
Farah Abdurahman
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Aug 8, 2024 |
michaelwest.com.au | Michael Sainsbury |Michael Pascoe |Rex Patrick |Farah Abdurahman |Michael West
Families affected by Australia’s alleged war crimes in Afghanistan have been left destitute and a panel of UN experts says the government must compensate them immediately. A report led by judge Paul Brereton found evidence Australian soldiers had unlawfully killed 39 Afghans, with some tortured before their murders. Four years have passed since the findings were published and for some victims’ families it has been more than a decade since their loved ones were killed.
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Aug 8, 2024 |
michaelwest.com.au | Michael Sainsbury |Michael Pascoe |Rex Patrick |Farah Abdurahman |Michael West
Federal approval has been granted for transmission lines to link a clean energy zone to help power the equivalent of 1.8 million homes. The NSW transmission project approved by Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek on Thursday is expected to take some pressure off a state scrambling to replace coal-fired electricity.
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Aug 7, 2024 |
michaelwest.com.au | Michael Sainsbury |Michael Pascoe |Rex Patrick |Farah Abdurahman |Michael West
Reserve Bank of Australia governor Michele Bullock warns the board “will not hesitate to raise interest rates” if inflation proves more persistent than thought. Mirroring the assertive tone struck at Tuesday’s monetary policy meeting, the head of the central bank said inflation was “still too high” and services prices, such as rents and insurance, were proving “very sticky”.
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Aug 7, 2024 |
michaelwest.com.au | Michael Sainsbury |Michael Pascoe |Rex Patrick |Farah Abdurahman |Michael West
Tech shares led a selloff in stock markets around Asia, while the yen and US bonds rebounded, as global investors struggled to find their footing in a wild week for markets. Japan’s Nikkei share average was last down 1.0 per cent, having earlier slumped as much as 2.5 per cent, with chip-sector shares the biggest drag on the index. That left the Nikkei down more than 3.0 per cent for the week, following Monday’s 12.4 per cent plunge, despite the ensuing two-day rebound.
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Aug 7, 2024 |
michaelwest.com.au | Michael Sainsbury |Michael Pascoe |Rex Patrick |Farah Abdurahman |Michael West
Victims of war crimes in Afghanistan are owed compensation and Australia must pay them immediately, a panel of UN experts has urged. A report led by judge Paul Brereton found evidence Australian soldiers had unlawfully killed 39 Afghans, with some tortured before their murders. Four years have passed since the report’s publication, and for some victims’ families, it has been more than a decade since their loved ones were killed.
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