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Newcastle would have to double its rate of housing completions.

Minister says ‘it’s illegal’ after Guardian revelations of contaminated products on sale in stores, but Greens say it’s ‘obvious’ new laws not enough

It’s the year 2008, and some members of the International Association of Lighting Designers are gathered in a boardroom in North Sydney, myself included. My colleagues Mary-Anne Kyriakou (who would later be Vivid’s inaugural festival director) and Michael Day are sharing a vision of what’s almost unthinkable at the time.

Anthony Albanese has criticised student protesters and reprimanded a junior senator for speaking out. But he was once an outspoken advocate too, attending a protest in 2000 where Israeli flags were burned and the US consulate stormed.