Experts at a public inquiry warn Australia's proposed Aukus nuclear submarine fleet will generate tonnes of weapons-usable uranium-235, posing significant proliferation risks and long-term radioactive waste management challenges, potentially weakening global non-proliferation efforts.
An extensive report on mother and baby institutions, Magdalene Laundries, and workhouses in Northern Ireland, detailing findings and recommendations, will be published Tuesday. Over 10,000 women and girls passed through these institutions from the 1920s to 1990s. A public inquiry and financial redress scheme are planned, with payments of £12,000 for survivors.
The NSW Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) is investigating three key allegations: Liberal figures soliciting or accepting undeclared or excessive donations for branch stacking, a property developer allegedly making prohibited donations in exchange for political outcomes, and two Labor councillors engaging in conduct that could involve blackmail and breaches of the Surveillance Devices Act.
The NSW Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) is investigating three key allegations: Liberal figures soliciting or accepting undeclared or excessive donations for branch stacking, a property developer making donations in exchange for political outcomes, and two Labor councillors engaging in conduct possibly involving blackmail and breaches of the Surveillance Devices Act. Several prominent figures, including Liberal power brokers and a Labor councillor, are named in the allegations.
ICAC is investigating allegations of "branch stacking" involving Liberal figures and lobbyists, prohibited donations from a property developer, and misconduct by two Labor councillors. Key figures include developer Nassif, the Perrottet brothers, and Catholic Schools NSW CEO Dallas McInerney.
An inquiry into Hong Kong's deadliest fire, which claimed 168 lives, will hear expert testimony on factors contributing to its rapid spread. Experts will discuss renovation materials, temporary openings, and response times.
An inquiry into Hong Kong's deadliest fire at Wang Fuk Court is set to hear from fire engineering and Fire Services Department experts on Wednesday. The blaze, which occurred during renovations, claimed 168 lives and spread rapidly due to non-fire-retardant materials and temporary openings.
Labor secured Senate support for tax changes, but a deal with the Greens to extend an NDIS inquiry could jeopardize other budget measures. The Coalition, angered by the tax deal, may withhold support for NDIS reforms, leaving them friendless in the Senate.
Andy Burnham, currently Mayor of Greater Manchester, is positioned to become the UK's next leader following Keir Starmer's resignation announcement. Burnham's political journey, marked by a pivotal moment of being booed at Anfield in 2009, has seen him evolve from a centrist New Labour minister to a 'man of the people' figure promising a politics that understands those outside London.
A judge-led panel investigating Hong Kong's deadliest fire in decades has resumed its public inquiry after a six-week break. The hearings will focus on expert evidence regarding the cause of the blaze at Wang Fuk Court, which killed 168 people last year.
A judge-led panel investigating Hong Kong's deadliest fire in decades has resumed its public inquiry after a six-week break. The probe into the Wang Fuk Court inferno will hear expert evidence on the cause of the blaze that killed 168 people and displaced nearly 5,000 residents last year.
Former Australian foreign affairs minister Gareth Evans has called the Aukus nuclear submarine deal one of the worst defence decisions ever made, warning it effectively extends the US military fleet and paints a target on Australia's back. He expressed skepticism about delivery timelines and costs, particularly for the UK-Australia joint submarines.
Campaigners call for reform and public inquiry into royal finances after revelations about Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor's private income from subletting cottages
Police recommended charges against 77 individuals and organizations for the Grenfell Tower fire. Survivors express mixed relief, grief, and anger over the lengthy process, with trials unlikely before 2028. Campaigners criticize slow progress and weak corporate manslaughter laws.
Elias Calocane, brother of Nottingham triple killer Valdo Calocane, told a public inquiry he feared his brother would take his own life, not realizing the threat to others, and felt powerless amid his brother's paranoid schizophrenia diagnosis in 2020.
Elias Calocane, brother of Nottingham triple killer Valdo Calocane, feared his brother would take his own life due to paranoid schizophrenia, a public inquiry heard.
Elias Calocane, brother of Nottingham triple killer Valdo Calocane, told a public inquiry he feared his brother would take his own life due to paranoid schizophrenia, but felt powerless to intervene.
A Hong Kong building inspector mistook illegal alterations to emergency staircases at a housing estate ravaged in a deadly fire as protective measures for “broken” windows, because he based his assessment solely on documents and did not carry out a site visit, a public inquiry has heard. Senior maintenance surveyor Nick Yung Siu-lun, the head of the minor works team of the Housing Bureau’s independent checking unit, said on Thursday he thought the wooden boards used to cover the temporary...
Government inspectors did not foresee engineering firms colluding to deceive authorities over the use of substandard renovation materials at a Hong Kong residential estate devastated in the city’s deadliest fire in decades, a public inquiry has heard. Andy Ku Siu-ping, a senior maintenance surveyor of the Housing Bureau’s Independent Checking Unit, on Wednesday blamed “systemic defects” for the body’s failure to rectify the use of flammable polyfoam boards and scaffolding mesh during a HK$336...
The independent committee tasked with investigating Hong Kong’s deadly Tai Po blaze has finished 21 sessions of evidential hearings in three rounds, pointing to multiple apparent loopholes in the supervision of the estate’s renovation project and the government’s regulation of fire hazards. The inferno broke out on November 26 last year when all eight blocks at Wang Fuk Court were undergoing exterior maintenance work and were covered in scaffolding and mesh netting. The fire tore through seven...
A former NHS nurse has told a public inquiry that Valdo Calocane, who killed three people in Nottingham in June 2023, 'deceived and out-manoeuvred' medical staff. Gary Carter, who was Calocane's care coordinator for five months in 2022, said the trust 'failed' to manage his care. Calocane had a history of not taking his medication and moved between addresses. He was discharged in September 2022 before the attacks that killed Barnaby Webber, Grace O'Malley-Kumar and Ian Coates.
An official tendering system designed to curb anti-competitive conduct is powerless to combat engineering firms colluding to manipulate Hong Kong’s lucrative building maintenance market, a public inquiry into the city’s deadliest fire in decades has heard. Testifying on the 21st day of an independent committee’s hearing, three Urban Renewal Authority (URA) officials said on Thursday that the statutory body had neither the capacity nor the resources to combat bid-rigging linked to estates’...
Canada is establishing a new Financial Crimes Agency (FCA) to investigate and prosecute financial crimes, completing the bill's first reading in parliament. The agency results from a public inquiry finding Canada lacked a cohesive anti-money laundering strategy. Canada will also ban cryptocurrency ATMs, of which it has nearly 4,000—the most per capita globally. The move contrasts sharply with US policy under the Trump administration, which pardoned convicted money launderers and shifted thousands of investigators away from financial crime.
Government surveyors failed to detect major fire risks at a housing complex destroyed in Hong Kong’s deadliest inferno in decades because they were following outdated guidelines that did not require in-person inspections of renovation works, a public inquiry has heard. The independent committee was told on Monday that illegal alterations to Wang Fuk Court’s emergency passages during the HK$336 million (US$42.9 million) overhaul of the estate’s exterior could have been discovered sooner had...
