Tag: NSW government
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NSW Police brace as the heavily condemned Sydney lockout laws are lifted today
Today NSW Police are setting to brace for the worst, while hoping for the best, as the city celebrates the much anticipated removal of Sydney’s controversial lockout laws. Set in place by the O’Farrell government in 2014 with the intention of decreasing the level of violence seen in popular night time locations around the CBD, the laws…
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The Six Minute Advert That Was Seen Around the World
Infuriated Sydneysiders surrounded Circular Quay in protest on Tuesday after the Sydney Opera House was forced to display an advertisement about The Everest horse race on its iconic sails. The NSW State Government authorised The Everest to project an advertisement on the sails of the historic cultural icon, promoting the race. Opera House chief executive…
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Australian MPs, police, and judges targeted in email hack
The private email accounts of thousands of Australian government officials, Australian Federal Police, judges and members of Parliament have been exposed in a massive data breach at Yahoo. The hack, which is thought to be the biggest in the world, impacted one billion accounts. The ABC reports that the private data of 3, 400 high profile…
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Opal benefits are over
The NSW government has confirmed that the Opal card benefit of free travel after eight trips a week is about to become defunct. The widely commended benefit has been discarded after the Independent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal recommended that the loophole be closed. The Tribunal found that the government was losing $300 million in transport…