Australia

Prime Minister Jeremy Rockliff to introduce bill to restore 35 seats in Tasmania’s lower house

Tasmanian Prime Minister Jeremy Rockliff says his government will introduce a bill in the state parliament to restore the state House of Assembly to 35 seats before the end of this year. Key points: The number of members of the Tasmanian House of Assembly was reduced to 25 in the 1990s. There has long been …

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Social media shares drop $ 233 billion in one day as Snapchat becomes canary in coal mine

Shares of social media on Wall Street lost $ 165 billion ($ 233 billion) in one-day trading after a disastrous earnings warning from Snapchat’s parent company. Shares of Snap fell more than 40 percent on Tuesday and reached their lowest level since March 2020, just after the COVID-19 pandemic hit the United States. The company …

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Drug driver who killed a respected doctor while riding a bike in Henley Beach to spend at least four years behind bars

An “aggressive” motorcyclist will spend more than four years behind bars for killing a cyclist while driving under the influence of “a cocktail of illicit drugs”. Key points: Darren James White hit cyclist Byron Gordon in Henley Beach on New Year’s Day 2021 White was drugged at the time His sentence is 5 years, 4 …

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NASA scientists at Katherine next week to observe a rare astronomical event

A NASA-funded team of scientists and astronomers will descend on Katherine next week to witness the “once in a lifetime” astronomical event of Pluto’s stellar occultation, with the best place in the world to see it right north of the city. . A stellar occultation, similar to a solar eclipse, in this case will occur …

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