#Government policy

Articles (11)

• 🇬🇧 Queensland government backflips on plan to contest all native title claims — 17/03/2026 [United Kingdom]

  <p>The policy reversal came after a federal court judge asked the government to explain why it had stopped negotiating with Cape York traditional owners</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian....

  Related: #Indigenous rights
• 🇺🇸 ChatGPT, Other Chatbots Approved for Official Use in the Senate — 10/03/2026 [USA]

  New guidelines said Senate aides could use A.I. tools for official work, including research, drafting and editing documents, and preparing briefings and talking points for lawmakers.

  Related: #Technology adoption, #AI ethics
• 🇺🇸 OpenAI pushes to add surveillance safeguards following Pentagon deal — 05/03/2026 [USA]

  Sam Altman’s start-up planning additional protections as it implements the agreement hastily announced on Friday

  Related: #AI surveillance, #National security, #Corporate ethics
• 🇺🇸 Why is HMRC making tax so diabolical? — 28/02/2026 [USA]

  April’s Making Tax Digital launch will instead Make Tax Difficult

  Related: #Taxation, #Digital transformation, #Small business, #Economic impact
• 🇬🇧 Teaching union claims extra £4bn for Send overhaul just ‘drop in bucket’ compared with what’s needed – UK politics live — 23/02/2026 [United Kingdom]

  <p>Full details of government plans to be published this morning with reforms partly driven by move to contain soaring costs</p><p>Good morning. Of <a href="https://news.sky.com/story/every-labour-u-t...

  Related: #Education funding, #Special needs support
• 🇬🇧 Minister says children in England will get support more quickly under Send overhaul — 22/02/2026 [United Kingdom]

  <p>Bridget Phillipson defends changes, saying the government is ‘not taking away support’ from children</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2026/feb/22/uk-education-ehcp-a...

  Related: #Education reform, #Special needs support
• 🇬🇧 Starmer 'appeasing' big tech firms, says online safety campaigner — 20/02/2026 [United Kingdom]

  Baroness Kidron tells the BBC the PM has being "late to the party" in regulating social media.

  Related: #Tech regulation, #Online safety, #Child protection
• 🇬🇧 ‘They’re not listening!’: the government’s gamble on special education reform – podcast — 20/02/2026 [United Kingdom]

  <p>Political correspondent Alexandra Topping and special educational needs student Jake with his mum, Laura, explore the government’s controversial plans for reform</p><p>Next week, the government is ...

  Related: #Education reform, #Disability rights
• 🇺🇸 City leaders are sabotaging parks and nature spots across L.A. — 18/02/2026 [USA]

  The city's park system has fallen from 19th to 90th place among the top 100 cities in the U.S. in just five years.

  Related: #Urban development, #Environmental conservation
• 🇺🇸 Kristi Noem's use of Coast Guard resources for deportations raises tension in the military branch — 17/02/2026 [USA]

  WASHINGTON — Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem’s relationship with U.S.

  Related: #Immigration enforcement, #Military resources
• 🇺🇸 Canada approves plan to move beluga whales slated for euthanasia to U.S. — 27/01/2026 [USA]

  Canada's last captive whales have received a reprieve from death after the Canadian government conditionally approved a plan to export them to the U.S.

  Related: #Animal welfare, #Marine captivity