Vanuatu is using this week's UN Ocean Conference in Nice to demand climate justice ahead of a landmark legal opinion from the world's top court – with climate minister Ralph Regenvanu telling RFI that faster action to hold big polluters accountable …
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On a remote station north of Broken Hill, potters from near and far gather for a weekend of primitive firing. For about 30 years, station owner and potter Cynthia Langford has opened the gates to welcome potters to do four different types of firings. …
A man who has accused New South Wales MP Gareth Ward of sexually assaulting him told a parliamentary staffer years after the alleged rape that the politician had "done something" to him, a court has heard. During the third week of the trial a …
Over a decade, Leigh McColl and his family would walk down to a nearby creek to cool off in the warmer months. The family swims ended in 2017 after testing of the water showed it contained blue-green algae, a bacteria that causes blooms in bodies of warm …
IVF activists are calling for an urgent meeting with the federal health minister, and are suggesting children born through assisted reproduction should be DNA tested. It comes after the latest embryo mix-up this week, involving Monash IVF. Monash IVF …
Victoria's minister for children says the state's childcare regulator is "actively monitoring" provider Affinity Education after allegations against it, including a child being hit by a staff member, were aired in NSW parliament. …
Experts attempting to help a "distressed" whale entangled in rope and trailing a buoy have lost sight of the 20-tonne mammal, as rescue efforts go into a fourth day. The whale was last seen off the coast of Sydney, heading south, and was thought …
About one week after imposing a travel ban on seven African countries, the Donald Trump-led US administration is considering imposing a visa ban and other travel restrictions on citizens of Nigeria and 24 other African countries. The Washington Post …
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