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October bank holiday: Gardaí arrest 218 drivers for driving under the influence | BreakingNews.ie

Over this bank holiday period, gardaí carried out over 880 mandatory intoxicant testing (MIT) checkpoints which led to over 218 arrests for driving under the influence of an intoxicant. 60 of those were detected between 7am on Monday and 7am yesterday. Throughout the October bank holiday weekend, an extensive Garda Roads Policing Operation was in […]

Can’t buy me love? China’s aid and the question of influence: part 2 – Devpolicy Blog from the Development Policy Centre

The previous blog looked at some studies of the relationship between China’s aid and its influence that posit a mediating role for domestic political institutions. Early empirical research suggests that this kind of analytic lens is relevant to the Pacific. This is a region that comprises countries with largely open — albeit in some cases […]

Can’t buy me love? China’s aid and the question of influence: Part 1 – Devpolicy Blog from the Development Policy Centre

The primary impetus for much of the contemporary focus on the relationship between Australia’s aid and its wider geopolitical goals has been the perceived increase in the use of various forms of development finance by China as a key part of Beijing’s own influence efforts, particularly those directed toward Australia’s Pacific Island Country neighbours. Indeed, […]

Australia news live: Victorian schools launch relationships course to counter influence of ‘toxic Andrew Tate types’; nation’s fertility rate at record low

Victorian students to learn to be less like Andrew Tate Caitlin Cassidy Victorian students will learn how to be less like male influencer Andrew Tate under a suite of resources responding to toxic masculinity. The respectful relationships resources, being rolled out to schools across the state, teach children how to recognise hate speech and coercive […]