Samantha Jonscher
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Australians love traveling to the UK. They could soon be paying more (opens the original)
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The bill is about to get steeper for the 1.2 million Australians who travel to the UK every year as British mayors will soon have the power to charge a so-called "tourist tax" on accommodation. Last week the UK government announced it was going to be pressing ahead with the controversial levy which Prime Minister Andy Burnham — the so called "King of the North" — hopes will help move power and money way from London. Called the "Overnight Visitor Levy," it gives regional mayors the option to tax
Antisemitism royal commission to report later than planned (opens the original)
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The Royal Commission on Antisemitism and Social Cohesion has had its deadline extended by four days so that it does not clash with the anniversary of the Bondi Massacre. The months-long royal commission was slated to hand down its final report on 14 December, the first anniversary of the mass shooting that left 15 people dead. The commission will now report on 18 December. In a statement, commissioner Virginia Bell AC SC said she requested the extension from the federal government so that her fi
'Enormous interest': Coalition says exiled crown prince of Iran will visit Australia (opens the original)
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Six months after United States President Donald Trump attacked Iran and called for regime change in the country, the Coalition says the exiled crown prince of Iran will visit Australia at their invitation. Reza Pahlavi is the son of the shah of Iran, who was ousted by the Islamic Revolution. Pahlavi has lived outside Iran since 1979, and has long advocated for the fall of the current regime, positioning himself as an alternative leader for the country. In a statement, Opposition foreign affairs
Australia is being urged to join a $41 trillion fight playing out in its backyard (opens the original)
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Sitting at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean are vast deposits of the critical minerals that could drive a potential green transition. The race to start mining these deposits has begun, and experts say what happens next could impact Australia's relationship with once-reliable Pacific allies. Commercial deep-sea mining in the Pacific has been on the cards for many years, but the not-yet-existent industry had been on pause while a United Nations agency responsible for the ocean floor develops guidel
As Australia is hit with mass mortalities, here’s how NZ has prepared for bird flu (opens the original)
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When a swamp harrier hawk — known also as a kāhu — was found tangled in a fence in a thinly populated part of New Zealand's North Island in early July, no one thought much about the discovery. But when the battered scavenger was put down the following day after its health deteriorated, a routine test would enshrine the bird in history. It was the first native New Zealand bird to test positive for the highly virulent, often lethal strain of H5N1 bird flu which had been detected on Australia's mai
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