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Traumatic brain injury, dementia, learning disabilities and experiences of mental distress can affect a person’s decision-making. The Government has asked for a review on how the law should respond when an adult’s decision-making is affected.

Https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CHJKKsOHtAkWhy were climate models so wrong about 2023? Neil deGrasse Tyson learns about why 2023 was hotter than we expected it to be and what effects need to be factored into future climate modeling with climatologist at NASA Goddard Institute, Gavin Schmidt.

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The Māori Land Court recently released a practice note in regard to lending on Māori freehold land - whenua Māori. The note provides guidance to assist landowners, lawyers and the banking sector with lending against Māori freehold land. As we noted ...

INTRODUCTION Food security has been defined as a situation in which “all people, at all times have physical and economic access to sufficient, safe and nutritious food that meets the dietary needs and food preferences for an active and healthy life.”[1] Thus, the four dimensions of food security include the physical availability of food, i.e.

Reducing emissions is only part of the climate story: we must also plan for how we adapt to the impacts of climate change.

Australia's National Adaptation Plan: Navigating Climate Change Challenges and Building Resilience...

Reducing emissions is only part of the story. Australia must also plan for adapting to the impacts of climate change.

The Department of Transport back in October launched 'A review of the National Ports Policy' which consists of a two-part consultation process...