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NSW police felt they had to escort former Prime Minister John Howard through a boisterous protest of Union workers opposed to the Fair Work Commission's (FWC) decision to cut Sunday penalty rates.
Government - Ellis Quits Labor Frontbench
Senior federal Labor MP Kate Ellis of Adelaide has stepped down from the party's frontbench and will not contest her seat, leaving politics at the next election.
World AM News Briefs For Thursday, 9 March 2017
Good Morning Australia!! - Horror in Guatemala at a home for abused teens - The estranged Kim family introduces a new North Korean rebel group - The UN apparently isn't going to back up its own Human Rights report - And more in your CareerSpot Global News Briefs:
Green, Finance - HSBC Backs Away From Deforestation
Europe's largest bank HSBC is cutting its ties to palm oil companies destroying forests and peatlands. This comes after Greenpeace linked it to plantation companies destroying the forests of Indonesia, the world's top producer of palm oil.
Logistics, ICT - Amazon's Out Of This World Ambitions
The money behind the global online retailing giant Amazon is looking to add space to its logistics portfolio.
World AM News Briefs For Wednesday, 8 March 2017
Good Morning Australia!! It's International Women's Day, but don't worry.. doofus men are still screwing up everything they touch - Maybe your TV really is spying on you - Trump is reportedly prying into the lives of reporters - Is an Asian arms race beginning? - George Michael's cause of death is released - And more in your CareerSpot Global News Briefs:
Government - North Korea And Malaysia Ramp Up Tensions
Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak says Pyongyang is "effectively holding our citizens hostage" by barring them from leaving North Korea. In retaliation, the Razak government has ordered all North Koreans from leaving Malaysia.
World AM News Briefs For Tuesday, 7 March 2017
Good Morning Australia!! - Is the US deliberately screwing with a prominent critic of Donald Trump? - The UN Security Council will meet on North Korea's latest missile launch - The "black magic" murder of a little girl prompts arrests - And more in your CareerSpot Global News Briefs:
Health, Government - Aussies Pay More For Prescription Drugs
Australian patients pay 3.7 times the international average for prescription drugs, according to a report from the Grattan Institute. Because of this, many Australians are forced to delay critical medical treatment because of cost.
Health, Green - Pollution Kills 1.7 Million Kids Per Year
Pollution and the diseases it often causes are responsible for the deaths of 1.7 million children around the world every year, according to the UN World Health Organization (WHO).
Health - Liver Transplant Pioneer Dies
The American surgeon who pioneered the Liver Transplant procedure in 1963 and later devoted his life to perfecting it has died.
World AM News Briefs For Monday, 6 March 2017
Good Morning Australia!! - The White House tries to weasel out of Trump's latest delusion - Israel wants to make it easier to smoke weed.. Wait, what? Israel? Seriously? - China lowers expectations - And more in your CareerSpot Global News Briefs:
World News Briefs For Sunday, 5 March 2017
Hello Australia!! - Trump levels baseless accusations against Obama - A big change is in store for Northern Ireland - A weekend without football? - And more in your CareerSpot Global News Briefs:
World News Briefs For Saturday, 4 March 2017
Hello Australia!! - A really great reason for the separation of Church and State - Astounding hypocrisy from Trump's Vice President - Police arrest a suspect in a small slice of the anti-Semitism plaguing the US - And more in your CareerSpot Global News Briefs:
Finance, Energy, Government - Save Money With Public Power Grid
A prominent economist says Australia's experiment with the privatized National Electricity Market has been a failure, and the government needs to buy back the nation's electricity grid.
Finance - Bitcoin Value Passes Gold
Long the financial refuge of Libertarians, conspiracy theorists, and dark web ne'er-do-wells, the digital currency Bitcoin has reached new heights by surpassing the per-unit value of Gold for the first time.
World AM News Briefs For Friday, 3 March 2017 (UPDATED!)
Good Morning Australia!! - New problems at Manus Island - BREAKING NEWS, America's Top Cop addresses accusations that he hid secret contacts with the Russians - How an Aussie company "inspired" the winning float at the Rio Carnival parade - And more in your CareerSpot Global News Briefs:
Government - Call For UN Investigation Into Papua Abuses
Seven Pacific Island nations are asking the United Nations to investigate alleged human rights abuses in Indonesia's Papua and West Papua provinces.
ICT, Executive - Yahoo CEO Gets Pay Docked
The top attorney for the once-mighty Silicon Valley giant Yahoo is taking the fall for the company's failures surrounding two record-setting hacks of customer data. And the CEO is losing more than AU$15 Million in compensation.
Government - Dems Demand Trump AG Resign
Top Democrats are calling on US Attorney General Jeff Sessions to resign after The Washington Post reported that Mr. Sessions failed to disclose two meetings with the Russian ambassador during his confirmation hearings.
World AM News Briefs For Thursday, 2 March 2017
Good Morning Australia!! - Trump's is smaller than Obama's - Madrid protects kids from a right-wing campaign - Was an Ebola hero abandoned by her own comrades? - And more in your CareerSpot Global News Briefs: