Reforming leave laws for grieving parents

Last June, a baby girl named Priya was born just shy of 25 weeks. She was a tiny figure in a crib in the neonatal intensive care unit, where her parents watched over her, day and night, suspended in hope. “I used to call her my ‘fighter girl’ and...

Class action filed over sexual assault, discrimination within Australian Defense Force

CANBERRA, Oct. 24 (Xinhua) -- Servicewomen have launched a landmark class action lawsuit over allegations that they suffered systemic sexual abuse while serving in the Australian Defense Force (ADF). The legal action was filed in Australia's...

Class action sexual violence lawsuit filed against Australian military

Oct. 24 (UPI) -- Four former Australian servicewomen filed a class action lawsuit in federal court in Sydney on Friday, alleging they were victims of sexual violence. Thousands of female soldiers were set to join the lawsuit against the Australian...

Suspect in British toddler Cheryl Grimmer's disappearance in Australia named

A person of interest in the 1970 disappearance of British toddler Cheryl Grimmer in Australia has been named by a politician. Cheryl was three when she was kidnapped from a beach changing area, near the city of Wollongong in New South Wales (NSW)...

Thousands Expected to Join Landmark Sexual Abuse Lawsuit Against Australian Military

By Blessing Nweke Four servicewomen have launched a landmark class action lawsuit against the Australian Defence Force (ADF), alleging years of sexual abuse, harassment, and gender-based discrimination within the military. The case, filed in the...

Women in Australian military file class action over sexual abuse, discrimination

SYDNEY, Oct 24 — Women in Australia’s defence forces launched a class action lawsuit Friday alleging widespread and systematic sexual violence, harassment and discrimination. The case was served against the Australian government on behalf of women...

Labelling AI content alone won’t solve misinformation. India needs smarter regulation

The Union Government took an important step toward enacting what could become India’s first substantive Artificial Intelligence regulation on 22 October, targeting social media companies and their users. The Ministry for Electronics and...

Women Sue Over Decades Of Sexual Abuse, Harassment In Australian Military

Australia’s armed forces are confronting a different kind of battlefield as women in the defence forces have launched a landmark class action lawsuit alleging decades of sexual violence, harassment, and discrimination. According to AFP, the suit,...

Picking an all-time India-Australia-England ODI 11 amid AUS vs IND 2025 series ft. Virat Kohli, Shane Warne

India, Australia and England are three of the top sides in one-day cricket. The Aussies are on a different level when it comes to winning big ODI tournaments. They have won the 50-over World Cup a record six times - 1987, 1999, 2003, 2007, 2015...

Has Trump set Australia up for a rare earths price war with China?

Who will guarantee the ‘offtake’ for Australia’s rare earths mining boom? Jude Manning on the prospect of a China price war and long-term government subsidies. Anthony Albanese got plenty of media fanfare this week for a successful visit to...

India vs Australia 2025, 3rd ODI: Probable playing 11s, pitch report, weather forecast and live streaming details

The third and final ODI of the India vs Australia series will take place on October 25 in Sydney. The game has been reduced to a dead rubber as the Aussies have already taken an unassailable 2-0 lead in the series. After beginning the series with...

Head of Australia’s therapeutic goods regulator appointed Chair of international regulatory coalition

TGA Professor Tony Lawler, Head of Australia’s Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA), has been elected Chair of ICMRA, the International Coalition of Medicines Regulatory Authorities. Professor Lawler was elected to a 3-year term by ICMRA members...

‘Rape, sexual violence’: women in Australia’s military sue government

Women in Australia’s defence forces (ADF) launched a class-action lawsuit on Friday alleging widespread and systematic sexual violence, harassment and discrimination. The case was served against the Australian government on behalf of women...

Australia’s cults crisis: why more people are falling prey to insidious high-control groups

Raphael Aron took his first call from a cult survivor in the 1970s during a psychology placement with a crisis hotline. It was the “old days” of cults, he says, when headlines were dominated by Charles Manson, Jonestown and the abduction of Patty...

Albanese bears blame for weakened nature laws

No way with USA The main use of an AUKUS sub is to fire missiles at an enemy city or warship. This can already be done now by launching a missile from a Stealth bomber, an underwater, unmanned drone, or an underground coastal bunker. All of these...

Decoding e-Commerce Laws, e-Gazette, e-Contracts and Misanthropy: India’s First Mass Surveillance, Mass Spying and Unending Census Case -Part 13

(But persons who possess neither faith nor knowledge, and who are of an indecisive nature, suffer a downfall) (For the indecisive souls, there is no happiness either in this world or the next.) - Chapter 4, Verse 40, The Bhagavad Gita “When the...

Vietnam-Australia alliance drives biosecurity innovation in pig farming

As African swine fever continues to threaten Vietnam’s pig industry, the Vietnam National Innovation Alliance for Pig Biosecurity is intensifying efforts to safeguard livestock health and farmer livelihoods. On October 23, the alliance convened a...

‘This is Australia, not India’: Woman faces backlash for calling Sydney Diwali lights a threat to Western culture

An Australian woman has come under intense online criticism after posting that Diwali light displays in a Sydney suburb represent a threat to Western culture. Social media users slammed an Australian woman who opposed Diwali decorations, calling...

B.C.'s attorney general hopes new bail law can prevent further partner violence

VICTORIA — British Columbia Attorney General Niki Sharma says she is hopeful that new bail legislation introduced by the federal government will prevent a repeat of the events that led to death of a Kelowna woman. VICTORIA — British Columbia...

Business to Coalition: Don’t leave environment law to Labor and Greens

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says the Coalition should give the private sector the investment certainty it craves by backing the overhaul of Australia’s environmental laws, amid business concerns the proposed changes go too far and the...