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How drug companies are playing hardball with Australia’s PBS
International drug companies are threatening to remove medicines from the market if Australia doesn’t offer them a better price. Here’s what’s at stake.
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Why the latest blow to the HIV/AIDS response at the UN should have everyone sounding the alarm
If political agendas hijack the global HIV/AIDs response, it will devastate the 40 million people living with the disease worldwide, especially the most marginalized.
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NZ parties want to make rooftop solar more affordable. We found cost isn’t everything
Both major parties want to boost household solar. But new research suggests wider uptake also depends on policy certainty, design and long-term returns.
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Children’s cereals promise breakfast fun and nutrition, but are still high in sugar
Using government developed criteria for marketing to kids, none of the child-targeted cereals examined would be permitted to be advertised to children, and 96 per cent surpassed sugar thresholds.
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Rapidly thawing permafrost is acidifying streams across North America
Researchers found that some bodies of water have become highly acidic within only a few years.
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Canadians love outdoor play and land-based learning — but regulations get in the way
Reform needs to address liscencing regulation, curriculum frameworks, standards of practice for early childhood educators and post-secondary preparation.
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Two US soldiers dead in Jordan – Trump’s ego has restarted a war he cannot win
COMMENTARY: By Lim Tean Two American service members are dead. Another is missing. Four more were medically evacuated after Iranian ballistic missiles and drones struck a US base in Jordan on Friday night. The American death toll in this war now stands at 16, with more than 430 wounded. And none of it needed to
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Shadows of past political violence shape the lives of young Africans for years – a study of nine countries
A child born into a community with a history of political unrest is at higher risk of abuse as they grow into a young adult.
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‘They brought me here to kill me’ – NZ media slammed over ignoring plea
Asia Pacific Report “This is the last time you’ll see me… they brought me here to kill me.” These chilling words by detained and tortured Palestinian paediatrician Dr Hussam Abu Safiya were cited by an Amnesty International advocate today at a rally denouncing the failure of New Zealand media to highlight his plight. Dr Abu
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Caitlin Johnstone: They’re launching a new COINTELPRO for the 21st century
COMMENTARY: By Caitlin Johnstone The Trump administration has announced a renewed crusade against “far-left terrorism,” which sounds okay if you don’t know that the word “terrorism” only ever means “behavior which goes against the agendas of the Western empire.” The United States has for example placed sanctions on UN special rapporteur Francesca Albanese for calling
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Saige England: A tale of power being taken from the people and handed to predator companies
COMMENTARY: By Saige England Last night I attended a packed meeting in Lyttleton against the takeover attempt by DP World of the Lyttleton Port. This is a local, regional, national, and international issue. The meeting was organised by New Zealanders for A Democratic Economy. It was chaired by John Minto, a long time campaigner for
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Republicans control Congress, so why is Trump’s SAVE America Act stuck?
Republicans hold both chambers and publicly back the president’s signature bill that would curtail mail-in voting and enforce strict voter ID laws. Here, a public policy and politics scholar explains why it still isn’t law.