Peter Dutton’s push to axe DEI public service positions ‘straight from the Donald Trump playbook’ | Australia news newsthirst.

The opposition leader, Peter Dutton, has foreshadowed the axing of diversity and inclusion positions in the public service as part of wider cuts to the commonwealth bureaucracy if he wins the federal election. The main public sector union said the idea was straight out of the playbook of the US president, Donald Trump, who has…

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Apple to pay $95m to settle claims Siri listened to users’ private conversations | Apple newsthirst.

Apple has agreed to pay $95m in cash to settle a proposed class-action lawsuit claiming that its voice-activated assistant Siri violated users’ privacy, listening to them without their consent. iPhone owners complained that Apple routinely recorded their private conversations after they activated Siri unintentionally, and disclosed these conversations to third parties such as advertisers. A…

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Mixed ruling leaves Missouri abortion rights in limbo despite ballot measure | Missouri newsthirst.

More than two months after Missouri residents voted to add abortion rights into their state constitution and overturn the state’s ban on the procedure, abortions have not yet resumed in Missouri – and it’s not clear when they will, according to a key Planned Parenthood official in the region. The day after the election, Missouri…

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Norway apologises to Sámi, Forest Finns and Kvens for forced assimilation policy | Norway newsthirst.

The Norwegian parliament has apologised unreservedly to minority groups and Indigenous people for more than a century of historical injustices committed against them as part of its “Norwegianisation” policy. The forced assimilation policy – which included state-run boarding schools that banned minority languages and the forced relocation of whole villages – pursued by Norwegian authorities…

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First Nations to fight for billions in treaty payments in Canadian court | Canada newsthirst.

A group of First Nations in Canada is turning to the courts in the hope of securing billions of dollars in compensation, after accusing the government of failing to engage in “meaningful negotiations” for money owed under a 175-year-old treaty. “The governments’ refusal to come to grips with their treaty obligations has continued 175 years…

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