Media – The Cronolla Riots

Hard lessons from the Cronulla riot

by John  Silvester
THE AGE
14 March 2025

Outrage is the new black, jumping to conclusions is an Olympic event and – for reasons no one really understands – attacking strangers who have a different opinion is the social media equivalent of being a big-game hunter.

It was 20 years ago that we first learnt what could happen when the worst of traditional media intersected with the sewer pipe of social media, resulting in an ugly riot that could have been so much worse … click here to read full article

An angry mob attack a man at North Cronulla beach on December 11, 2005. Credit Andrew Meares

Correcting the history:  The inside story of the Cronulla Riots

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He pushed me first, bro

What really went on at the Cronulla riots

by Gary Johns
SPECTATOR | AUSTRALIA
28 September 2024

Not an enclave of bogan racists:  New Cronulla Riots book corrects the record’

by Murray Trembath
ST GEORGE & SUTHERLAND SHIRE LEADER
22 September 2024

Authors Mark Goodwin and Carl Scully holding book 'The Cronulla Riots' picture by John Veage

Mark Goodwin (left) and Carl Scully with copies of their book at North Cronulla beach where the violence erupted in 2005. Picture by John Veage

Authors Mark Goodwin & Carl Scully at 2GB

Fact vs Fiction – The inside story of the Cronulla Riots

It’s been nearly 20 years since one of the darkest chapters in Sydney’s history, the Cronulla riots.

Ben chats with Mark Goodwin and Carl Scully, authors of a new book exploring the untold stories of the riots.

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