Honi Soit
FIRST PRINTED 1929
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USyd Young Liberals involved in Tinder controversy
Eyewitness to an uprising: On the streets with the Yellow Vests
A number of Young Liberals have been implicated in a controversy involving derogatory comments made in a group chat towards a woman on Tinder, the Sydney Morning Herald reported earlier this week. Four of the individuals involved were suspended from the Liberal Party for a period of six months, and two were fired from their state government jobs.
Honi can reveal the identity of several of the individuals, two of whom are students of the University of Sydney.
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As we wait for our fries, dozens of people start to run past the window, chased by clouds of rolling, rising tear gas. I stand by the window, filming until someone pulls me away – the police just smashed the glass door, it’s better to stand back. I wonder where Marine and her partner are, where the American academic got to, or any of the smiling faces we met.
The McDonald’s begins to fill with gas. Children are crying, holding their faces up to their mothers, who wipe their eyes and noses and mouths with water and ice. Outside, the riot police move in lines, head to toe in black armour and matching masks, as if to imply their prey are the real threat.
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