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  • As I visit the city today (bus), I’m not sure how people tolerate the toxic transport pollution stench :(

    There must be some desensitising to it from a young age e.g. getting a car, getting used to the smell of petrol every time you fill the tank and so on. Not to mention a lot of folk probably work in similar or more caustic environments so there would be some rationalising going on too.

    Where we used to live in Sydney was a busy strip of cafes, restaurants, bars, pubs, many of which had outdoor seating and dining by the main road which was usually two to four lanes of busy traffic at most times of the day. You look at the shopfronts and signs, the footpaths and building facades and it’s all covered in soot. Sure it’s not building up that quickly but you only have to see it once and say to yourself, this is not a healthy environment, maybe all these people oriented places shouldn’t be a on what’s basically a highway. But nope, I never heard a word or complaint.










  • Thank you. This is a much better source.

    A series of lectures delivered by an Islamic preacher at a Sydney prayer centre must be removed from social media under orders from a Federal Court judge who found they contained “fundamentally racist and antisemitic” material.

    The court found the series of lectures conveyed “disparaging imputations” about Jewish people, based on race or ethnic origin, that were reasonably likely to offend, insult, humiliate and intimidate Jews in Australia.

    However, the judge found the “ordinary, reasonable listener” would not understand those things to be about Jewish people in general.

    Justice Stewart said he was satisfied Mr Haddad and the centre should be ordered to publish corrective notices on their social media accounts for 30 days, but will hear the parties further on the terms.

    He said the ECAJ’s case had been “overwhelmingly successful” and there was no reason why Mr Haddad should not have to pay costs.