Wendy Bacon

Wendy Bacon is an investigative journalist who was the Professor of Journalism at UTS. She worked for Fairfax, Channel Nine and SBS and has published in The Guardian, New Matilda, City Hub and Overland. She has a long history in promoting independent and alternative journalism.
The battle for Victoria Street, Kings Cross – fifty years on

The battle for Victoria Street, Kings Cross – fifty years on

Why is there more homeless today, per capita, but fewer squatters? Fifty years on, Wendy Bacon looks back on the ...
Peaceful coal port protesters prosecuted like bikie gang on bail

Peaceful coal port protesters prosecuted like bikie gang on bail

Sixteen Rising Tide protesters who were arrested in a peaceful (and approved) blockade of Newcastle Coal Port on ...
The price of peaceful protest: 109 arrests, but the Newcastle Port blockade will be on again

The price of peaceful protest: 109 arrests, but the Newcastle Port blockade will be on again

The blockade of Australia's biggest coal port Newcastle by climate protestors over the weekend resulted in 109 ...
Coal from Newcastle. The port blockade that aims to stop it.

Coal from Newcastle. The port blockade that aims to stop it.

This weekend thousands of protesters are planning to block the world’s biggest coal port in Newcastle. The ...
Draconian: South Australia just topped NSW, Tas, Victoria, Queensland with new laws penalising peaceful protesters

Draconian: South Australia just topped NSW, Tas, Victoria, Queensland with new laws penalising peaceful protesters

A bill introducing harsh penalties and extending the scope of a law applying to those who obstruct public places ...
State of No Dissent: Liberals, Labor double down on protest laws despite Coco judgement

State of No Dissent: Liberals, Labor double down on protest laws despite Coco judgement

Labor and Liberal parties doubled down on their support for harsh anti-protest laws after a District Court judge ...
Whither the WestConnex cash? Berejiklian buries tracks on Transurban’s $11bn toll road windfall

Whither the WestConnex cash? Berejiklian buries tracks on Transurban’s $11bn toll road windfall

Just how good is the WestConnex mega-deal which the toll road monopolist Transurban has struck with NSW? Where is ...
‘Sham inquiry’: calls grow for proper investigation into scandal-ridden NSW workers’ insurance scheme icare

‘Sham inquiry’: calls grow for proper investigation into scandal-ridden NSW workers’ insurance scheme icare

The publicly owned workers compensation scheme paid for a right-wing US political operative to work in Treasurer ...

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