‘Clearly an industry win’: concern over leaked classified document on NSW pokies reform

Government urged to dismiss recommendations, including unchanged poker machine operating hours

The New South Wales government has been urged to dismiss recommendations from senior members of an independent panel on gambling reform before they are even finalised. These include what has been described as a “ridiculous” call for poker machine operating hours to remain unchanged.

A leaked confidential report by the panel’s executive committee, titled “draft roadmap for gaming reform”, also details how gamblers would still be able to anonymously use poker machines until 2028.

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Second Melbourne teen, Holly Bowles, dies after a suspected methanol poisoning in Laos

The 19-year-old’s death comes as Vang Vieng’s tourism police says manager and owner of Nana backpacker hostel taken in for questioning

A second Australian teenager, Holly Bowles, has died after suspected methanol poisoning in Laos, it has been confirmed.

The 19-year-old’s death comes just one day after her friend Bianca Jones also died in a Thai hospital. The pair had been travelling through Laos together and fell ill a week ago.

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UAE urges countries to honour fossil fuels vow amid Cop29 impasse

Petrostate’s rebuke comes as Saudi Arabia and allies try to derail transition promise made at climate talks last year

The world must stand behind a historic resolution made last year to “transition away from fossil fuels”, the United Arab Emirates has said, in a powerful intervention into a damaging row over climate action.

The petrostate’s stance will be seen as as a sharp rebuke to its neighbour and close ally Saudi Arabia, which had been trying to unpick the global commitment at UN climate talks in Azerbaijan this week.

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Katy Perry wins appeal in trademark legal case against Sydney fashion label Katie Perry

Australian designer says she is devastated and heartbroken by US singer’s successful appeal, adding ‘trademark isn’t worth the paper it’s printed on’

International popstar Katy Perry has had a court win in her long-running trademark battle with an Australian fashion designer over her Katie Perry trademark loungewear.

Sydney designer Katie Jane Taylor, who sells clothes under her birth name Katie Perry , sued the singer in October 2019 because the performer was selling her own merchandise.

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ICC issues arrest warrants for Netanyahu, Gallant and Hamas commander – BBC.com

  1. ICC issues arrest warrants for Netanyahu, Gallant and Hamas commander  BBC.com
  2. Fetterman says 'F--- that' amid bipartisan backlash over arrest warrants targeting Israel's Netanyahu, Gallant  Fox News
  3. ICC Issues Arrest Warrants for Netanyahu and Gallant: Israel-Hamas War Live Updates  The New York Times
  4. Warrants put Israeli PM and others in a small group of leaders accused of crimes against humanity  The Associated Press
  5. Netanyahu: International Criminal Court is 'biased' and 'enemy of humanity'  Sky News
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