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The House of Representatives recently approved the report and recommendations of the Joint Select Committee on the Firearms (Prohibition, Restriction and Regulation) Act (2022). The Report outlines the recommended changes to the Bill, following th

A Hackney football executive has described needing to console his team’s Black players in the aftermath of Euro 2020.

The simple truth is that a legislation-first approach to establishing a Voice without constitutional protection is bad policy. And it is not true to the Uluru Statement.

Lawmakers negligent not to criminalise coercive control, say psychiatrists TueTuesday 23 updated TueTuesday 23 FebFebruary 2021 at 6:21am Consultant Psychiatrist, Dr Karen Williams warns law makers they would be negligent not to criminalise coercive control. ( Print text only Cancel The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists has become the first medical college to offer its support for the introduction of coercive control legislation in New South Wales. Key points: RANZCP has...

Independent senator to BIR: Change culture of indiscipline Sunday 21 February 2021 Members of the public wait to enter the Inland Revenue Division, Government Plaza, Port of Spain. File photo - INDEPENDENT SENATOR Hazel Thompson-Ahye took the Board of Inland Revenue (BIR) to task on Friday saying that the culture of indiscipline at the agency would negatively affect its ability to process taxes which would ease doing business in TT. The senator spoke during the fourth meeting of the Joint Sele...

One of the big gripes of the farmers agitation against the new agricultural laws is the way they were passed. Armed with a 303-strong brute majority in the Lok Sabha, not even a pretense of discussion was offered before the 3 bills became laws in September, this year. There was no attempt to engage with farmers organizations. In the Rajya Sabha, where the Modi government was not sure of a majority, the bills were passed in September with a voice vote ignoring demands by the Opposition for a div...

Maharashtra: Draft Shakti Bill sent to Joint Select Committee of Maharashtra Assembly ANI | Updated: Dec 15, 2020 23:16 IST Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], December 15 (ANI): The Maharashtra government on Tuesday sent the draft Shakti Bill, pertaining to the prevention of incidents of violence and atrocities against women and children in Maharashtra, to a joint select committee of both houses of Maharashtra Assembly. While speaking to the media, Home Minister...