The Hong Kong Bar Association has proposed criminalising bid-rigging by introducing a “double-track” approach to the Competition Ordinance, describing it as a quick fix to increase deterrence and encourage more whistle-blowers to expose industry malpractice following the city’s deadliest fire in decades. Under the current civil regime established in 2015, the ordinance only punishes individuals in...
The Hong Kong Bar Association has proposed criminalising bid-rigging by introducing a “double-track” approach to the Competition Ordinance, describing it as a quick fix to increase deterrence and encourage more whistle-blowers to expose industry malpractice following the city’s deadliest fire in decades. Under the current civil regime established in 2015, the ordinance only punishes individuals involved in serious anticompetitive acts, such as bid-rigging, with fines. But the new proposal calls...
A far-right party won its first lower house election in Australia, with the victory underscoring the collapse in support for the center-right coalition that’s governed for much of the post-war period. One Nation’s candidate David Farley easily won the seat of Farrer in the Saturday by-election, securing almost 60% of the vote, according to the Australian Electoral Commission. The seat had previous...
A far-right party won its first lower house election in Australia, with the victory underscoring the collapse in support for the center-right coalition that’s governed for much of the post-war period. One Nation’s candidate David Farley easily won the seat of Farrer in the Saturday by-election, securing almost 60% of the vote, according to the Australian Electoral Commission. The seat had previously been held by former Liberal Party leader Sussan Ley, and had long been controlled by one of the two main center-right parties. In his victory speech on Saturday evening, Farley criticized immigrants who “give us nothing” and vowed to target “damn net-zero programs,” drawing loud cheers from supporters. Senator Pauline Hanson , One Nation’s founder and leader, said her party would seek to win more seats throughout the country. “You are not going to be the forgotten people any more. We are proud Australians. We want our country back and that’s what One Nation is about,” Hanson said following the victory. Her party has four senators in the national parliament, and already had one lower house member after a lawmaker defected from another party last year. The collapse in support for the Liberal-National coalition mirrors the past two federal elections, where it has steadily lost seats and seen its vote slump, with urban seats taken by independent candidates campaigning on climate action. The loss in a rural electorate to a far more conservative movement underscores the party’s difficulty in rebuilding support nationwide to challenge the center-left government. Listen and follow The Bloomberg Australia Podcast on Apple , Spotify , YouTube or wherever you get your podcasts. “What we saw in Farrer wasn’t a by-election - it was a bloodbath for the Coalition,” Treasurer Jim Chalmers said in an interview Sunday. “What it tells us is that it will be almost impossible for the Liberals and Nationals to govern in the future without One Nation - this kind of three-ring circus of right-w...
"Exponentially Deteriorating": Baltimore's Lawlessness Spreads Into Suburbs As Democrats Lose Control Maryland is one of many blue states that have transformed into a failed progressive experiment, where net migration flows are negative as productive, working-class taxpayers flee the state, not just because of high taxes and the power bill crisis, but also because they've had enough of left-wing p...
"Exponentially Deteriorating": Baltimore's Lawlessness Spreads Into Suburbs As Democrats Lose Control Maryland is one of many blue states that have transformed into a failed progressive experiment, where net migration flows are negative as productive, working-class taxpayers flee the state, not just because of high taxes and the power bill crisis, but also because they've had enough of left-wing politicians and their failed criminal justice and social reforms that have fueled a decade of violent crime chaos . We've extensively covered more than a decade of violent crime, riots, population collapse , and the exodus of taxpayers and businesses from imploding Baltimore City, which has been hit hard by a commercial real estate crisis in parts of the downtown area. But rarely have we focused on Baltimore County, just north of the city, where, yet again, left-wing politicians who masquerade as competent managers but are merely DEI activists have unleashed years of lawlessness through failed policies. FOX45 News spoke with Mickey Hoppert, a retired sergeant with the Baltimore County Police Department who has spent more than two decades on the force, warned about the lawlessness of juveniles in the Towson metro area: I wouldn't say that it's out of control, but it's getting there. Baltimore County is slowly, actually it's not slowly, it's exponentially deteriorating , and there are more and more pockets of bad elements coming into the county and wreaking havoc. "I wouldn't say that it's out of control, but it's getting there. Baltimore County is slowly, actually it's not slowly, it's exponentially deteriorating," Mickey Hoppert, retired sergeant with the Baltimore County Police Department, said. "There are more and more pockets of bad… pic.twitter.com/oc7hizFsdt — FOX Baltimore (@FOXBaltimore) May 5, 2026 Hoppert identified Towson as a major hub for juveniles to meet up and cause chaos over the last ten years. "It's easy access here," he said. " Bus lines come here. Friends...
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