of the importance of the jury’s role in our justice system’. The bill was introduced by Labor MP, Mark Buttigieg. Online betting operator SportChamps has copped a $17,500 fine for inducing people to gamble and open a betting account, following five previous convictions for similar offences. Liquor & Gaming NSW say SportChamps pleaded guilty in Downing Centre Local Court to two offences under the Betting and Racing Act. The Lismore Supper Club weekly gig is launching this Thursday, January 25 from 7pm at the the Lismore City Bowling Club. It’s headed by local musicians Laura Nobel and Greg Lyon. Laura says, ‘The idea behind it is to provide an opportunity for the community of Lismore to meet up with friends, listen to some lovely music while
supporting the club and some local musicians’. The EU have banned ‘misleading’ environmental claims that rely on carbon offsetting, reports The Guardian. That means that if adopted in Australia, it would rule out federal Labor’s emissions reduction policy, which is currently called ‘safeguard mechanism credits’. Last week, Japan became the fifth country to reach the moon! In other Japanese news, www.reuters.com reports, ‘Tepco plans to start a fourth release of treated radioactive water from the wrecked Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant in late February, an official said on Tuesday, continuing a move criticised by China’. How would one describe a libertarian? The internet hall of fame say they are house cats. ‘They are convinced of their fierce independence while utterly dependent on a system they don’t appreciate or understand’. Headline of the week goes to the UK’s Observer: ‘Arctic zombie virus in Siberia could spark terrifying new pandemic, scientists warn’. A benefit concert and GoFundMe campaign is being organised for musician, Jesse Balfour, who has been diagnosed with cancer. A special fundraiser will be held at the Bangalow Bowlo on Tuesday, January 30 from 6pm. The line up includes Pete Murray, Brian Cadd, GoodRich, and The Feramones. For tickets, visit trybooking.com/COQHE.
Mullum resident Marc Westley provided an explanation and pic of his new aquatic submersible vehicle on Myocum Road after recent heavy rains. He described clambering out as the waters rose in the cabin as ‘very dramatic stuff’ – thankfully Marc and his wife, ‘along with our two dogs and a bagful of grocery shopping’, were all safe. Marc says an off-duty SES volunteer stopped and offered to give his wife and the dogs a lift back to Mullum, ‘which was fantastic’. ‘While waiting for the police to arrive, a young fella in a 4x4 whose name, in all the drama, I fail to recall, stopped and offered to pull the car out. We were the beneficiaries of some amazing goodwill that is out there in our community. This is a shout out to all the good people who lent us a hand, particularly the young man who towed us to dry land. You my friend, are a legend’.
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