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Mark Latham’s push to amend NSW’s Religious Freedom laws have been endorsed by a parliamentary committee, with the committee chair, Gabrielle Upton urging that the recommendations should be adopted and laws introduced by the end of the year. The majority of the 14 member parliamentary committee looked at amendments to…

A Covid passport system risks creating a “checkpoint Britain”, according to dozens of MPs and peers from across the party divide – who say demanding proof of a vaccine or negative test would be “divisive and discriminatory”. The government is carrying out a review into whether a passport system for…

NON-EU DOCTORS ARE asking that all frontline workers’ citizenship applications to be prioritised as a gesture for their work during the Covid-19 pandemic. A group called Train Us for Ireland – representing non-EU doctors who are calling for greater access to Irish courses to allow them to up-skill - has written to…

Lexie wasn’t the only fan-fave on the beach during the April 1 episode. The one and only Mark Sloan returned and gave us an epic Mark/Lexie moment. Meredith is still on the beach, and she continues to see faces from her past. After playing in the ocean, Lexie hands her…

New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy is hoping to take advantage of the Hollywood backlash to Georgia’s voting laws with a letter to studios inviting them to move their film and TV productions to his state. The letter, which was first reported on by The Wall Street Journal and was sent…

To meet the emissions targets outlined in the Paris Agreement, experts estimate the United States government will need to spend at least $1 trillion annually, or between 3 to 5 percent of GDP, for a decade. President Biden’s infrastructure plan, unveiled Wednesday amid much fanfare about its climate commitments, doesn’t…

On Tuesday morning, Axios reported that Florida Representative Matt Gaetz was thinking about leaving Congress for a conservative media gig, perhaps at Newsmax or another friendly outlet. This wasn’t a big surprise. More than a few House GOP lawmakers appear to be more interested in burnishing their public profile than…

The Green Party Parliamentary Party has voted in favour of a motion calling on party chairperson Hazel Chu to step aside from the role while she contests the Seanad elections. Dublin's Lord Mayor is running as an Independent candidate after the Green Party Executive decided not to contest the elections.…

Back in January, Star Observer reported on the discriminatory move made by McIver’s Ladies Baths in Coogee, aimed at banning transgender women who had not undergone gender affirmation surgeries from using the facilities. It was a move that rightly angered many. Now, the management team behind the decision have been…

March 30 (UPI) -- G. Gordon Liddy, known best for engineering the bungled break-in that led to the Watergate scandal, has died, his family said on Tuesday. He was 90 years old. Liddy's son Thomas P. Liddy said his father died at the home of his daughter Alexandra Liddy Bourne,…