Albanese government to move to grant territories right to set own voluntary assisted dying laws
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The federal government will quickly move to give Australian territories the right to set their own voluntary assisted dying laws the new minister for territories, Kristy McBain says, with a bill to be presented to par...
What makes a song sound happy? It depends on your culture, studie bevind
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What makes a piece of music seem happy or sad? Whether it has been composed in a major or minor key is a significant factor. It’s part of what distinguishes the cheeriness of Walking on Sunshine from the pensiveness o...
Net 24 health workers helped under Morrison government scheme to bring 2,000 medics to Australia
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Net 24 medical practitioners received direct assistance to come to Australia under a travel program announced by the Morrison government which promised to bring an extra 2,000 doctors and nurses into the country. Soos ...
Nations must work together through ‘conflict and crisis’ to reduce climate change risks, Albanese tells OECD
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Australia’s prime minister Anthony Albanese will declare the world must raise ambition to reduce the risks of runaway global heating and cooperate amid national policy differences even when “long shadows of conflict a...
Ben Wallace calls for higher defence spending by mid-2020s
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Ben Wallace, the UK defence secretary, has publicly called for higher defence spending by the middle of the decade in light of Russia’s war on Ukraine, in a move that sets him at odds with Boris Johnson and Rishi Suna...
Albanese ‘is not Scott Morrison and that’s a big advantage’, Malcolm Turnbull tells French media
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Australia’s new prime minister will have an easier time mending relations with the French “because he is not Scott Morrison and that’s a big advantage”, the former leader Malcolm Turnbull has told journalists in Paris...
Boris Johnson tries to defuse row after ditching defence spending pledge
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Boris Johnson has sought to defuse anger over a No 10 briefing that he would ditch a manifesto commitment on defence spending but faced criticism from Labour for breaking a pledge made even more crucial by the Ukraine...
Standards watchdog urges Boris Johnson to appoint new ethics adviser
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The chair of the committee on standards in public life has urged Boris Johnson to appoint a new ethics adviser immediately or risk undermining public confidence in the rules. Christopher Geidt resigned as the prime mi...