• Peter Dutton's double standard: French 'Bollard Man' is given the Liberal leader's seal of approval to stay

    The Opposition Leader was asked about Muhammad Taha's hospital bed request as he stopped by Westfield in Bondi Junction to pay his respects.

  • Modular Reactors. Peter Dutton hasn't done his nuclear homework

    Is Peter Dutton’s proposed ‘rollout’ of modular nuclear reactors real policy or just politics? What research has he done to develop the policy? Not much, it seems

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    Federal government shares plan to build on federally-owned land

    Hamilton, Halton, Niagara and area news from CHCH - Hamilton, Halton, and Niagara news.. The federal government says it plans to lease and build on under-used federally-owned lands. The government says the plan is part of what it calls an “ambitous housing strategy” and part of the 2024 federal budget tabled this week. The federal lands can include post offices, government buildings, or an armoury. An armoury in Nova […]

  • Gov. Hochul, State Leaders Have Preliminary Agreement on State Budget

    Governor Kathy Hochul and New York legislative leaders have come to a preliminary agreement on the state budget. Hochul’s original proposed spending plan $233 billion would increase to $237 billion. However, voting on the plan is not expected until later this week. Hochul said the budget will include “the most comprehensive housing policy seen in […]

  • The Liberals, coal, and nuclear power

    In a famous 1963 speech, US civil rights leader, Martin Luther King Jr. said: ‘I have a dream that my…What to read next: Floating nuclear power plants make a compelling argument | Energising the Liberals | The Liberals and energy policy: only half-right | Coal: the missing link

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    Are you renting with no plans to buy? Here's what the federal budget has for you

    The federal government tabled its annual budget on Tuesday with a promise to open the door to homeownership for millennial and Gen Z renters. You’ll have to read the fine print to find measures for young renters who can’t buy a home — or just don’t want to.

  • Scottish leader scraps coalition deal with Greens

    The leader of the pro-independence Scottish National Party on Thursday ended a coalition deal with the Greens, leaving him facing fresh pressure as the head of a minority government in Edinburgh. The announcement by First Minister Humza Yousaf came a week after the devolved government abandoned an ambitious climate pledge,

  • McAllen presses needs to state transportation leaders

    MISSION — “We’re not the sleepy little cities we used to be, especially the McAllen area, Pharr (and) Mission. We keep growing. It’s amazing what’s going on,” McAllen Mayor Javier Villalobos said amidst a gaggle of local officials on Monday.

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    NDP leader reacts to 2024 federal budget

    Hamilton, Halton, Niagara and area news from CHCH - Hamilton, Halton, and Niagara news.. Still trending here in Canada is the federal budget after it was tabled by the Liberals in the House of Commons on Thursday. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is accusing the Conservatives of siding with multi-millionaires and standing against fairness, after the Tories said they won’t support the proposed budget. In it, the Liberals included a […]

  • Local, federal leaders celebrate regional infrastructure projects

    LA VILLA — Years in the making. That’s how officials described two major infrastructure projects that were unveiled in eastern Hidalgo County this week.

  • Letter: Do Pennsylvania leaders care about state’s people?

    Editor: You recently published several good articles demonstrating how little our state government cares about Pennsylvania’s citizens. Our Legislature passed Act 12, allowing municipal governments to receive substantial cash windfalls by abandoning their responsibilities for their water/sewage facilities and burdening residents with outrageously high rates, which the Public Utility Commission consistently allows to escalate. Why? […]

  • Nuclear threat looms as global leaders' failure exposed

    Far from being voices for peace, we are seeing some national governments across the world exposed as being complicit in, and even backers of, state aggression, while the silence of others has been deafening. Across the world conflicts continue to rage and while billions can be found to fund state-of-the art weaponry and help nations tool up and kill, it seems there is little funding and less appetite for addressing looming famines in Gaza, Sudan, Yemen, Somalia and elsewhere. The charity Oxfam...