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Independent review of the Enhanced Regulatory Sandbox – Government response

Date07 September 2026 Australian GovernmentGovernment Response2026

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‘Advance safety for all’: International police cooperation helps tackle cross-border crime

Each 7 September, the UN marks the International Day of Police Cooperation, recognising the importance of international cooperation in supporting national law enforcement agencies.

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Coordinated action on clean air and climate change can net $15 for every dollar spent

The assessment by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) and the Climate and Clean Air Coalition (CC...

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Tobacco use can undermine fertility, UN health agency warns

“For all people who plan pregnancies, our message is, ‘Stop smoking, improve your health, improve your reproductive health as well,’” said Dr Kerstin Schotte, Medical Officer with WHO’s Tobacco Free Initiative. 

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‘This is not 1945’: General Assembly president gavels open new session aimed at restoring globa...

After officially receiving the iconic Icelandic wooden gavel from outgoing Assembly president Annalesa Baerbock,

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AI datacentres pose growing threat to electricity systems worldwide

Datacentre consumption is expected to almost double by 2030 – from 485 Terawatt-hours (TWh) in 2025 to 950 TWh by 2030, equivalent to three per cent of global demand, according to the intergovernmental International Energy Agency (IEA). Investment in datacentre infrastructure worldwid...

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Ships and seafarers increasingly caught in the crossfire of unrelated wars

Four regions – the Strait of Hormuz, the Red Sea, the waters off Somalia, and the Black Sea – are now simultaneously active theatres of danger, on a scale the shipping industry has not seen before.Vessels and seafarers are being trapped and attacked in conflicts that have nothing to d...

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New reservoir offers innovative solution to South Sudan cattle beef

The artificial lake is one of the latest outcomes of a quick impact project, initiated by the UN peacekeeping mission in South Sudan (UNMISS).While UNMISS is mandated by the

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Human rights chief Türk renews call for end to spiralling Sudan war

Now well into its fourth year, the war between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) has created a massive humanitarian emergency, with more than six million people displaced internally and another 4.5 million forced to seek shelter across Sudan’s bo...

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Ebola response in eastern DR Congo must include food assistance, WFP says

That’s the message from the World Food Programme (WFP), which is calling for greater international support for the population, particularly hungry people in remote areas far from lifesaving

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