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Election 2016: Labor drops support for $4.5b Schoolkids Bonus

Edit Sydney Morning Herald 26 May 2016
Shadow treasurer Chris Bowen has announced Labor will not restore the Gillard-era Schoolkids Bonus, axed by the Coalition with the support of Clive Palmer, marking a turnaround on the $4.5 billion policy they previously lauded ... When the government secured the abolition of the mining tax in September 2014 they also sought to axe related spending, including the welfare policy ... ....

Is this the world’s most radical mayor?

Edit The Guardian 26 May 2016
When Ada Colau was elected mayor of Barcelona, she became a figurehead of the new leftwing politics sweeping the country. The question she now faces is a vital one for the left across Europe – can she really put her ideas into practice?. by Dan Hancox ... “Before saying anything,” she began, “I’d just like to make one thing clear ... Related ... He and his fellow activists are campaigning for a total abolition of tourist flats in Barcelona ... ....

Japan: Abolition of capital punishment (Pax Christi International)

Edit Public Technologies 25 May 2016
(Source. Pax Christi International) ... The Council criticises the fact that arguments in favour of abolition are not openly discussed in Japan ... Read the appeal in and ... Original documenthttp.//www.paxchristi.net/news/japan-abolition-capital-punishment/6033 ... (noodl....

Statement by the Spokesperson on the execution of Patrick Gabaakanye in Botswana (European External Action Service)

Edit Public Technologies 25 May 2016
The European Union believes that the death penalty is a cruel and inhumane punishment and has consistently called for its universal abolition ... as a first step towards the universal abolition of death penalty....

Assam Cabinet decides to abolish inter-state check gates

Edit One India 25 May 2016
Guwahati, May 25. Abolition of inter-state check gates and keeping the Chief Minister's convoy to the minimum were some of the decisions taken at the first Cabinet meeting of the Sarbananda Sonowal-led BJP-AGP-BPF alliance government in Assam today. Stating that peoples ... ....

Reality Check: Does the EU mean cheaper roaming charges?

Edit BBC News 25 May 2016
The claim ... Reality Check verdict. It's fair for the EU to take credit for the abolition of roaming charges next year, but we can't say that if the UK left the EU that British consumers wouldn't still benefit from the deal, or that prices would go up ... And operators are free to lift tariffs. Read more ... ....

New Assam Cabinet decides to abolish check gates, reduce CM’s convoy

Edit Deccan Chronicle 25 May 2016
Guwahati. Abolition of inter-state check gates and keeping the Chief Minister's convoy to the minimum were some of the decisions taken at the first Cabinet meeting of the Sarbananda Sonowal-led BJP-AGP-BPF alliance government in Assam on Wednesday ... ....

The People did not vote for a suspension of Water Charges – Ó Caoláin (Sinn Féin)

Edit Public Technologies 25 May 2016
(Source. Sinn Féin). 25 May, 2016 - by Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin TD ... Deputy Ó Caoláin said however, that they did not vote for a suspension of charges, rather for their abolition. The Cavan-Monaghan TD said.. 'Since its initial proposal, the prospect of water charges has infuriated ordinary people the length and breadth of this country. People came together and revolted against this unjust tax and took to the streets in their tens of thousands....

Jailed Chinese Rights Activist in Second Week of Hunger Strike

Edit Voa News 25 May 2016
A prominent Chinese democracy activist who was jailed during a Communist Party crackdown on dissent has entered the second week of a hunger strike, according to his family ... Via his writings, Guo has demanded government reforms; abolition of all punishment by electric shock; improvement of the treatment of all political prisoners, and ratification of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights ... "President Xi and Premier Li....

Devolution is threatening future of UK, say peers

Edit The Guardian 25 May 2016
Lords committee says full fiscal autonomy for nations would break up union, but SNP dismisses report as irrelevant ... He subsequently warned that devolution was threatening the union ... “Peers live in a privileged, ermine-clad bubble with absolutely no accountability whatsoever and they might do better to debate their own abolition instead of hours wasted on how they think democracy will work better for the rest of us.”. ....

MORE GUNS Thomasson: Trump adds more guns to dangerous arsenal

Edit Richmond Times Dispatch 25 May 2016
For his trouble, Trump hopes to win millions of votes. For his trouble, the man who refused to drop his weapon won a bullet in the chest from the Secret Service and perhaps a chance to survive ... What Clinton really is aiming at is the abolition of the Second Amendment, he charged, an act that would leave average, law-abiding Americans defenseless in an increasingly violent society ... But as usual in these cases, no civilian acted ... ....

Members of Congress Urge DOJ to Fully Implement Human Trafficking Law (Ted Poe)

Edit Public Technologies 25 May 2016
(Source. Ted Poe). For Immediate Release. May 25, 2016. Contact. ... Coalition Against Trafficking and Exploitation; Coalition Against Trafficking in Women International; Courtney's House; The Covering House; Crisis Aid International; Demand Abolition; ECPAT-USA; Eastern North Carolina Stop Human Trafficking Now; Equality NOW; National Children's Alliance; Rights4Girls; Second Life Chattanooga; and Shared Hope International. ### ... (noodl....

Can Congress ever be relevant in India again?

Edit The National 25 May 2016
Yet again, and crucially for the second time in two years, a political obituary is being prepared for India's grand old party ... That may be an overstatement and it is certainly premature ... There is much that Congress still has to offer, not least its brand, which is rooted in the basic principles of inclusive growth, social justice, abolition of poverty and protecting the marginalised, including minorities, women, Dalits and tribals....
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