Wendy Bacon
Wendy Bacon is a contributing editor to New Matilda, an activist, media researcher and blogger at WendyBacon.com. She was on the board of the Pacific Media Centre, Frontline editor of Pacific Journalism Review and a Professorial Fellow at the Australian Centre for Independent Journalism. She is currently also a member of the Asia Pacific Media Network at apmn.nz
Climate protests to continue despite 170 charged in Newcastle ‘protestival’
Despite Australia's draconian anti-protest laws, the world’s biggest coal port was closed for four hours at the weekend with 170 protesters being charged --...
Rising Tide climate crisis ‘Protestival’ to go ahead despite court ruling
The NSW Supreme Court has issued orders prohibiting a major climate protest that would blockade ships entering the world’s largest coal port in Newcastle...
Hundreds stage Sydney ‘die-in’ to protest massacres in Gaza
By Wendy Bacon in Sydney
Twenty-four weeks of city marches and a five-week vigil outside the Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s electoral office in Marrickville have...
Australian fight to protect koala habitats in northern NSW heats up
The battle to stop the destruction in Australia of critical koala habitats in state forests in Northern NSW has escalated in recent weeks. Wendy...
South Australia adopts draconian new law curbing peaceful climate protest
A bill introducing harsh penalties and extending the scope of a law applying to those who obstruct public places has been passed after an...
Climate activist ‘Violet’ Coco’s quashed jail sentence highlights police lies
Australian climate emergency protester Deanna “Violet” Coco last week won her appeal ato the delight of supporters. A 15-month jail sentence imposed on her...
‘It’s time to be the crowd’, Knitting Nannas tell protest against...
SPECIAL REPORT: By Wendy Bacon in Sydney
NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet is pleased that a Sydney magistrate jailed protester Deanna "Violet" Coco on Friday. But...
Wendy Bacon: Journalism is not a crime – why I support...
ANALYSIS: By Wendy Bacon
Journalism is not a crime, which is why we must support Wikileaks founder Julian Assange in his battle against extradition to...
WestConnex M4 East violates Australian pollution standards – even before tunnel...
A talk by Dr Paul Torzillo at a meeting of Camperdown Residents against WestConnex on Air Pollution and Impacts on our Health. Video: Spontaneous...
Anthony Albanese, WestConnex, and the ethics of an activist journalist
A controversial roads project has angered local communities leading into this month's Federal election in Australia while the companies behind it have dumped truckloads...
