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Alliance of groups wants Council of Europe to investigate implementation of supreme court ruling on biological sexA collection of groups campaigning on transgender issues have urged Europe’s main human rights body to investigate the UK over the implementation of the supreme court’s ruling on gender.In a joint letter to the Council of Europe, the organisations said the situation in which transgender people were likely to be barred from using toilets of their acquired sex or joining single-sex organisations placed them in an “intermediate zone” of gender, saying this was a violation of the European convention on human rights (ECHR). Continue

Record numbers expected at march despite Hungary’s leader saying those attending will face ‘legal consequences’Record numbers of people are expected to take part in Budapest Pride on Saturday, with Hungarians joining forces with campaigners and politicians from across Europe in a march that has become a potent symbol of pushback against the Hungarian government’s steady rollback of rights.“This weekend, all eyes are on Budapest,” Hadja Lahbib, the European commissioner for equality, told reporters in the Hungarian capital on Friday. “This is bigger than one Pride celebration, one Pride march. It is about the right to be who you are, to

But Queensland premier is not in contempt of parliament over the payments, ethics committee findsGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe Queensland premier, David Crisafulli, was “careless” in not declaring $200,000 in payments he made after a company he had run became insolvent, the state’s parliamentary ethics committee has found.Crisafulli became sole director and chief executive of Southern Edge Training Solutions after losing his north Queensland seat at the 2015 election. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/jun/28/david-crisafulli-found-to-be-careless-in-not-declaring-200000-in-payments-related-to-company-he-ran-ntwnfb Author : Andrew Messenger Publish date : 2025-06-28 00:00:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Legislation will more than double current tax incentives under larger bill slated to be signed by Gavin NewsomHollywood’s home state of California will more than double annual tax incentives for film and television production to $750m under a measure passed by the Democratic-led legislature on Friday.The increase from the current $330m was approved as part of a broader tax bill that is expected to be signed into law by California’s governor, Gavin Newsom. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/27/california-legislature-hollywood-film-tax-bill Author : Guardian staff and agencies Publish date : 2025-06-27 22:56:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.