Mother of crash victim launches petition to sack drink-driving Queensland mayor
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Separate petitions calling for the sacking of a Queensland mayor who admitted crashing her vehicle into a tree east of Brisbane after drinks at a work function have been signed by more than 6,300 people. Redlands mayo...
Australian Muslim group lodges complaint against Twitter for failing to remove ‘hateful’ content
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An advocacy group for Australian Muslims has lodged a complaint against Twitter with the Queensland Human Rights Commission, accusing the site of failing to take action against accounts that incite hatred on the platf...
Ghislaine Maxwell lawyers seek to exclude victim statements
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Ghislaine Maxwell’s lawyers are fighting to keep several accusers from providing victim impact statements at her sentencing for sex trafficking on Tuesday. The British socialite’s legal team argued in court filings on...
Italy: foreign minister leaves 5-Star to form new group backing PM
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Italy’s foreign minister Luigi Di Maio has announced that he is leaving the 5-Star Movement to form a new parliamentary group backing the government of prime minister Mario Draghi. Di Maio’s move comes after he accuse...
Italy: foreign minister leaves 5-Star to form new group backing PM
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Italy’s foreign minister Luigi Di Maio has announced that he is leaving the 5-Star Movement to form a new parliamentary group backing the government of prime minister Mario Draghi. Di Maio’s move comes after he accuse...
Female Labour MPs call on PM to scrap new rape victim guidance
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More than 100 female Labour MPs have written to Boris Johnson calling on him to scrap new guidance on pre-trial therapy for rape victims, which they say will make it less likely they will get the vital therapy they ne...
Jeremy Corbyn unites with direct action group Just Stop Oil
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Jeremy Corbyn, the former Labour leader, has teamed up with direct action campaigners to form a new “red/green” climate and social justice movement which aims to stage a “major wave of popular mass action” later this ...
Abortions increasing in US for first time in 30 years, says research group
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With the US supreme court on the brink of eliminating the right to abortion, the need for such procedures is growing for the first time in three decades, a health research group said. The number of abortions performed...