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Refugee Convention more important than ever

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As we reach the 75th anniversary of the Refugee Convention, the Refugee Council of Australia (RCOA) is calling on the Australian government to uphold its commitment to the international protection system.
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World News

Peace in our time?

David Lowe - 0
While details remain scant, there are claims from multiple sources that a peace deal has finally been reached in the war between Iran and the United States, after nearly four months of fighting.
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National News

Tour de Cure pays tribute to Professor Richard Scolyer AO

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Renowned Australian pathologist Richard Anthony Scolyer AO, died yesterday after living for three years with a grade 4 glioblastoma IDH wild-type brain tumour.
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National News

Ben Roberts-Smith VC charged with murder

David Lowe - 0
Australian Federal Police yesterday arrested and charged former soldier Ben Roberts-Smith with five war crime murders, which allegedly took place between 2009 and 2012. The Victoria Cross winner was taken into custody at Sydney Airport. AFP Commissioner Krissy Barrett and OSI Director Investigations Ross Barnett later addressed the media.
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Local News

Antarctic krill ‘supertrawlers’ disrupted by Paul Watson

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The Captain Paul Watson Foundation has directly intervened against Aker BioMarine's krill supertrawlers in Antarctica. Bob The Brown Foundation said in a statement it...
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World News

Seven in ten women human rights defenders, activists and journalists report online violence

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Online violence against women human rights defenders, activists and journalists has reached a tipping point, often fueling offline attacks, according to a major new international report.
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National News

Australian Gaza flotilla participants subjected to abuse and denied basic rights

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Australian humanitarian workers – Surya McEwen, Abubakir Rafiq, Hamish Paterson, Juliet Lamont, Bianca Webb-Pullman, and Cameron Tribe – remain in Israeli detention following their illegal abduction in international waters, where they have been subjected to systematic abuse and denied fundamental human rights.
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World News

Humanitarians allegedly kidnapped by Israeli forces

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Global Movement to Gaza say humanitarians attempting to get aid to Gaza have been kidnapped by Israeli forces in open waters.
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National News

Fast food, too much ‘screens’, and not enough greens

The Echo - 2
Researchers are warning when as a cheeseburger costs less than a punnet of strawberries, the odds are stacked against healthy eating choices – especially for teenagers.
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Articles & Columns

Ongoing Genocide: Children’s Silence as a Manifesto

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Ongoing Genocide: Children’s silence as a manifesto By Alan Clements  Over half a million children in Gaza now wish for death. More than 25,000 have already...
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World News

Cory Booker’s marathon speech in US Senate

David Lowe - 5
In the USA, senior Democratic senator Cory Booker from New Jersey has been on his feet and speaking continuously for more than 24 hours, in opposition to the regime of Donald Trump and Elon Musk's DOGE.
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World News

Trump says USA will ‘take over’ Gaza

David Lowe - 37
Those who thought President Donald Trump could not be any worse than President Joe Biden on the Gaza issue had a rude awakening yesterday after his surreal press conference at the White House with Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
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National News

Doomsday Clock now 89 seconds to midnight

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Founded in 1945 by Albert Einstein, J. Robert Oppenheimer and other scientists involved with the Manhattan Project, the Doomsday Clock is reset every year to convey threats to humanity and the planet.
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National News

Insurrectionists released, Nazi salutes – day 1 of Trump 2.0

David Lowe - 21
Incoming US President and convicted felon Donald Trump delivered on his promise to be a dictator on day one of his second presidency, defying his own country's laws and rejecting the institutions of international allies as he sought to 'Make America Great Again'.
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National News

Meta abandons independent fact checking

David Lowe - 11
Coinciding with the return of Donald Trump to the US presidency, Meta, the parent company of Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp has announced it's abandoning the independent fact-checking processes set up in 2016 in favour of a 'community notes' program, as used on Elon Musk's X platform, where the community decides which posts are misleading or need more context.
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World News

All 51 men convicted in French rape trial

Eve Jeffery - 2
Yesterday morning, local time, an Avignon court found Dominique Pelicot, a 71-year-old man from Mazan and 50 co-accused, guily of the rape of Pelicot’s wife Gisèle Pelicot.
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National News

Australians welcome decision not to extradite Paul Watson to Japan

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Environmentalists around Australia and the world are celebrating Denmark’s decision not to extradite Captain Paul Watson from a Danish prison in Greenland to Japan, former Greens leader Bob Brown said in Tasmania last night.
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National News

Julian Assange recognised as political prisoner

The Echo - 1
The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), comprising members from 46 national parliaments across Europe, has passed a resolution recognising Julian Assange as a political prisoner.
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National News

World Energy Outlook: renewables surge and global gas glut

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The World Energy Outlook 2024 from the International Energy Agency has found that we are moving at speed into the age of electricity, underpinned by clean energy sources like solar and wind.
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Articles & Columns

Did the physics Nobel committee get swept up in the AI hype?

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The worlds of physics and computer science are abuzz as this year’s Nobel Prize in Physics has gone to two trailblazers in artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning technologies.
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National News

Captain Paul Watson’s detention extended

The Echo - 2
Legendary Canadian environmentalist Captain Paul Watson's detention in a Greenland jail has just been extended by another three weeks, bringing his total time in remand to 94 days.
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National News

It’s World Environment Day!

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World Environment Day (WED) is celebrated annually on 5 June and encourages awareness and action for the protection of the environment. Greens MP and spokesperson for the environment Sue Higginson, says it is a day for mourning and reflection.
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National News

The Indigenous Literacy Foundation wins major international prize

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Australia's Indigenous Literacy Foundation is the 2024 recipient of the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award for children’s literature – a global award given annually to a person or organisation for their outstanding contribution to children’s and young adult literature.
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World News

UK court seeks assurances from US over Julian Assange

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The UK High Court of Justice has released a 66 page judgement seeking more information from the United States relating to Australian citizen Julian Assange, which it says it needs before deciding whether to grant the WikiLeaks founder leave to appeal his extradition.
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National News

Krill supertrawlers found trawling through whale pods in Antarctic

The Echo - 18
Today Sea Shepherd Global has released footage and images of large industrial krill supertrawlers, once again trawling in large pods of whales off the Antarctic Peninsula.
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National News

Earth’s hottest year signals urgent need for climate action

The Echo - 22
Data from the European Union’s Copernicus Climate Change Service this week has confirmed that 2023 was the Earth’s hottest year on record by a large margin.
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National News

Ocean warming is accelerating

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A new study reveals increasing warming rates in the world’s oceans in recent decades and the locations with the greatest heat uptake.
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National News

Ecuador referendums vote to save the environment

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In referendums held last week, Ecuadorians voted to protect unique biospheres and halt mineral and oil extraction – one annulling mining concessions owned by Gina Rinehart and others in northwest Ecuador.
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Entertainment News

RIP Robbie and Rodriguez

David Lowe - 0
Two more musical giants have left us, with news yesterday of the deaths of Robbie Robertson, of The Band, and Sixto Rodriguez.
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Articles & Columns

July 29 is International Tiger Day!

Assaf Levy - 0
Picture yourself in the heart of a vast and ancient jungle, surrounded by towering huge trees holding untold past secrets. The air is thick with nature's beauty, and the sounds of wildlife create a melody of life.
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National News

#BeatPlasticPollution this World Environment Day

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It’s World Environment Day and this year the spotlight is on finding solutions to plastic pollution – #BeatPlasticPollution.
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Local News

It’s International Nurses Day!

The Echo - 0
It’s International Nurses Day today – an international day observed around the world each year on 12 May which is the anniversary of Florence Nightingale's birth. The event mark the contributions that nurses make to society. The theme for the 2023 resource is Our Nurses. Our Future.
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National News

World Wildlife Day – once it’s gone, it’s gone forever

Eve Jeffery - 2
It’s World Wildlife Day and the United Nations is reminding us that this an opportunity to celebrate the many beautiful and varied forms of wild fauna and flora and to raise awareness of the multitude of benefits that their conservation provides to people.
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World News

From fashion to the field: Vale Vivienne Westwood and Pelé

The Echo - 1
Two very-loved international celebrities died on December 29 and the worlds of football and fashion are mourning their passing.
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Sport

The Irukandjis sting in USA

The Echo - 0
Australia's national surfing team the Irukandjis have won a silver medal overall at the International Surfing Association World Surfing Games which just wrapped up at Huntington Beach, California.
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World News

CSIRO tracking NASA’s asteroid collision test today

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The world’s first full-scale planetary defence test is happening today. NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) mission is designed to strike an asteroid and adjust its course.
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National News

World hungry for food security solution

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The complex issue of global food security can only be solved if all nations work together, according to UNSW expert Professor Johannes le Coutre.
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National News

Albanese, Perrottet and Australian Republic Movement respond to the passing of the Queen

Eve Jeffery - 5
The Prime Minister, the Premier and the Australian Republic Movement, have made statements about the Queen this morning.
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National News

Queen Elizabeth II dies at 96

Eve Jeffery - 3
Australia has woken to the news that Queens Elizabeth II has passed away aged 96, with a simple message three hours ago. 'The Queen died peacefully at Balmoral this afternoon'.
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National News

Boris stands down as leader of the Tories

Eve Jeffery - 2
In the shadow of a series of scandals, and a party that had lost confidence in its leader to the point where dozens of his own ministers resigned, UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson floated in a dark sea of speculation yesterday as to whether he would resign or not.
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Local News

It’s Earth Day – Invest In Our Planet

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First held on April 22, 1970, Earth Day now includes a wide range of events coordinated globally by EarthDay.org with 1 billion people in more than 193 countries involved. The official theme for 2022 is Invest In Our Planet.
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National News

Wikipedia Edit-A-Thon to combat gender bias

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Women working in the health, medical and life sciences sectors will take to their keyboards on World Health Day to increase the visibility of women in science on Wikipedia, combatting gender bias in the online encyclopedia.
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Letters

How can we keep paying for incompetence

Annie Radermacher, Brunswick Heads  - 0
The only way forward is going backwards. That’s how I explain the current situation of Byron Shire Council. The ongoing neglect of our major...
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National News

Greens urged to back pathway to end native forest logging

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Some of NSW’s most respected and long-standing forest campaigners and scientists have today urged the Greens not to support the Nationals' attempt to disallow the Improved Native Forest Management (INFM) method.
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Local News

Ballina Council makes decision on Ross Lane

David Lowe - 0
With the absence of all four of its progressive councillors for various reasons, Ballina Council pushed ahead with its agenda at yesterday's monthly meeting, including a decision which is likely to close Ross Lane for months while the road is upgraded.
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Local News

Mullumbimby puts new governance models first, and now wants to build it

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Imagine Northern Rivers says Mullumbimby is the only community across the region to rank new models of governance and decision-making as the number one element of its preferred future, and last week locals gathered to work out how to make it real.
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