For many U.S. investors, Bali has moved from a dream destination to a serious entry on their investment spreadsheets. read now...
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The coroner's finding — contradicting Queensland Police's and ASIO's 'terrorism' classification — prompted a recommendation to increase funding to a fixated persons unit staffed by mental health clinicians and police. The
ICAC NSW’s Operation Wyvern will grow include whether Transport for NSW employees and their collaborators have “undermined confidence in public administration”. Chief commissioner John Hatzistergos announced the expanded terms of reference on Friday afternoon. “The scope of the public inquiry [will] be expanded to also investigate an allegation ...
Brett Boardman/BelvoirSince its first performance in 1606, King Lear has earned its place as Shakespeare’s largest and most revered powerhouse tragedy. The story follows an elderly King Lear (played in Belvoir’s new production by Colin Friels) who divides his kingdom among his three daughters according to their declared love.
If you’ve ever tried to buy a home at auction, you know how frustrating it can be to show up thinking you can afford a particular property, only for it to sell for far more than the advertised price. Now, the Victorian government wants to make this experience a thing
Former UK prime minister Boris Johnson oversaw a toxic, chaotic and dithering response to the COVID-19 pandemic, with a delay to locking the country down resulting in about 23,000 more deaths, a report by a public inquiry says. The UK recorded more than 230,000 deaths from COVID-19, a similar death rate
Mary Bronstein’s If I Had Legs I’d Kick You begins with the tightest of closeups of one of Rose Byrne’s eyeballs. And that relentless sense of proximity never really lets up; this is a film that rarely gives us breathing space or the respite of distance. It plunges us headlong
A new book provides a sharp and unsettling examination of how Australia’s foreign policy is being shaped, steered and stretched by the strategic ambitions of a Trump-led United States. read now...
Two youth mental health experts were approached by controversial former political candidate Katherine Deves to be expert witnesses for a High Court challenge that argues 'LGBTIQ+ teens' will be unfairly
How did UK Labour go from a historic walloping of the Conservatives to utter shambles in such a short span of time? The post A year after a landslide, UK
Darya Komarova/Getty ImagesThe government’s ban on puberty blockers for gender-affirming care marks a troubling shift: politicians are now making decisions that should sit with clinicians working alongside young people and their families or whānau. Puberty blockers have been used in gender-affirming healthcare for decades. They temporarily suppress the ...
The New South Wales Law Enforcement Conduct Commission (LECC), released a report this week finding that a police officer used excessive force on six occasions over 10 weeks in early 2024, as well a submerged two body-word video (BWV) devices in water to destroy evidence. The police watchdog concluded that the officer’s actions amount to serious ...
For many U.S. investors, Bali has moved from a dream destination to a serious entry on their investment spreadsheets. read now...
The coroner's finding — contradicting Queensland Police's and ASIO's 'terrorism' classification — prompted a recommendation to increase funding to a fixated persons unit staffed by mental health clinicians and police. The
ICAC NSW’s Operation Wyvern will grow include whether Transport for NSW employees and their collaborators have “undermined confidence in public administration”. Chief commissioner John Hatzistergos announced the expanded terms of reference on Friday afternoon. “The scope of the public inquiry [will] be expanded to also investigate an allegation ...
Brett Boardman/BelvoirSince its first performance in 1606, King Lear has earned its place as Shakespeare’s largest and most revered powerhouse tragedy. The story follows an elderly King Lear (played in Belvoir’s new production by Colin Friels) who divides his kingdom among his three daughters according to their declared love.
If you’ve ever tried to buy a home at auction, you know how frustrating it can be to show up thinking you can afford a particular property, only for it to sell for far more than the advertised price. Now, the Victorian government wants to make this experience a thing
Former UK prime minister Boris Johnson oversaw a toxic, chaotic and dithering response to the COVID-19 pandemic, with a delay to locking the country down resulting in about 23,000 more deaths, a report by a public inquiry says. The UK recorded more than 230,000 deaths from COVID-19, a similar death rate
Mary Bronstein’s If I Had Legs I’d Kick You begins with the tightest of closeups of one of Rose Byrne’s eyeballs. And that relentless sense of proximity never really lets up; this is a film that rarely gives us breathing space or the respite of distance. It plunges us headlong
A new book provides a sharp and unsettling examination of how Australia’s foreign policy is being shaped, steered and stretched by the strategic ambitions of a Trump-led United States. read now...
Two youth mental health experts were approached by controversial former political candidate Katherine Deves to be expert witnesses for a High Court challenge that argues 'LGBTIQ+ teens' will be unfairly
How did UK Labour go from a historic walloping of the Conservatives to utter shambles in such a short span of time? The post A year after a landslide, UK
Darya Komarova/Getty ImagesThe government’s ban on puberty blockers for gender-affirming care marks a troubling shift: politicians are now making decisions that should sit with clinicians working alongside young people and their families or whānau. Puberty blockers have been used in gender-affirming healthcare for decades. They temporarily suppress the ...
The New South Wales Law Enforcement Conduct Commission (LECC), released a report this week finding that a police officer used excessive force on six occasions over 10 weeks in early 2024, as well a submerged two body-word video (BWV) devices in water to destroy evidence. The police watchdog concluded that the officer’s actions amount to serious ...