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The Queensland government is rolling out a new recycling target and giving councils almost half a billion dollars in a bid to curb the amount of rubbish going to landfill. Environment Minister Andrew Powell will unveil the government’s new waste strategy on Tuesday, which includes a statewide recycling target of 65 per cent by 2035….
Listen to this article Estimated 4 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. The Cultus Lake Waterpark in Chilliwack, B.C., remained closed Tuesday as multiple agencies investigated an incident that sent a dozen youths…
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Listen to this article Estimated 2 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. A judge has barred a man from two western Newfoundland communities as part of a probation order, saying he worries the…
Can democracy survive the existence of trillionaires? French economist Gabriel Zucman, one of the world’s foremost experts on wealth taxation, raised that question last week. He said anyone celebrating Elon Musk’s US$1 trillion fortune needed to understand the fundamental tension between extreme wealth and the very possibility of democracy. “The explosion of billionaire wealth has…
A Mississippi family is demanding answers after a 1-year-old child was killed when police responding to a shoplifting call at a Walmart shot at their vehicle. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. The shooting occurred Sunday afternoon in the parking lot of a Walmart in Senatobia,…
Listen to this article Estimated 2 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. An 11-year-old child has died of a suspected drowning during a field trip to a regional park near Medicine Hat, Alta.,…
A New South Wales regional councillor is managing a tobacco shop, which the ABC has found sells illegal cigarettes. Rohit Mahajan was elected as a councillor in the Upper Hunter town of Muswellbrook in 2024. Council disclosure documents state he is the manager of TSG Muswellbrook. The ABC was able to purchase illegal cigarettes from…
Listen to this article Estimated 4 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. The Parole Board of Canada rejected Jacob Hoggard’s bid for full parole this month because it found the former Hedley frontman,…
Childcare workers have scrapped a plan to walk off the job in July after the federal government agreed to fund a 15 per cent pay rise for another 18 months at a cost of $3.6 billion. The wage rise was initially funded in 2024 and applied to the pay packets of about 200,000 early educators,…