Factions, new blood and Jeff Kennett: Daniel Andrews’ dilemma after losing four ministers
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A lot of comparisons can made between Victorian premiers Daniel Andrews and Jeff Kennett, though, being from opposite sides of politics, neither of them will likely admit it. Both are considered crash-through leaders,...
Orange roughy: campaigners call for limit to trawling of species after breeding age of 73 revealed
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Ocean campaigners say that a New Zealand fishing fleet that trawls for orange roughy in waters off Tasmania should be “sent back” in light of new data about the vulnerable species. Orange roughy is an endangered deep-...
Bipartisan gun control law sent for Biden’s signature after House vote
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The US House on Friday passed a bipartisan bill to strengthen federal gun regulations, bringing an end to decades of congressional inaction and sending the historic legislation to Joe Biden’s desk. Passage of the bill...
‘Today, life won’: gleeful Republicans ‘praise the Lord’ after abortion ruling
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Shortly after the US supreme court overturned Roe v Wade and removed the federal right to abortion in America, Republican officials and politicians and conservative figures began reacting with glee. Several referenced...
Boris Johnson fails to oust Lady Scotland from Commonwealth role
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Boris Johnson’s attempt to unseat a Labour peer from the role of the Commonwealth secretary general has failed, in another blow to his credibility. No 10 had been working behind the scenes for nearly two years to remo...
Boris Johnson and Prince Charles to hold Rwanda talks
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Boris Johnson will have a potentially awkward meeting with the Prince of Wales in Rwanda after the heir to the throne criticised the government’s policy of sending asylum seekers to the east African state. The talks w...
‘One of our darkest days’: outrage after supreme court overturns Roe v Wade
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Outrage and disappointment swept the US following the supreme court decision overturning the constitutional right to an abortion, upending federal reproductive protections set nearly 50 years ago in the landmark Roe v...
Bruno Pereira buried in his home state after ceremony led by Indigenous tribes
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The murdered Indigenous advocate Bruno Pereira has been buried in his home state of Pernambuco in Brazil after a small ceremony attended by family members and local tribes. Dozens of Indigenous people from the Xukuru ...