POLITICS

A Queensland mother whose daughter was killed by a drink-driver is calling for Redlands Mayor Karen Williams to resign after she crashed her car following "several" drinks.Judy Lindsay says Ms Williams hosted an online meeting with her and…
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An Australian Muslim rights group is pursuing Twitter in Queensland claiming the platform is responsible as a publisher for vilifying Muslims.The Australian Muslim Advocacy Network has lodged the complaint against Twitter's global and…
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The US Supreme Court's overturning of a landmark abortion decision is a reminder that people need to be vigilant in protecting their freedoms, Australia's minister for women says.The ruling against the 50-year-old Roe v Wade decision, which…
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By Jocelyn Noveck | Associated Press At 88, Gloria Steinem has long been the nation’s most visible feminist and advocate for women’s rights. But at 22, she was a frightened American in London getting an illegal abortion of a pregnancy so…
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WASHINGTON (AP) — South Dakota’s Republican governor pledged on Sunday to bar mail-order abortion pills but said women should not face prosecution for seeking them.In apparent defiance of legal guidance by the Justice Department after the…
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On the first weekend after the Supreme Court overturned nearly five decades of constitutional abortion rights, Democrats seized on the ruling to portray their Republican opponents as threats to women and their health care providers, while…
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Marin Sheriff Robert Doyle is photographed outside the Marin County Sheriff’s office in San Rafael, on Thursday, June 4, 2015. (Alan Dep/Marin Independent Journal) James McClain, left, holds a revolver and a shotgun taped to Judge Harold…
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(The Hill) — South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem (R) on Sunday said she will ban telemedicine appointments with abortion care providers who prescribe pills online in the GOP-controlled state in the wake of the Supreme Court's decision overturning…
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An alleged serial pedophile nurse will be the focus of a commission of inquiry into child sexual abuse in Tasmania's public service.James Geoffrey Griffin took his own life in October 2019 after being charged with child sexual abuse…
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Tuvalu's foreign minister will land in Brisbane on Monday after withdrawing from an international forum in protest against Chinese coercion.Simon Kofe was due to arrive in Portugal for the UN's Ocean Conference which is focusing on…
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