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Bill Browder says such visas ‘a way for dodgy people … to buy themselves legitimacy and insert themselves into countries’Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastSee all our Australian election 2025 coverageThe architect of global Magnitsky sanctions – which punish human rights abusers and corrupt officials – has warned Peter Dutton’s desire to bring back a controversial “golden ticket” visa scheme would be “a big mistake”.The significant investor scheme allowed foreign nationals who invested $5m in Australia access to a four-year visa that could be converted to permanent

Order calls for revising infrastructure policy to better assess risks instead of ‘all-hazards approach’, White House saidDonald Trump on Tuesday signed an executive order that seeks to shift responsibility for disaster preparations to state and local governments, deepening the president’s drive to overhaul the Federal Emergency Management Agency (Fema).The order, first previewed by the White House on 10 March, calls for a review of all infrastructure, continuity and preparedness and response policies to update and simplify federal approaches. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/18/trump-executive-order-fema-disaster-preparation Author : Reuters Publish date : 2025-03-19 02:12:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked

Rum’un growls like Nosferatu and sports fur made from recycled school polo shirts, track pants and backpacksFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA “cheeky” Tasmanian devil that poos out footballs, growls like Nosferatu and is covered in papier-mache-like recycled fur has been unveiled as the new mascot of the state’s long-awaited AFL team.Rum’un, which translates to Tasmanian slang for “an odd or eccentric person; a scallywag, or someone cheeky” in the Macquarie Dictionary, made his debut as the Tasmania Devils’ latest recruit at an event on Tuesday evening.Sign

Commission launched in 2022 says lagoon project, not full barrage, should be backed by UK and Welsh governmentsUrgent action is needed to harness the UK’s potential for tidal range energy in the Severn estuary but smaller lagoon models should be pursued over a larger dam-like barrage, a panel of experts has said.The Severn Estuary Commission said that harnessing the energy of the tides in the estuary could deliver predictable, renewable electricity that would work independent of weather conditions. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/mar/19/urgent-action-needed-to-harness-tidal-power-in-severn-estuary-say-experts Author : Jamie Grierson Publish date : 2025-03-19 00:01:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the