NZ is moving quickly to protect greyhounds after saying it will shut the dog racing industry. Photo: stock New Zealand is to end greyhound racing next year in a move that has been welcomed by that country’s peak animal welfare organisation. NZ Deputy PM and Racing Minister Winston Peters says that racing will be wound…
Picture: stock The AFP will lead Special Operation Avalite into anti-semitism after Friday’s arson attack on the Adass Israel Synagogue in Melbourne. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese told journalists in Canberra today that 21 experienced federal police and analysts will investigate anti-semitism cases nationally, drawing on specialists from ASIO. Special Operation Avalite will work with all…
Photo: stock A five-day manhunt in the US for a suspect in the fatal shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson has ended with an arrest and multiple felony and misdemeanour charges filed in court. US media report that Luigi Mangione, 26, a graduate from Maryland, was arrested at a McDonald’s in Altoona, Pennsylvania, after an…
IAEA Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi takes staff questions at the agency headquarters in Vienna, Austria, last week. Photo: Dean Calma / IAEA France, Germany and the United Kingdom have condemned Iran’s efforts to ramp up its uranium enrichment program. “We (France, Germany and the United Kingdom) condemn Iran’s latest steps, as reported by the…
776 animals, or two a day, had to be rescued from vehicles in 12 months, the RACQ says. Photo: stock TWO children and two animals are rescued from locked vehicles every day, on average, across Queensland. And motorists are reminded to never leave children or animals unattended in a vehicle as summer arrives. The Royal…
The REIQ has welcomed the move to allow new homeowners to sub-let rooms. Picture: stock Restrictions on new homeowners sub-letting rooms in Queensland have been wiped by the state government. And the move has been welcomed by the Real Estate Institute of Queensland (REIQ). As of Saturday, first home buyers can rent out a room…