Liberal backbencher Bridget Archer has split with her party and its leader Peter Dutton over the Coalition’s plan to scrap Labor’s 2030 emissions reduction target. On Saturday, Mr Dutton revealed the Coalition would abandon the Albanese government’s legally binding commitment to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to 43 per cent belowContinue Reading
Anthony Albanese has slammed Peter Dutton as “worse than Scott Morrison on climate change” after the Coalition signalled it will not support the Labor government’s 2030 net zero emissions target. The opposition leader has confirmed he will scrap Labor’s legislated target for 43 per cent emissions reduction by 2030 ifContinue Reading
Anthony Albanese has accused Peter Dutton of being “worse than Scott Morrison on climate change” after the Opposition Leader signalled he would shelve Labor’s 2030 emissions reduction target if the Coalition won the next federal election, a move that would breach Australia’s commitment to the Paris climate agreement. On Saturday,Continue Reading
Peter Dutton’s vow to axe Australia’s 2030 climate emissions target has been attacked, with a senior government minister warning the Opposition Leader was a ‘real risk’. Mr Dutton said he would scrap Labor’s legislated target for 43 per cent emissions reduction by 2030 at the federal election due by MayContinue Reading
It doesn’t rain. It pours. That’s no longer just an expression of frustration. It’s a truism. And the 20,000 people dead or missing in Libya is a warning of what could happen in our own backyards. For Libya, it’s not just a natural disaster. It’s an epic failure of preparation,Continue Reading
Rescue teams have arrived from Egypt, Tunisia, the UAE, Turkiye and Qatar. But the efforts are hindered by the political fractures in a country of 7 million people, at war on-and-off and with no government holding nationwide reach since a Nato-backed uprising toppled Muammar Gaddafi in 2011. An internationally recognisedContinue Reading
BENGHAZI: At least 150 people were killed when freak floods hit eastern Libya, officials said Monday, after storm “Daniel” swept the Mediterranean, its torrential rains earlier lashing Turkey, Bulgaria and Greece.Images filmed by residents of the Libyan disaster area showed massive mudslides, collapsed buildings and entire neighbourhoods submerged under muddyContinue Reading
On June 23, Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin ordered his convict mercenaries to march on Moscow. From that moment, he was doomed. CIA Director Bill Burns turned his hand to prophecy last month: “Putin is someone who generally thinks that revenge is a dish best served cold … in my experience,Continue Reading
CAIRO: Clashes between rival militias in the Libyan capital have left residents trapped in their homes unable to escape the violence, the country’s health ministry said Tuesday, in what appears to be the most intense bout of fighting to rock Tripoli this year. According to local media, fighting broke outContinue Reading
The recent revolt led by Yevgeny Prigozhin, the head of the notorious Russian mercenary group Wagner, has raised significant uncertainties about the future operations of the organisation in distant regions. For years, Wagner has been viewed as a formidable tool of Moscow’s influence, particularly in Syria and Africa, acting asContinue Reading