Is this London's most Christmassy walk? pred 9 urami in 39 minutami From Claridge’s to the Regent Street angels, this dazzling Mayfair stroll has gone viral as London’s most Christmassy walk — but does it live up to the hype?(London News)
Ita Buttrose airs unapologetic views on immigration as Albanese returns to ABC Hard Chat a decade on | Weekly Beast pred 10 urami in 11 minutami Former ABC chair says Australia has allowed ‘divisive groups’ into the country. Plus: national broadcaster unveils plans for more short-form news videoWant to get this in your inbox every Friday? Sign up for the Weekly Beast media newsletter hereIta Buttrose has revealed her views on immigration while on a book tour for her memoir Unapologetically Ita. Buttrose stepped down as chair in March 2024.“I think we’re more divided,” the former chair of the ABC said during an online interview with Prof Henry Brodaty from the Centre for Healthy Brain Ageing. “I don’t think the multicultural society that that we’ve spoken about so proudly in Australia is working as well as it could be.” Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Statistically, there’s a reliable way to predict a domestic violence homicide like Hannah Clarke’s pred 10 urami in 23 minutami Queensland researchers studying intimate-partner killings found one thing common to more than half the casesPolice made potentially critical mistakes in Hannah Clarke murders, new evidence revealsRead more from Guardian Australia’s two-year investigation hereWhen researchers in Queensland catalogued data from seven years of intimate-partner killings, they found one thing common to more than half of those cases – a victim’s own sense of fear about their impending death.Statistically, the most reliable way to predict a domestic violence homicide is to believe the victim. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
‘Gobsmacking’ solar farm that could power AI data centres ‘possibly unparalleled’ in Australia or world pred 10 urami in 23 minutami SunCable says massive energy project proposed in NT could position Australia as global leader, but critics are concerned about scaleSign up for climate and environment editor Adam Morton’s free Clear Air newsletter hereEnergy company SunCable says a massive solar farm it has proposed building in the Northern Territory could power an AI data centre precinct in the region to position Australia as a global leader in “green industrial development”.The development would be Australia’s largest solar farm and would generate up to 20GW of electricity, or 10 times the output of a large coal-fired station. It would add to the company’s plans to build a 12,000 ha solar farm at Powell Creek Station south of Elliott as part of its proposed Australia-Asia Power Link project.Sign up to get climate and environment editor Adam Morton’s Clear Air column as a free newsletter Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Leaked Coalition talking points direct MPs to argue dumping net zero does not conflict with Paris agreement pred 10 urami in 23 minutami Exclusive: Guidance distributed to MPs seeks to pre-empt questions about plan’s compatibility with Paris agreement, indicating opposition is aware of potential breachGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastCoalition MPs are being told to argue that the decision to dump a net zero emissions target is “entirely consistent” with the Paris agreement, despite leaked documents suggesting the opposition is aware such a position could conflict with Australia’s obligations under the climate pact.Guardian Australia has obtained talking points issued to MPs to help them stay on message about Sussan Ley’s new energy and emissions plan, which was finalised on Sunday after months of bitter infighting. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
‘I lose my liberty in that moment’: Charlotte shuts down as citizens and noncitizens alike face ICE arrests pred 10 urami in 23 minutami As federal agents descend in North Carolina, businesses close as even an after-school program is targetedOn Central Avenue in Charlotte, North Carolina, Manolo’s Bakery has become a focal point for resistance to the upscaled immigration raids since border patrol officers descended on the city at the weekend. The owner closed the bakery to prevent his staff from being targeted. Most of the other shops on Charlotte’s busy immigrant-centric street followed suit.Dozens of people have taken up camp in the parking lot to wave signs of support for immigrants. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) have been active in the city for months as part of Donald Trump’s mass deportation agenda but things went up a level when border patrol arrived. Agents swiftly began buzzing through the place to make an armed show of their presence, followed at times by Charlotteans honking their horns in warning. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
