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Australians choose hybrids over EVs as sales of conventional cars decline
Apr 16, 2024 - World 
Hybrids outsold pure electrics in the past three quarters, according to new figures, while petrol and diesel sales fell 8%Get our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastAustralians are choosing hybrid over electric vehicles, but sales of both continue to climb while internal combustion engines record a decline.Hybrids outsold EVs in three consecutive quarters with 95,129 sales – overtaking 69,593 EVs sold, according to the Australian Automobile Association’s quarterly EV Index released on Tuesday night. Continue reading...
Three of Australia’s wealthiest private schools got double the federal funding they were entitled to last year
Apr 16, 2024 - World
More than 1,000 private schools were overfunded by the commonwealth despite reforms to tackle itGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastThree of Sydney’s wealthiest private schools received double the federal funding they were entitled to last year under the official resource standard, new data shows, despite the introduction of reforms to tackle overfunding.Under the current school funding agreement, struck in 2019, the commonwealth is meant to contribute 80% of the Schooling Resource Standard (SRS) for private schools, while state and territory governments are responsible for the remaining 20%. The split is reversed for public schools. Continue reading...
Russia-Ukraine war: Zelenskiy signs new mobilisation law in effort to boost Ukraine’s exhausted forces – as it happened
Apr 16, 2024 - World
Kyiv brings in higher payments for volunteers and new punishments for draft dodgersWe have more in from Agence France-Presse (AFP) on the German chancellor Olaf Scholz’s visit to Beijing to meet China’s president, Xi Jinping (see earlier post at 08.46 for more details).Xi laid out what state media described as “four principles to prevent the Ukraine crisis from spiralling out of control and to restore peace”. Continue reading...
Indian police kill 29 suspected Maoist rebels in a gunbattle in a central state
Apr 16, 2024 - World 
Police in India say they killed at least 29 suspected Maoist rebels in the central state of Chhattisgarh
Venezuela closes embassy in Ecuador to protest raid on Mexican embassy there
Apr 16, 2024 - World
Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro has ordered the closure of his country’s embassy and consulates in Ecuador in solidarity with Mexico in its protest over a raid by Ecuadorian authorities on the Mexican embassy in Quito
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