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COMMENTARY: By Saige England The people won. The environment won. The Lyttelton port remains in public hands. For now. Please join the protest tomorrow. There is more on the table. And the battle for the port is far from over. The DP World deal being dropped can be attributed to rousing support and brilliant speakers
NT Police said in an early Thursday statement the alleged incident took place at a public event on Saturday July 18.
Fuel is not the only critical thing Australia imports by sea. We need to make maritime resilience a priority.
Asia Pacific Report Christchurch City Holdings Limited (CCHL) has declined to proceed with a proposal to lease operations at the port, the company announced today after recent public meetings denounced the proposal. The unsolicited proposal from Tōnui Consortium, representing DP World and three Runanga: Ngāti Wheke, Ngāi Tūāhuriri, and Te Taumutu, was received by CCHL
Keith Rankin writes; If we think of actual nuclear explosions – especially atmospheric ones – they have predominantly been in Oceania; in four sites which form something of a spoke-wheel around Auckland...
There is a risk this study will be leveraged by big tech platforms to exhonerate themselves.
A ‘use it or lose it’ paid parental leave policy like Sweden’s could encourage more new fathers to share the early child-rearing months.
By Kaya Selby of RNZ Pacific A new Human Rights Watch (HRW) report says that the Indonesian government is silencing environmental activists and journalists in Papua region, known internationally as West Papua. The report, titled Grabbed Land, Silenced Justice, examines how parts of Papua, in particular South Papua province, are seeing a greater military presence
Spain spends huge sums on controlling and putting out wildfires, but often overlooks prevention.
A dedicated court could help fill a gap for workers seeking justice, but the design will matter.
Anyone can now build an app by describing an idea to AI. But software that appears to work isn’t always secure, reliable or ready for real-world use.
Free TAFE has opened the door to thousands more Australians. But getting people through the door is only half the job.