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Paul Gregoire
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Freelance Writer/Journalist

2021 NSW Council of Civil Liberties Award Excellence In Civil Liberties Journalism

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The Minns government is re-enacting the places of worship move on policing power just struck down by the court, in the wake of the unrelated NSW police-authorised neo-Nazi rally before NSW parliament
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#nswpol #nswpolice #nazis
NSW Government to Reintroduce Antiprotest Move-On Power, After Police Approve Nazi Rally
The government is using the police decision to authorise a neo-Nazi protest to reintroduce unconstitutional laws empowering police to issue move on directions at places of worship.
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November 17, 2025 at 12:16 AM
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ASIO Wants Hizb ut-Tahrir Designated as a Terrorist Organisation, with Mike Burgess adding the local chapter of the Islamic group has no place in influencing Australian society, as “this is our country"
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#auspol #asio #Terrorism
ASIO Wants Hizb ut-Tahrir Designated as a Terrorist Organisation
ASIO boss Mike Burgess used his address at the Lowy Institute to call for a group that is critical of Israel’s genocide but rejects violence to be designated as a terrorist organisation.
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November 15, 2025 at 9:20 PM
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The Finks outlaw motorcycle gang has won tender to provide security in respect of noncitizens Australia is dumping on Nauru, in exchange for taxpayer dollars the bikies are then paid with
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#auspol #nauru
The Finks Bikie Gang Is Providing Security for Noncitizens Detained on Nauru
An ex-Australian soldier has blown the whistle on the fact that noncitizens being sent to Nauru under a shady deal by the government are to be monitored by the Finks motorcycle gang.
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November 14, 2025 at 8:25 PM
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Despite the practice of NSW police as first responders to mental health crises resulting in those in need killed, the NSW government has done nothing to address this issue that the force itself wants resolved
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#nswpol #nswpolice #firstresponders
Critics Call High Time on NSW Police as First Responders, as Labor Contemplates Change
A man whose partner was killed by police who were responding to a mental health crises is calling for mental health professionals to be first responders to such situations.
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November 13, 2025 at 11:36 PM
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We spoke to @paulrgregoire.bsky.social from Sydney Criminal Lawyers about the horrific death of Colin Burling and why people experiencing mental health emergencies need healthcare, not police.

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November 13, 2025 at 1:37 AM
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According to Palestine Action Group, NSW police provoked the violence outside the Indo Pacific weapons fest, with state law enforcement now liberally applying pepper spray to crowds, in a tip of the hat to VicPol
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#nswpolice #nswpol #antiwar
“The Police Attacked Us”: Activist Josh Lees on Protesting the Indo Pacific Weapons Fest
NSW police stated that the antiwar demonstrators at the Indo Pacific weapons festival had provoked the violence that ensued, but that doesn’t appear to be the case.
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November 12, 2025 at 11:05 PM
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The first ever authorised NSW neo-Nazi demo was held outside parliament. And with two weeks notice, NSW police deployed officers to oversee the smooth running of the rally against local Jewish people
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#nswpol #antisemitism #nazis
NSW Police Authorise Neo-Nazi Protest at State Parliament and Watch On
Authorities in NSW have allowed the first authorised neo-Nazi rally to take place likely in the entire nation, before making up excuses as to why it was permitted in the aftermath.
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November 12, 2025 at 1:53 AM
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According to ASIO, the nation is up schitts creek in terms of foreign interference
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#auspol #asio #foreigninterference
November 11, 2025 at 12:08 AM
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The Minns government response to the recommendations of the 2024 NSW Drug Summit rejects key civil society demands, as the NSW premier appears to be attempting to kill the will to drug law reform
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#nswpol #druglawreform #harmreduction
NSW Government Rejects Drug Law Reform Sought by the Community
The NSW government’s response to the 2024 Drug Summit was to reject key recommendations that have overwhelming public support.
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November 10, 2025 at 12:42 AM
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Senator Lidia Thorpe has called out a law before parliament that would permit law enforcement request the minister cut off welfare payments of recipients merely suspected of a crime not convicted
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Proposal to Smoke Out Criminals Via Cutting Off Social Security Is a Breach of Natural Justice
The federal government has quietly introduced laws which will see those suspected of crimes having their social security entitlements cut off without due process.
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November 8, 2025 at 8:14 PM
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Pride in Protest lead candidate Luna Choo is running in the 2025 Mardi Gras board election on a platform "representing queers fighting for a just world: one free of genocidal violence, police brutality and transphobia"
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Pride in Protest Lead Candidate Luna Choo on Keeping Mardi Gras Honest
Pride in Protest is running four candidates for the Mardi Gras board this year, and it’s calling for reform on Gaza complicity, antidiscrimination law and cops out of pride
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November 7, 2025 at 12:55 AM
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When the NSW parliamentary inquiry into antisemitism asked Sydney University for any proven evidence of its campus having become a hotbed of antisemitism since October 2023, there was basically next to none
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#auspol #antisemitism
Sydney Uni Protesters Vindicated, as No Evidence of Antisemitic Incidents on Campus Exists
The mainstream media sensationalised and politicians capitalised on fabricated claims of antisemitism on campus, but a parliamentary inquiry has revealed they do not exist.
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November 6, 2025 at 3:29 AM
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The Federal Court has ruled that the Zionist Federation can proceed with its lawsuit against journalist Mary Kostakidis, which gives the ZFA time to reformulate its flawed and belligerent argument
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#auspol #antisemtism #lawfare
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Federal Court to hear Zionist case against Mary Kostakidis
Federal Court Justice Stephen McDonald ruled that the Zionist Federation of Australia could proceed with its lawsuit against journalist Mary Kostakidis. Paul Gregoire reports.
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November 3, 2025 at 12:05 AM
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Unacceptable to be hosting Israeli genocidal weapons companies #Minns
November 2, 2025 at 8:52 PM
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On Tuesday, the Indo Pacific Weapons Expo is taking place in Sydney, with chief sponsor the Minns government hosting the event, which involves Israeli weapons companies, during the ongoing Gaza genocide
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#auspol #gazagenocide #weaponsexpo
NSW Government Is Chief Sponsor of the Sydney International Weapons Expo
Despite hundreds of thousands marching across the Sydney Harbour Bridge to protest war and genocide, the state government is hosting the largest weapons expo in the region.
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November 2, 2025 at 8:44 PM
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Neo-Nazis Are Launching the White Australia Party to Run in the Next Federal Election

The NSN recently held a recruitment drive meet in Sydney, and it's getting close to the numbers needed to register
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#auspol #nazis
Neo-Nazis Are Launching the White Australia Party to Run in the Next Federal Election
The National Socialist Network is establishing a political party called White Australia, which could see neo-Nazis running for parliament in the next election.
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November 2, 2025 at 1:07 AM
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Majority Australians painfully slow to recognise & accept First Nations extraordinary relationship with land & enormous harm of colonisation & dispossession. @m1ngthemerciless.bsky.social @paulrgregoire.bsky.social
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'Scientists will never catch up to us': Ancient knowledge helps drive modern science
From dinosaur footprints to volcanic eruptions, First Nations knowledge is helping to drive modern science.
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October 31, 2025 at 6:55 AM
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Sex workers rallied on Gadigal in Sydney to call out brothels raids as part of the ABF's Operation Inglenook which results in Asian women migrants being turned away at the border or tossed in immigration detention
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#auspol #sexwork
Sex Workers Unite to Condemn Racist Raids Against Asian Migrant Workers in Brothels
The Australian Border Force is targeting vulnerable Asian women suspected of engaging in sex work, further traumatising them by way of arrest, detention and deportation.
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October 30, 2025 at 11:03 PM
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Mossad Claims Iranian Guards Behind Bondi Deli Attack, Despite NSW Police Refuting This

But why would Iran firebomb a deli in Sydney's Bondi Beach?
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#auspol #antisemitism #mossad
Mossad Claims Iranian Guards Behind Bondi Deli Attack, Despite NSW Police Refuting This
Mossad asserts there is evidence that an Iranian man was behind an arson attack on a Bondi deli, despite New South Wales police refuting the claim.
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October 29, 2025 at 9:20 PM
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Calls are being made on the UN Security Council to impose a global arms embargo against Israel as part of its resolution to establish peacekeepers in Gaza
October 29, 2025 at 12:48 AM
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With support from Human Rights Act for NSW, Greens MP
Jenny Leong has introduced a Human Rights Bill into NSW parliament, with momentum to protect NSW constituents' rights significantly building
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An Outline of the Proposed Human Rights Act for New South Wales | NSW Courts
The legislation seeks to entrench rights including free association, peaceful assembly, life and privacy, and against torture, cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment and reputational damage.
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October 27, 2025 at 10:49 PM
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Calls on UN Security Council to Impose Global Arms Embargo on Israel, as the Netanyahu government can't be trusted to abide by the ceasefire - the move has precedent
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Calls on UN Security Council to Impose Global Arms Embargo on Israel
The understanding is if weapons continue to flow to Israel, the IDF won't be able to control itself
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October 27, 2025 at 7:06 AM
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Victoria police decried the suggested violence of antiracist protesters countering a 19 October antiimmigration rally in Naarm-Melbourne, yet according to them, VicPol and its arsenal of nonlethal weapons were the aggressors
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Victoria’s Anti-Racist Protesters Condemn Police Violence Against Them
Victoria police labelled those counter-protesting anti-immigration demonstrators as “issue motivated groups on the left” and deployed heavy-handed tactics against them.
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October 26, 2025 at 11:22 PM
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Albanese Sold Us Out Down Stream to the Mad King

A pledge of critical minerals and $1.44 trillion in Australian super investments was exchanged for a nonbinding AUKUS submarine guarantee and to avoid humiliation
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#auspol #albanese #Trump
Albanese Sold Us Out Down Stream to the Mad King
The meeting between Albanese and Trump saw our nation handing over billions in rare earth minerals in exchange for a flimsy guarantee on future submarine supply.
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October 25, 2025 at 11:03 PM
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The latest federal terror laws before parliament target state-sponsored terrorism and have been influenced by ASIO's questioned assertion that Iran was behind local arson attacks
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#auspol #antisemitism #Terrorism
Antisemitism Moral Panic Used to Introduce New Laws Against State Sponsored Terrorism
Several new sections have been inserted into the Criminal Code Act 1995 (Cth) which enable terrorism charges to be brought for state sponsored criminal offences.
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October 24, 2025 at 9:06 PM