Governments

• 연방 항소 법원이 트럼프 행정부에 여러 지방 정부에 대한 연방 보조금 지급 재개를 명령했던 하급 법원의 가처분 결정을 뒤집었으며, 이로써 보류되었던 수십억 달러 규모의 자금 지원이 다시 가능해졌습니다. • 이번 결정은 행정부가 연방 보조금에 결부된 조건을 해석하는 방식을 둘러싼 분쟁에 따른 것으로, 도시들은 보조금 중단이 정치적 보복이라고 주장해 왔습니다. • 이번 판결은 향후 정부가 정책 준수 여부에 따라 지원을 조건부로 제공할 수 있는지에 영향을 미칠 수 있으며, 연방주의와 지방 자치에도 영향을 미칩니다.

NSW and Queensland governments ‘severely underdelivered’ on promised infrastructure to improve water flows, independent review findsGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastTwo state governments have drastically underdelivered more than $160m in infrastructure measures to improve river health in the northern Murray-Darling basin eight years since they were promised, a major independent review has found.This includes failure by the New South Wales government to secure any of the private land access needed to improve water flows over floodplains in the state’s Gwydir region where scientists had to scramble to rescue turtles in dried up wetlands last week. Continue reading...

Exclusive: Bulgaria, Croatia, Hungary, Italy and Slovakia actively pursue regressive policies, watchdog findsGovernments in five EU member states are “consistently and intentionally” eroding the rule of law, Europe’s leading civil liberties group has warned, while democratic standards are deteriorating in six more, including historically strong democracies.Drawing on evidence from more than 40 NGOs in 22 countries, the Civil Liberties Union for Europe (Liberties) described the governments of Bulgaria, Croatia, Hungary, Italy and Slovakia as “dismantlers” that were actively weakening the rule of law. Continue reading...

Rationing is not under consideration yet as hundreds of retailers report being without one or more types of fuelGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastPetrol stations are reporting a surge in demand of up to 25% in the last fortnight alone on top of already major spikes earlier in the Iran war as Anthony Albanese comes under pressure to devise a national plan to cushion Australia against the “biggest energy crisis in history”.The Australasian Convenience and Petroleum Marketers Association has revealed the scale of the demand on retailers, which has left hundreds of stations across the country without one or more types of fuel. Continue reading...