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I always used to enjoy the wholesome food from the Common Ground CafĂ© at Sydney’s Royal Easter Show, the Newtown Festival and other events. There’s now a bad taste in my mouth now that I’ve discovered they’re owned by an isolationist cult with abusive child-discipline practices. A former members says workers aren’t paid and there’s no workers compensation or insurance.

24 March 2008 by Stilgherrian | 8 comments

Encased in a steel cage and with people prevented from choosing their own drinks, yesterday’s Newtown Festival ceased being a true community event and became yet another “officially-sanctioned party.” It’ll never be the same again. But why should it be that way?

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