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‘Dark day for New Zealand’: outcry as bill to fast-track controversial mining projects is approved
A new law that could see controversial mining and infrastructure projects fast-tracked for approval across New Zealand has sparked protests in parliament and vows from critics and opposition parties to stop proposals that they fear will wreak havoc on the environment.
The coalition government’s Fast-Track Approvals legislation passed into law …
Rescuers in Vanuatu race to retrieve trapped quake victims as survivors tell of escape
Rescuers in Vanuatu’s capital of Port Vila are racing to retrieve people trapped under collapsed buildings as witnesses spoke of their escape from the powerful 7.3 magnitude earthquake that struck the Pacific nation on Tuesday, killing 14 and injuring 200 others.
At least 200 people are being treated for injuries …
Five things Myefo tells us about the state of the Australian economy
Among those poring over today’s release of
the Albanese government’s midyear budget scorecard
will be Reserve Bank economists and those millions of borrowers holding out for early interest rate relief.Here are some of the key economic takeaways from the midyear economic and fiscal outlook:
Lower growth …
Sydney’s Museum of Contemporary Art to start charging entry fee for first time since 2000
Sydney’s Museum of Contemporary Art will begin charging an entry fee in 2025 for the first time in more than two decades.
Free general admission was introduced in 2000 under the directorship of Elizabeth Ann MacGregor with the aid of a Telstra sponsorship.
But stagnant government funding has forced the …
Lloyds advert banned for making false environmental claims
A Lloyds Banking Group advert has been banned for making false environmental claims, making it the second major lender to break the
UK advertising watchdog’s rules against greenwashing.
The ruling by the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) follows an investigation into a billboard poster and three paid-for …
Premiership clubs ‘teetering on edge’ face government scrutiny over loans
Premiership rugby clubs who “have been teetering on the edge” are set to come under further scrutiny by the government over the repayments of their £124m Covid bailout loans.
A report by the National Audit Office details how the Department for Culture, Media and Sport [DCMS] awarded 26% of its …
Noa-Lynn van Leuven blazes trail and feels the love at Alexandra Palace
From every corner of the West Hall, from the stands to the table seats, came a ringing of boos. Up on the stage Noa-Lynn van Leuven held her head high. Tried to maintain her focus amid the cacophony of derision and disdain being flung her way by the crowd.
Now, …
Warrant issued for Bolivian ex-president over alleged relationship with minor
Bolivia’s former president Evo Morales has claimed he is the “victim of a brutal judicial war” orchestrated by the current president, Luis Arce, after prosecutors issued an arrest warrant over his alleged relationship with a minor.
On Monday, public prosecutor Sandra Gutiérrez revealed that a warrant for Morales’s arrest has …
‘Big dreamer’ Keely Hodgkinson named BBC Sports Personality of the Year
Amazon workers across US gear up to strike this week, days before Christmas
Thousands of Amazon workers are gearing up to strike from Thursday, days before Christmas, over the tech giant’s refusal to begin negotiations over a contract.
Union locals across the US are preparing members for pickets and actions outside of Amazon facilities around the US.
Amazon company was given a deadline …