New Zealand is poised to pass laws requiring large companies to publicly report on the risk of modern slavery in their operations and supply chains. With Parliament’s Education and Workforce Committee having recommended the Modern Slavery Bill be passed, New Zealand could soon have a new regulatory lever to help tackle what is a growing global…
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0 claims checkedCanada produces an enormous amount of waste. In 2020, total solid waste across the country hit 36 million tonnes. Most of this garbage, known in the industry as residual waste, ends up in landfills…
On back-to-school night in 2005, I eagerly entered my youngest child’s first grade classroom. The walls were festooned with brightly colored responses to the prompt: “Draw something you remember.” I…
There is no “one-size-fits-all” treatment for patients living with cancer. Cancer occurs when normal cells in the body genetically mutate and transform into abnormal cells that divide…
The federal government has released an exposure draft of its long-promised digital duty of care. The headline feature is an “off switch”.
Can you imagine Australia without Medicare, the age pension, or with 50% tariffs on imported goods such as cars, clothes and shoes? Institutions we take for granted now took many decades of…
There have been two topics on which former Australian prime minister Paul Keating has been a persistent, passionate commentator in the three decades since his retirement.
Indiana homeowner charged after shooting ‘suspicious’ man trying to break into his home, various cars See more of our coverage in your search results. An Indiana homeowner was charged for fatally…
EU-Russia tensions collide with decades of scientific cooperation at ITER, the world’s largest nuclear fusion experiment.