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New South Wales and Queensland state budgets have a risky dependence on gambling: Expert
Asia Gaming Brief
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June 30, 2025
Recent budget reports from New South Wales (NSW) and Queensland highlight a troubling trend of increasing reliance on gambling taxation, with little indication of meaningful reform, Sally Gainsbury, Director at the Gambling Treatment & Research...
Australia pausing 155mm procurement due to industry changes
Asia Pacific Defence Reporter
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June 30, 2025
Australian Defence officials said the government has decided to cease the current procurement activity and will refine its 155mm projectile requirements prior to re-approaching the market. Defence remains committed to working with industry to...
Queensland nurses wage war: Union threatens to escalate strike as government brings in third party
Sky News Australia
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June 30, 2025
Queensland’s health system is on the brink of widespread disruption as the Queensland Nurses and Midwives Union (QNMU) threatens to escalate industrial action - with thousands of nurses and midwives prepared to walk away from non-clinical duties...
Victoria Bright calls for immediate clampdown on illegal firearms amid Nkwanta unrest
GhanaWeb
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June 30, 2025
A former legal advisor to ex-President John Agyekum Kufuor, Victoria Bright, has called for decisive action to tackle the proliferation of illegal firearms in Ghana. Speaking on the JoyNews AM Show on June 30, 2025, Bright expressed deep concern...
Australia is responsible for one in five shark products seized at NZ borders
9News
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June 30, 2025
Scientists have revealed that while the amount of shark products seized at the Australian border has declined, we're not off the hook entirely when it comes to the shark trade. Research from the University of Adelaide showed that shark products...
Australia could lose 40% of its cancer research talent to sexism
Women's Agenda
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July 1, 2025
Women working in cancer research in Australia report experiencing high levels of gender discrimination, potentially leading to a significant exodus of cancer research talent, a new report has found. The national study from the Australian Cancer...
Security heightened for Canada Day in B.C. in shadow of Lapu Lapu festival attack
Global News
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June 30, 2025
It’s a day typically marked by some of the biggest public celebrations of the year in communities across British Columbia, and this year, extra precautions are being rolled out for Canada Day. In Victoria, where an anticipated 50,000 people will...
Victoria, N.L., mayor and fire chief extinguish their conflict
Fire Fighting in Canada
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June 30, 2025
June 30, 2025 By CBC News The Victoria Volunteer Fire Department in N.L. is back in action as tensions between Fire Chief Justin Parsons and town Mayor Barry Dooley have been resolved. CBC News reports. |READ MORE
Privacy law ‘bars information sharing’ about security threats
University of Nottingham
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June 30, 2025
Privacy restrictions prevent Australian universities from sharing “red flags” about foreign efforts to infiltrate the sector, a research security expert has warned. Southern Cross University’s Brendan Walker-Munro said the federal Privacy Act...
NSW Energy Security Corporation open for business
Energy Magazine
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July 1, 2025
The Energy Security Corporation has started off with a bang in New South Wales, celebrating its official opening following two major milestones. With the appointment of an independent Board and new funding to invest in projects that support more...
Flood threat returns as wild storm bears down on NSW
Otago Daily Times
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June 30, 2025
Hundreds of emergency services personnel, helicopters and specialist vehicles are on stand-by as a wild storm tracks towards parts of New South Wales still recovering from deadly floods. Millions of residents are in the path of a severe low...
PM talks up Australia-US ties as Trump pressure grows
Michael West Media
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July 1, 2025
Australia is an important partner to the US, the prime minister has insisted, as he faces growing pressure to lock down an in-person meeting with Donald Trump. Since Anthony Albanese’s first planned face-to-face with the US president was up-ended...
As China expands resource control in Myanmar, Australia-India collaboration matters
The Strategist
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July 1, 2025
Myanmar’s rare earth sector has become a geopolitical flashpoint where critical minerals, armed conflict and strategic competition intersect. In 2024, the Kachin Independence Army (KIA) suspended mining operations in northern Myanmar’s Kachin...
Long-awaited seafood labelling change a welcome start, but Australians still left guessing.
Australian Marine Conservation Society
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June 30, 2025
July 1, 2025 Hospitality venues have 12 months to implement labelling of seafood as Australian, imported or mixed origin. Australia’s seafood labelling laws are still in need of significant reform. Australians are still unable to tell what species...
“Terrorism is one of the greatest threats to humanity”: S Jaishankar
The Tribune (Chandigarh)
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June 30, 2025
New York [US], July 1 (ANI): External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Monday (US local time) inaugurated an exhibition at the United Nations on 'The Human Cost of Terrorism'. In the exhibition he brought to attention how terrorism is a grave...
How global conflicts are reshaping flight paths
The Week Magazine
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July 1, 2025
Global conflicts are changing air travel. Since Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022, commercial flights have been forced to divert around Ukraine, while most Western airlines have been banned from using Russian airspace. Meanwhile, the onset...
Indonesia, Australia, and India: Overcoming barriers to trilateral partnership
The Interpreter
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July 1, 2025
As the Indo-Pacific shifts towards multipolarity, it is natural for Indonesia, Australia, and India – three influential middle powers – to draw closer. This is not about raw power, but shared potential to shape the region’s future, especially as...
Why didn’t Australia just buy its own gas like everyone else?
Fat Tail Daily
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July 1, 2025
The slow motion trainwreck that is Australian energy policy is accelerating. As are investor’s gains…if they positioned themselves to profit from the shemozzle. But how? The slow motion trainwreck that is Australian energy policy is accelerating....
Inside snowmaking pump systems powering Australia’s ski season
Pump Industry
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June 30, 2025
With climate shifts accelerating, snowmaking pump systems are now mission-critical to keeping ski fields open. Snowmaking has evolved from a supplementary measure to a cornerstone of operations in Australian ski resorts, driven by sophisticated...
Airmen from Offutt AFB's 55th Wing to deploy to Australia
KETV 7 - Nebraska
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July 1, 2025
55th Wing Airmen to deploy to Australia The military says the exercise will reinforce the U.S. Air Force's commitment to readiness and global security. Updated: 9:45 PM CDT Jun 30, 2025 Editorial Standards ⓘ U.S. Airmen from Offutt Air Force...