Mardi Gras
Mardi Gras votes by tiny margin to keep NSW Police in Sydney parade
NSW Police will take part in the 2025 Mardi Gras after the parade’s members voted down a motion to exclude them by 34 votes.
- by Max Maddison
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‘Slap in the face’: Move to ban police from Mardi Gras attacked as hypocritical
As Mardi Gras members prepare to vote on barring NSW Police from participating in the 2025 parade, the premier has condemned the move.
- by Max Maddison
Opinion
Police
The secret reason behind Mardi Gras move to ban NSW police
A motivated, radical group wants Mardi Gras to be more exclusionary. Less radical queers are now the enemy.
- by Peter Stahel
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Police
Mardi Gras moves to ban NSW Police from parade
The long-vexed relationship with the force reached a new low last year. Now Mardi Gras members will vote on whether to exclude officers from the 2025 parade.
- by Max Maddison
ABC broadcaster behind first coverage of Mardi Gras and Compass
From early on, media and public service had been in Vaughan Hinton’s DNA.
- by Noel Debien
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LGBTQ
PM faces call to be banned from Mardi Gras over census
About one in 10 Australians are estimated to be lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans and gender diverse, according to a 2019 report from the Department of Health.
- by Paul Sakkal and Kat Wong
Is Clover to blame for turning Oxford Street from party precinct into a ghost town?
A troubled construction project has added to the woes plaguing Sydney’s iconic gay strip.
- by Andrew Taylor
Exclusive
Lachlan Murdoch
Pink fit over Murdochs’ million-dollar gift
Lachlan and Sarah Murdoch have inadvertently landed in the centre of tensions over Sydney’s new multimillion-dollar queer museum.
- by Andrew Hornery
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Crime
Pro-Palestinian protesters charged following Mardi Gras incident
The group jumped fences to enter the parade holding a large banner that read “Queer Solidarity with Palestinian Resistance” in front of NSW Premier Chris Minns.
- by Anthony Segaert
Mardi Gras 2024 as it happened: Palestine protest targets Labor; Tribute to Jesse Baird and Luke Davies; NSW Police march in plain clothes
Welcome to our live blog coverage of the Sydney Mardi Gras parade. More than 12,000 marchers are assembling at Hyde Park ahead of the festivities.
- by Mary Ward
Amid grief and anger, Mardi Gras spirits still soared
Haunted by tragedy, this year’s Mardi Gras glowed with hope and resilience. For that is the meaning of Mardi Gras.
- by Michael Koziol