With its picturesque coastline, sparkling lakes, and scenic waterways, California beckons boating enthusiasts to embark on unforgettable aquatic adventures. But before you set sail and let the wind guide you, it’s crucial to be well-versed in the boating laws that govern these beautiful waters. With its stunning coastline, picturesque lakes, and beautiful rivers, California offers abundant opportunities for boating enthusiasts ...
More shootings on Sydney’s streets and yet more police powers – but to what end? | Crime – Australia
The New South Wales premier stands outside a police station in Sydney’s west after a spate of shootings, saying he makes “no apologies” for announcing tougher measures to target organized crime. The police minister is there, too, saying, “We’ve seen retaliatory attacks across criminal gangs for too long in Sydney.” That was seven years ago when Mike Baird and Stuart ...
China is pursuing a sweeping regional economic security deal with Pacific nations that would dramatically expand its influence and reach into those countries, in a pact that has western countries and some Pacific leaders deeply worried. The wide-ranging deal lays out China’s vision for a closer relationship with the Pacific, especially on security matters. China proposes it would be involved ...
Why is everyone talking about China in the Pacific all of a sudden? China’s ambitions in the Pacific first attracted renewed attention in March when news leaked of a draft security agreement granting Chinese military and police significant access to the Solomon Islands. The information surprised Australia and New Zealand, Solomon’s traditional security partners, other Pacific nations, and the US. ...
Penny Wong is inspecting a septic system in the village of Batua funded by Australian aid. The foreign minister takes in the raised walkways and a surface wetland adjacent to a row of houses. The enclave sits beside a dank stormwater channel that smells like water in 30C heat. The whole neighborhood has turned out. Everyone has their phones up, ...
According to experts who say hiring has never been harder, the New South Wales government will need to hire medical staff from overseas and keep senior teams in the sector if it wants to meet its recruitment targets. This week, the state’s premier, Dominic Perrottet, pledged $4.5bn to boost the state’s health workforce by more than 10,000 over four years, ...
A task force of Australian government agencies and social media companies set up to counter violent extremism online after the Christchurch terror attack has been quietly disbanded. The revelation that the task force was wound up last year comes in the wake of the Buffalo shooting in the United States, as the government faces fresh criticism about its response to ...
Fossil fuel representatives have joined the Morrison government in rejecting scientific warnings that no new oil and gas fields should be opened if the world is to deal with the climate crisis, with a national conference hearing Australia should be “smart enough” to back continue expansion. Increased gas and oil supply was “absolutely part of the solution” to decarbonizing the ...
When she moved from Melbourne to Sydney, Siobhan O’Sullivan did not consider what it would mean for the way she died. But since being diagnosed with terminal ovarian cancer in mid-2020, the 48-year-old thinks about that decision a lot. “To think that if I had remained in Melbourne, I could have access to voluntary assisted dying is horrible,” she told ...
Melbourne’s CBD population – and the number of parking tickets – is set to boom under city council projections. Still, the peak property industry group has warned that more needs to be done to get people back into offices. The City of Melbourne’s draft 2022-23 budget papers, handed down on Tuesday, reveals that expected revenue is forecast to increase by ...