Last week’s class action resulted in a $93,000 payout from police for a lead claimant strip-searched at Splendour in the Grass 2018 and today we hear from a local lawyer who also represented someone strip-searched at the same festival that year to find out how the two cases compare and contrast.

Seven activists from Australia who were part of a protest flotilla trying to deliver aid to Gaza are still in Jordan, after Israeli troops bombed, then stormed the ships before detaining them, allegedly torturing at least one, and then sent them to Jordan.

We hear from Northern Rivers local Anandan McEwen, whose brother Surya McEwen is the very activist alleged to have been captured, detained, tortured and sent to Jordan.

1. Bushfire danger season in the Byron Shire featuring Rural Fire Service Far North Coast Operations Manager
2. Brother of Byron activist allegedly tortured by Israeli Defence Force reports featuring Anandan McEwen and former Independent Byron Shire Councillor Cate Coorey, both members of Northern Rivers Friends of Palestine
3. Lismore lawyer for teen illegally strip-searched at Splendour in the Grass welcomes Supreme Court findings featuring Tracey Randall Legal Principal Solicitor Tracey Randall
4. Northern Rivers News with Karen Crick

*producer: Mia Armitage. Reports produced by Mia Armitage unless otherwise indicated. Tune in to the Community Newsroom on Fridays from 11am-12 on Bay FM 99.9 or listen online at bayfm.org
Facebook: Community Newsroom NRNPIC: Northern Rivers Friends of Palestine members Anandan McEwan and Cate Coorey (Gayle Cue)