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• Extra financiering voor het kostbare openbaar vervoerproject van 90 km, beloofd voorafgaand aan de verkiezingen van de staat in november. • De federale begroting zal nog eens $3,8 miljard bevatten voor de Suburban Rail Loop, het controversiële en kostbare openbaar vervoerproject van 90 km in Melbourne. • Premier Anthony Albanese zal de extra financiering aanstaande vrijdag aankondigen samen met de premier van Victoria, Jacinta Allan, voorafgaand aan de begroting van 12 mei en nu de vroege campagne voor de deelstaatverkiezingen in een stroomversnelling raakt.

Exclusive: 839,000 homes in urban areas face threat of surface-water flooding, with social housing tenants most vulnerable to costsEight in 10 of the homes that are at high risk of flooding in England are now in towns and cities, according to analysis by the National Housing Federation (NHF), which said social housing tenants are disproportionately vulnerable to the financial cost.Research found that 839,000 homes in urban areas are now classed as being at high risk of surface water flooding, a threefold increase since 2018. Continue reading...

Researchers believe behavioral gap, which may hold true across species, is probably product of less fear of harassment in cities Anyone who has lived long enough in a city can tell you – with time, you just stop noticing strange new things. A unicycling bagpiper. A person changing clothes on the subway. Murals that transform streets into tart.Coyotes in cities seem to be bolder as well and less afraid of new experiences. That’s according to a new study that researchers conducted at more than a dozen sites across the US, comparing urban and rural coyotes’ reaction to new stimuli. Continue reading...