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The federal government says it fixed Australia’s ‘broken’ environmental laws. Koala advocates disagree

Environmentalists in Brisbane’s bayside say the continued land-clearing of koala habitat highlights lingering loopholes in national environment laws, months after sweeping changes were passed in Canberra. “Clearly things are not better. They haven’t fixed the laws … we’re still losing lots of trees,” Redlands resident Una Sandeman said. Ms Sandeman is among a collective of…

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Sectoral tariffs, not CUSMA, ‘focus’ of trade talks: Canadian envoy to U.S. – National

The Trump administration’s sectoral tariffs on Canadian steel, aluminum, and automobiles are more urgent than the Canada-U.S.-Mexico Free Trade Agreement (CUSMA) and are currently the focus of Canadian negotiators, Canadian ambassador to the U.S. Mark Wiseman said on Monday. While most of Canada’s exports are compliant with CUSMA, and therefore exempt from U.S. President Donald…

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