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Baffling Chinese Darwin port deal must be scuttled We’re sorry, this service is currently unavailable. Please try again later. Dismiss May 4, 2021 — 12.10am Normal text size Credit:Fairfax Media I am no military or defence expert, just an ordinary Australian who, like most of us, believe that the port of Darwin should never have been leased to a Chinese company (“Defence reviews Darwin port deal,” May 3). Nor do I believe that 50 per cent of the port of Newcastle should have been sold t...

Staff Writers Reveal Final 7-Round Mock Draft Dallas Cowboys DallasCowboys.com FRISCO, Texas - At last, the NFL Draft is finally here. Weve waited several months for this day and the Cowboys will finally get to add to their team Thursday night, slotted for the No. 10 overall pick. While Jerry Jones even admitted this week that hes anxious for the phone to ring in the War Room, meaning hes open to a trade, the Cowboys currently have 10 picks for this draft. In what has turned into an annual pro...

Copied! By now, just about every player other than a quarterback has been linked to the Cowboys and this No. 10 overall pick. If you look at the mock drafts – and theres plenty of them out there – the majority of them have the Cowboys taking a cornerback with their first pick. Most of those picks include Alabamas Patrick Surtain, who is undoubtedly the favorite to land in Dallas. As we get closer to Thursdays draft, were passing on the question of "what will the Cowboys do" and fo...

Copied! FRISCO, Texas – At last, the NFL Draft is finally here. Weve waited several months for this day and the Cowboys will finally get to add to their team Thursday night, slotted for the No. 10 overall pick. While Jerry Jones even admitted this week that hes anxious for the phone to ring in the War Room, meaning hes open to a trade, the Cowboys currently have 10 picks for this draft. In what has turned into an annual process, the DallasCowboys.com staff writers have put together ...

Environment Southland has begun winter grazing monitoring flights across the province. Southland farmers appear to be preparing well for winter grazing this year, and staff only have a few farms to follow up with after a monitoring flight last week, Environment Southland chief executive Rob Phillips says. “We have six paddocks to follow up by our land sustainability team and there are three direct compliance issues, which will be followed by directly by the compliance team. Not all of these...

PM wastes millions yet crucifies Holgate over $20,000 We’re sorry, this service is currently unavailable. Please try again later. Dismiss April 16, 2021 — 12.06am Save Normal text size Credit: Can I suggest to our Prime Minister that for all his outrage over Christine Holgate’s spend, $20,000 is just a drop in the ocean when compared to his governments misuse of taxpayers’ money (“Government hits back at Holgate’s claims over exit”, April 15)? Where does on...

Claims highly toxic waste buried at Tiwai Pt aluminium smelter 5 Apr, 2021 08:03 PM 10 minutes to read Tiwai Point. Photo / RNZ, Nate McKinnon RNZ By Phil Pennington for RNZ Investigators are looking into claims highly toxic waste has been buried in unmapped sites at the Tiwai Pt aluminium smelter. This includes spent cell liner (SCL) waste that contains cyanide and toxic fluoride, and is banned from being buried untreated in both the US and Australia. Read More Advertisement "Former staff of t...

Tiwai Point. File photo Photo: RNZ / Nate McKinnon This includes spent cell liner (SCL) waste that contains cyanide and toxic fluoride, and is banned from being buried untreated in both the US and Australia. The warning last October from the compliance section of the regional council Environment Southland is in documents released to RNZ under the OIA. "Former staff of the smelter report burying of spent cell linings or contaminated material in various parts of the Tiwai site," said the report ...

• Source:  Investigators are looking into claims highly toxic waste has been buried in unmapped sites at Tiwai Point aluminium smelter. Source: 1 NEWS By Phil Pennington of rnz.co.nz This includes spent cell liner (SCL) waste that contains cyanide and toxic fluoride, and is banned from being buried untreated in both the US and Australia. The warning last October from the compliance section of the regional...

Mon Mar 08, 2021 at 10:03pm ET Bravo producer Jill Goslicky has spoken out on the authenticity of Below Deck Sailing Yacht. Pic credit: Bravo The new season of Below Deck Sailing Yacht has just begun. However, fans are already asking if Below Deck Sailing Yacht is scripted. Just like with Below Deck and Below Deck Mediterranean, the authenticity of the sailing installment in the Bravo franchise has been questioned. After all, reality television doesn’t always depict reality as much as viewers...