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“It’s good you have a cause, but you must comply with the law”: USyd student sentenced after Waterloo protest

By Dongchen Yue | Honi Soit

USyd student Jesper Duffy has avoided a conviction and a fine after pleading guilty. Monday morning, Duffy was accompanied by approximately 10 supporters as he appeared at Downing Centre Local Court. Last Friday, police arrested Duffy and alleged he was on lands owned by Homes NSW without lawful excuse. Protestors had been occupying parts of a Waterloo public housing block continuously for 25 days when police expelled them last Friday.

“Something is so wrong with the government’s priority”: Women’s Collective vigil

By Dongchen Yue | Honi Soit

Content Warning: This article contains descriptions of gender-based violence. “If this was instead 79 men killed by sharks, I would venture to guess the outrage, media coverage, and the level of political unity on the issue would look wildly different.” SRC Sexual Violence Co-Officer Leyla Bensan said to a crowd of approximately 53 people gathering on the lawn in front of the Quadrangle to honour victim-survivors of domestic, family, and sexual violence.

Lawyers challenging December anti-protest laws hopeful after final hearing

By Dongchen Yue | Honi Soit

The hearing regarding the constitutional validity of NSW’s new public assemblies restriction regime occurred on Thursday the 26th before three judges at the Court of Appeal, the state’s apex court. On the 14th of December, two shooters, one of which was known to ASIO in 2019 in relation to an investigation into an Islamic State cell, killed 15 people at Bondi Beach.