A cow waits in a paddock after milking on a farm near Oxford, New Zealand. New Zealand exports 95 per cent of its dairy products, and is challenging Canada’s protection of its dairy market.
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New Zealand is accusing Canada of undercutting its commitments under the Comprehensive and Progressive Trans Pacific Partnership on dairy. Canada’s problem is that New Zealand’s case is strong.
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Winning the election might be the easy part for Labor compared to weaning Australia off fossil fuel exports. But it must be done.
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How the government contracts and pays suppliers in a pandemic demands transparency and strict standards. Some say New Zealand can do better.
Corporations are increasingly calling on governments to act on climate change, even if it doesn’t benefit them.
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Research suggests that corporate leaders can be encouraged to lobby for climate action by personally experiencing the effects of climate change.
Owen Paterson resigned as an MP following the scandal over his lobbying activities.
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Paterson has now resigned but the damage caused by MPs voting to block an independent decision has already been done.
Owen Paterson MP arriving for a Privy Council meeting at the Cabinet Office in 2018.
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The Conservative MP has resigned after a chaotic 24 hours and a deeply controversial parliamentary vote.
AMA president Dr Omar Khorshid (centre) has been a regular commentator, lobbyist and advocate during the pandemic.
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The AMA has shaped some important decisions in the pandemic, but it’s not always clear how its power is used.
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Explaining the organisations and laws that are supposed to govern the link between money and influence.
European Commission headquarters in Brussels, Belgium.
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Rising protectionism has the potential to have major negative effects on many European companies, yet firms have been largely absent from the public conversation. Why?
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The former prime minister didn’t break any rules in his relations with Greensill – because the rules hardly exist.
Power to the platforms.
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David Cameron’s work for Greensill highlights just some of the problems with current UK regulation on lobbying
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If the lessons of second wave feminism are any guide, Australian women now need to not only get angry, they need to get organised.
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It may have seemed the platforms were taking a confident stance by appealing to Australian users directly. But really, it was a delayed and panic-based reaction.
Big Tech reacted to the Capitol riot by shutting down one of Trump’s supporters’ favorite social media apps.
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Apple, Twitter and other tech companies were able to unilaterally shut down much of Trump’s communication infrastructure. That’s a lot of power.
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Humanity is destroying Earth’s ability to support complex life. But coming to grips with the magnitude of the problem is hard, even for experts.
Fishermen on the shore by decommissioned oil rigs in Port Aransas, Texas (March 11, 2019).
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Republicans claim that Biden’s clean-energy program would mean massive job losses in the oil-and-gas sector. The figures cited are not supported by the facts.
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By combining plastic waste with durian wood sawdust, we may have found a way to slow the rise of plastic pollution in Indonesia.
Government should be held accountable for its role in addressing obesity and diet-related diseases, such as type 2 diabetes, in South Africa.
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The food industry’s tactics are designed to reduce the likelihood of the government adopting global recommendations to tackle obesity.
Protesters rally to have Colorado’s then-incoming governor put an up-to-nine-month moratorium on oil and gas development.
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Millions of dollars are spent every election by corporations that want to influence state regulations and policies, and that’s likely to continue in the upcoming election.
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Our environmental laws work in the favour of mining interests – even when the industry itself claims otherwise.