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Crowd safety stewards charged over alleged Summernats assault
Two Summernats safety staff who allegedly assaulted a number of patrons at this year’s event have been charged and will face Court later this month. The alleged assault occurred on…
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Western Australian Government to halt tourism craft at Kimberley’s Horizontal Falls from 2028
Aiming to "strike a balance" between tourism and the concerns of local Indigenous populations, the Western Australian Government has announced that tourist craft will be banned…
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NSW Government introduces major environmental laws in response to asbestos contaminated parks
The findings over the past two months of asbestos in Sydney parks have led the NSW Government to introduce changes to the Protection of the Environment Operations Act 1997 (POEO Act) and…
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New Zealand Government suspends Significant Natural Areas requirement
The New Zealand Government scaling back of a series of environmental regulations has today seen Associate Environment Minister Andrew Hoggard announce a suspension of the requirement for…
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Climate change poses increasing legal risk for Australian sports bodies
With climate change and related extreme weather events already impacting Australian sport, a new report shows that peak bodies and national sporting organisations are failing to engage…
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Japanese Olympic Committee pays 2 billion yen tax bill for accounting irregularities
The Japanese Olympic Committee has been forced to pay around 2 billion yen (US$13 million) in back taxes after tax authorities discovered it had engaged in improper accounting in financial…
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Sydney’s City of Ryde erects signage urging green space users not to defecate in park
The City of Ryde of Sydney’s north has resorted to installing signs urging park users not to defecate in the green space at Outlook Park in the suburb of Eastwood. The sign, asking…
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Paedophile cricket coach gets further 23 year jail term for sexually abusing three boys in the ACT
Paedophile cricket coach Ian Harold King, already serving a lengthy prison term for the abuse of minors, has been sentenced to a further 23 years behind bars for sexually abusing three…
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