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Top stories this week: US and Israeli strikes have reportedly killed Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ali Khamenei, dramatically escalating tensions across the Middle East. We speak to an Australian traveller stranded in Qatar as the conflict disrupts flights and leaves many international passengers unable to leave the region. And later today, the Australian Labor Party Government …

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Celebrating women in IWD

International Women’s Day is on Sunday 8 March, and it reflects on the struggles women have faced for their rights.   But also organisations are celebrating the achievements women have achieved so far, but the journey continues.   Women of the World Australia is having a series of events celebrating the milestones. Image: Image supplied by WOW …

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Union urge major parties to return Adelaide prison to public control

A recent cocaine bungle and several alleged assaults have led the union representing SA Correction Officers to renew calls to de-privatise an Adelaide prison, with the Public Service Association, urging all major parties contesting the state election to return the prison to public control. In January an inmate from Adelaide Remand Centre transferred to Yatala Prison …

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Australia shaping up to become carbon dumping ground

Could Australia become a global dumping ground for carbon dioxide waste? That’s the question from environmental experts, who say the Australian Government is quietly reframing national climate policy,  a debate driven by recent legislative changes and discourse that repositions carbon capture and gas as essential in achieving net-zero. One report highlights a future where Australia becomes an international carbon dumping space by …

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Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney Addresses Australian Parliament

The Canadian Prime Minister has addressed a joint sitting of parliament in Canberra today as part of his international visit to allied nations and so-called ‘middle powers’. Mark Carney made headlines in January for his comments on the ‘rupturing’ rules-based order and warning middle power nations not to blindly follow countries like the United States.  It’s an idea …

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