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The Australian government said on Saturday it was lodging a formal complaint with the World Trade Organization over China's imposition of anti-dumping duties on Australian wine exports, escalating further the trade standoff with Beijing.
"The government will continue to vigorously defend the interests of Australian wine makers using the established system in the WTO to resolve our differences," Dan Tehan, minister for trade, tourism and investment, said in a joint press release with the Agriculture Minister David Littleproud.
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Read more: Australia complaining to World Trade Organization about China's wine tariffs
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The Government's attempt to lower the prices of electric vehicles may have backfired already.
From next month, rebates will be offered on new EVs, but Kiwi importers say that could be cancelled out because their suppliers overseas are raising prices, anticipating a surge in demand.
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Read more: Concerns EV subsidy could be cancelled out as overseas suppliers raise prices
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Camera company Canon has installed an artificial intelligence (AI) system in a Chinese office that only allows access if an employee is smiling, according to the Financial Times (FT).
Canon Information Technology, a subsidiary of the Japanese multinational, installed the system late last year, the FT reported as part of a wider piece on how Chinese companies are surveilling their employees.
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Read more: Canon only allows smiling employees into Chinese office
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More fun, more speed and less effort. E-bikes seem like a no-brainer. But not so fast. These innocent little electric bicycles are a lot closer to motorcycles than pedal bikes when it comes to injury rates.
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Read more: Why Electric Bikes are More Dangerous than Motorcycles
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NZ First leader used his first speech since losing power to attack the Government now operating without him on a laundry list of culture war issues.
But Labour was not alone: Also on Peters’ hit list at his party’s annual general meeting was the media, the Greens, National, the Māori Party, cyclists, “cancel culture,” and the increased usage of te reo in public life – particularly the phrase "Aotearoa”.
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Read more: Winston Peters attacks Labour, 'cancel culture', and te reo usage in comeback speech
- Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/300337617/winston-peters-attacks-labour-cancel-culture-and-te-reo-usage-in-comeback-speech
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Winston Peters has announced his political comeback in a passionate and fiery speech he gave to New Zealand First party faithful.
It was his first speech since his party was kicked out of Parliament after last year's election, where it received just 2.6 percent of the party vote.
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New Zealand First leader Winston Peters has delivered a fiery speech at his party's AGM on Sunday, announcing to the public that "we are coming back".
It's his first speech since NZ First was booted out of Parliament at last year's election after only getting 2.6 percent of the vote, well below the 5 percent threshold required if no candidate wins a seat.
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Read more: Winston Peters' full speech at New Zealand First AGM
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A Hong Kong court ordered the top editor of pro-democracy newspaper Apple Daily and the head of its parent company held without bail Saturday (local time) in the first hearing since their arrest two days ago under the city's national security law.
Ryan Law, the chief editor, and Cheung Kim-hung, the CEO of Next Digital, have been charged with collusion with a foreign country to endanger national security in a case widely seen as an attack on press freedom in the semi-autonomous Chinese territory.
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Read more: Editor and CEO denied bail in Apple Daily case in Hong Kong
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