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CNN reports that the US has named the ongoing operation against Houthi in Yemen “Operation Poseidon Archer, suggesting a more organized and potentially long-term approach." New Zealand has joined it - cue the slippery slope.

Hot on the heels of the Government's walk back from the previous Government's smoke free policies is the disclosure that the Government is considering halting increases to excise duties on tobacco. And the Government tried to hide this.

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The Cairns Post

The Cairns Post

A child is among a group of people stranded on the roof of a remote hospital after ex-Tropical Cyclone Jasper caused record flooding in far north Queensland...

Cairns is now an island in Far North Queensland, with roads blocked to the north, south and west as it endures the worst flooding in more than 100 years.

Some residents in far north Queensland have had to climb onto their roofs to await rescue as heavy rain from ex-tropical cyclone Jasper causes record flooding in the region.

Attempts to rescue those trapped on hospital roof being thwarted by continuous rain that is stopping helicopters attending