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Pauline Hanson claims Brisbane councillor racially vilified her by calling One Nation ‘racist’ | Queensland politics newsthirst.

Pauline Hanson has threatened to take Emily Kim, a Brisbane city councillor to the Human Rights Commission, claiming racial vilification for Kim describing One Nation as “racist”. Kim, a Labor councillor received a letter from Hanson’s legal representative Donald Bundesen by email on 25 October, the day before Queensland’s state election. It referenced a campaign…

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Trump victory deals latest severe blow to a struggling Germany newsthirst.

Olaf Scholz, Germany’s chancellor, during a news conference at the Chancellery in Berlin, Germany, on Monday, Nov. 4, 2024. Krisztian Bocsi | Bloomberg | Getty Images Donald Trump’s election as U.S. President could mark yet another major blow for the struggling German economy. Germany narrowly, and unexpectedly, skirted a technical recession in the third quarter,…

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Trump likely to uphold CHIPS Act despite his campaign rhetoric, experts say newsthirst.

Illustration of the China and U.S. flag on a central processing unit. Blackdovfx | Istock | Getty Images President-elect Donald Trump is unlikely to roll back the Biden administration’s CHIPS and Science Act, despite his campaign rhetoric on the bill, experts say.  The legislation, which provides incentives for chipmakers to set up manufacturing in the…

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Tanni Grey-Thompson to lead taskforce on air travel for disabled passengers | Disability newsthirst.

The Paralympic champion Tanni Grey-Thompson is to lead a new taskforce created to improve air travel for disabled passengers, the transport secretary, Louise Haigh, has announced. The taskforce will spend nine months speaking to disabled passengers to establish what are the biggest barriers to air travel, and working with the aviation industry to find short-…

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