The Beat World Wildlife Day Tomorrow is World Wildlife Day, and the UN Office of Drugs and Crime cut straight to the chase by highlighting the destructive effects of wildlife trafficking. After drugs, people and …
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The Beat Ice on the airwaves There’s interesting discussion this week in light of Ice Wars, ABC’s provocative TV series. While acknowledging the impressive and compassionate police work on display, many pundits find the show’s …
The Beat UN and INTERPOL forge ties This week the United Nations adopted a resolution calling for strengthened cooperation between the UN and INTERPOL. The resolution focuses on collaboration to tackle terrorism, preventing foreign fighter …
We’ve recently seen the first jihadist terrorist attack in Manhattan since 9/11, after a bomb injured 29 people in Chelsea and several other devices were found in neighbouring blocks and in New Jersey. But it …
Touring flood-affected Tasmania in June this year, Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull warned that natural disasters will become more severe as climate change worsens. He emphasised the need for greater mitigation measures: ‘we have to be …