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Thu Nov 17 2016- Former Minister slams ICAC as Government passes overhaul ICAC overhaul passes ICAC overhaul passes NSW Parliament; Mike Gallacher savages 'discredited' watchdog [Source: ABC]
- Australia dubbed 'fossil of the day' after lobbying for coal mine at climate talks Australia has used a summit on reducing greenhouse gas emissions to lobby the US energy minister in support of the development of one of the world’s largest coalmines. The move, by the Australian environment and energy minister, Josh Frydenberg, at the Marrekech meeting, won Australia the “fossil of the day” award, announced daily by the Climate Action Network to the countries that perform the worst at UN climate talks.[Source: The Guardian]
- Conwoman who pretended to be barrister, Wonderbra model, heiress and cancer victim jailed for five years A “ruthless” conwoman who pretended to be a barrister, a Wonderbra model, a wealthy heiress, a dying cancer victim and even Heston Blumenthal’s “design guru” has been jailed for an “extraordinary” catalogue of frauds. [Source: Telegraph (UK)]
Trump may be impeached, says law professor Even though Donald Trump is yet to be sworn in as the 45th president of the United States of America, there’s already talk of impeaching him. [Source: Australiasian Lawyer]
Stamina trousers and Aeroplane jelly: 200 years of Australian advertising – in pictures - Need a short break? Take a look at some of the best Australian advertisements from the last 200 years [Source: The Guardian]