Massachusetts Governor Signs Bill Protecting Animal Welfare

Published on October 29, 2024

Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey ceremonially signs a bill to ban circuses from using certain animals on Oct. 28. ...

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Regulator to Probe NSW Power Outage That Left Thousands Without Power for Days

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The Australian Energy Regulator (AER) will investigate a days-long power outage in the regional town of Broken Hill left about 20,000 people without electricity.In the far west of NSW, residents were left in the dark for days after seven Transgrid transmission towers were destroyed by a severe storm event on Oct. 17.The national regulator confirmed it had started investigating the “recent power sy

Former Hostage Calls on Australia to ‘Sharpen Its Tools’ Against Foreign Arbitrary Detention

October 29, 2024
Former Canadian diplomat Michael Kovrig—one of the “two Michaels” subject to arbitrary detention in Bejing in 2018—has told a Senate inquiry that Australia must “sharpen [its] tools to deny, deter and punish” the illegal imprisonment of its citizens abroad.Kovrig called for a tougher response to arbitrary detention and said measures could be as wide-ranging as diplomatic, information, economic, fi