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Scientists point to loopholes in new legislation that have been closed under European Union regulationsNew rules intended to reduce the use of antibiotics in farming in the UK have been criticised as too lax and weaker than their equivalent under EU laws.The updated regulations come into force on Friday. They ban the routine use of antibiotics on farm animals, and specifically their use to “compensate for poor hygiene, inadequate animal husbandry, or poor farm management practices”. Continue reading…



Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/may/17/post-brexit-rules-on-antibiotic-use-on-farms-water-down-eu-laws-experts-say

Author : Fiona Harvey Environment editor

Publish date : 2024-05-17 04:00:27

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Foreign affairs minister says continued transfer of weapons is a ‘flagrant violation’ of United Nations Security Council resolutionsGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastShorten and Dutton clash over reduced migrationEarlier this morning the NDIS minister, Bill Shorten, and the opposition leader, Peter Dutton, clashed over Dutton’s promise to reduce Australia’s migration intake in his budget reply speech last night.Well, Bill, a couple of points. One is that we say that, in the first year, 40,000 homes will be freed up. That includes the numbers who would be bidding at auctions this weekend against Australian citizens.If the government had have adopted our policy over a five-year period, you would free up 325,000 homes. So the number of people who are foreign citizens, who are buying houses in our country is low, but nonetheless it contributes to an overall shortage of housing in our country. Continue reading…



Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2024/may/17/australia-politics-live-budget-reply-cost-of-living-renting-vacancies-interest-rates-domestic-violence-future-made

Author : Rafqa Touma now, Martin Farrer earlier

Publish date : 2024-05-17 00:35:55

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The behavior, documented in footage from researcher Chris Law, is most seen in females and sheds light on the threatened speciesFloating on its back in the waters of California’s Monterey Bay, a sea otter takes a shelled animal and strikes it against a rock sitting on its chest to break open the prey.This behavior, documented in footage from researcher Chris Law, is seen in relatively few animals and allows the otter to access food without damaging its teeth. A new study, which will be published in the journal Science on Friday, sheds light on the threatened species’ tactics. Continue reading…



Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/may/16/sea-otters-prey-teeth

Author : Dani Anguiano in Los Angeles

Publish date : 2024-05-16 19:48:11

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