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Former attorney general appointed new special envoy on international human rights. Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastHanson-Young says environmental action and business interests linkedHanson-Young was asked if she could guarantee the targets wouldn’t damage the economy or business. She said the Greens were looking at the connection between the two, pointing to the devastating algal bloom in South Australia that had smashed local industry, fishing and tourism.You cannot continue to pretend that somehow the economy is off over there while the environment has nothing to do with it and that the climate has nothing to do with it. If we want a strong economy, we have to transition. We’ve got to do it faster.And the community wants it. No one told South Australians that when the climate crisis hit, they wouldn’t be able to go to the beach in the 40C heat over summer. That is what we are facing this summer. And South Australians want action. Australians want action. The world needs action.It is a good day for the environment and it’s a good day for our forests and our Australian bushland. A good day for our wildlife.It’s been a long time coming, having to fix some of these major flaws in Australia’s environment laws that have allowed land clearing to go unchecked, to allow the destruction of our forests, even when there’s endangered species living there, that it’s their home. And there’s a lot more to do. Continue reading...

Benedict Bryant convicted of dangerous driving occasioning death after placing police car in path of 16-year-old’s trail bike in 2022Warning: this article contains the name of an Indigenous Australian who has diedA police sergeant who was told not to pursue a teenager riding a trail bike has been told he caused the death of the young man when he placed his unmarked car in his path.Benedict Bryant, 47, was found guilty on Friday of dangerous driving occasioning the death of Indigenous teen Jai Kalani Wright in February 2022 in an inner Sydney suburb.For information and support in Australia call 13YARN on 13 92 76 for a crisis support line for Indigenous Australians; or call Lifeline on 13 11 14, Mensline on 1300 789 978 and Beyond Blue on 1300 22 4636 Continue reading...

While the exact cause of the deadly inferno that swept across a Hong Kong apartment complex remains unknown, questions have been raised about the role of the bamboo scaffolding that enveloped the buildings at the time of the fire.

Rumours swirling around Imran Khan, Pakistan's jailed former Prime Minister, have intensified after his three sisters alleged they were "brutally" assaulted outside Rawalpindi's Adiala Jail by the state machinery for seeking a meeting with their brot