Wendy Bacon

Wendy Bacon is an investigative journalist who was the Professor of Journalism at UTS. She worked for Fairfax, Channel Nine and SBS and has published in The Guardian, New Matilda, City Hub and Overland. She has a long history in promoting independent and alternative journalism. She is a long-term supporter of a peaceful BDS and the Greens.
Israel activists infiltrate Labor Party in ‘grassroots’ putsch to hit Greens

Israel activists infiltrate Labor Party in ‘grassroots’ putsch to hit Greens

Israel campaigners Ofir Birenbaum and Sophie Calland have infiltrated the Labor Party backed by far-right money. ...
Israel agitator Birenbaum and the Creative Australia sackings

Israel agitator Birenbaum and the Creative Australia sackings

The man behind the Cairo Takeaway stunt has closed all social media accounts, but not before congratulating ...
Cairo Takeaway stunt. Building antisemitism one caper at the time

Cairo Takeaway stunt. Building antisemitism one caper at the time

An antisemitism stunt at Cairo Takeaway orchestrated by Rupert Murdoch's News Corp and a prolific Israel crusader ...
Climate protesters arrested outside Parliament, banned from the grounds

Climate protesters arrested outside Parliament, banned from the grounds

Hundreds of climate protestors disrupted the last sitting week of the Federal Parliament on Wednesday, with 24 of ...
Climate protests to continue despite 170 charged in Newcastle ‘protestival’

Climate protests to continue despite 170 charged in Newcastle ‘protestival’

Despite draconian anti-protest laws, the world's biggest coal port was closed for four hours, 170 protestors were ...
Rising Tide climate ‘Protestival’ to go ahead despite court ruling

Rising Tide climate ‘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 ...
Inside the ARC of Israel influence in the Queensland Election

Inside the ARC of Israel influence in the Queensland Election

Part 2 of the Wendy Bacon investigation into far-right Queensland Jewish Collective campaigning in the Queensland ...
Far right Israel lobby group campaigning hard against the Greens in Queensland

Far right Israel lobby group campaigning hard against the Greens in Queensland

A new political group with far-right links is campaigning to put the Greens last in the Queensland state election ...
Just ‘Rubbish & Rates’, or is the Israel war lobby interfering in Australia’s local elections?

Just ‘Rubbish & Rates’, or is the Israel war lobby interfering in Australia’s local elections?

Is it really just about 'rubbish and rates' or are pro-Israel campaigners plotting against the Greens in Sydney's ...
Right-wing astroturfers infiltrate local councils, fire up Labor v Greens unrest over Israel

Right-wing astroturfers infiltrate local councils, fire up Labor v Greens unrest over Israel

Israel's war on Gaza and the West Bank is tearing apart local councils in Australia, on top of the angst ...
The battle for Victoria Street, Kings Cross – fifty years on

The battle for Victoria Street, Kings Cross – fifty years on

Why is there more homeless today, per capita, but fewer squatters? Fifty years on, Wendy Bacon looks back on the ...
Peaceful coal port protesters prosecuted like bikie gang on bail

Peaceful coal port protesters prosecuted like bikie gang on bail

Sixteen Rising Tide protesters who were arrested in a peaceful (and approved) blockade of Newcastle Coal Port on ...

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