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Voters favour independent candidates in Bangkok governor race

Independent candidates running in the Bangkok gubernatorial and city council elections are the voters' top choices with polling exactly four weeks away, a Nida poll showed on Sunday.

Bangkok Post

Colin Friels: ‘We’re only here for a very brief time, so you may as well enjoy the living daylights out of it’

The beloved actor on elusive retirement, sharing the stage with his daughter, and the secret to a long and strong marriage

The Guardian - AU

Miranda Tapsell: ‘I put pressure on myself: will this help or hinder my mob?’

Just weeks after giving birth to her second child, the actor and writer discusses Darwin, her first love and her commitment to creating complicated Indigenous characters

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Trump will make overdoses soar again

Under Trump and RFK Jr., gutting key government agencies could make overdoses soar again

Salon

Sarah Snook struggled with her looks as a teenager: 'I didn't think I was pretty...'

Sarah Snook didn't think she was "pretty" as a teenager but doesn't think that is "unique" to her.

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Philip Quast: ‘I don’t have anything left to say in theatre, it’s not my turn any more’

The three-time Olivier award winner, and ‘voice of Playschool’, on why musicals have been a curse and love, and why it’s now time to leave

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Ready, willing and disabled: the Australian actors campaigning for more roles – and better training

As disabled actors fight for authentic casting, there are still complex impediments to access – and, says Prisoner alumna Kate Hood, ‘we see cripping up all the time’

The Guardian - AU

Top U.S. drug agency a notable holdout in Biden's push to loosen federal marijuana restrictions

The Biden administration’s push to reclassify marijuana as a less-dangerous drug is going forward without the support of the nation’s premier narcotics agency

The Independent UK

Growing teen THC use could further complicate cannabis policy - Roll Call

Adolescents are using an often unregulated, psychoactive derivative of cannabis, according to national data released Wednesday.

Roll Call

FDA and NIDA recommend reclassifying marijuana to Schedule 3 substance

Find out about a review by the FDA supporting the reclassification of marijuana as a Schedule 3 substance due to its lower abuse potential and accepted med...

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What is naloxone and how is it used in the US?

Tens of thousands die from opioid overdoses in the United States yearly — but medicines like Narcan can reverse overdoses and help reduce the toll.

USAFacts

Decriminalization: How police drug seizure, even without arrest, can create harms

International Overdose Awareness Day, an annual campaign to end overdose and drug poisonings while also remembering those who have died, is Aug. 31. Events are being held in communities across Canada, a sign of a worsening crisis that has taken more than 36,000 lives since 2016.

The Conversation

Intake to the National Institute of Circus Arts has been ‘paused’. Where to next for Australia's performing arts training?

The 2024 intake into the Bachelors-level degree at the National Institute of Circus Arts (NICA) has been “paused”, reportedly on the grounds of financial viability and “strategic alignment” with Swinburne University, which has auspiced NICA since 1995.

The Conversation

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Bangkok Post

Exit poll shows Pheu Thai, Move Forward leading vote

Voting ended in Thailand’s national elections with a mix of pre- and post-election surveys showing pro-democracy parties leading in their efforts to replace a military-backed government that first took power in 2014.

ABC News

Federal budget: White Pages listings, payments to tax havens and the weird contracts within

The federal government spends about $650 billion a year. Where some of it goes will surprise you.

Reuters

Thailand's Pita tops PM poll as opposition leads opinion surveys

Another opposition leader emerged as the favourite to be Thailand's next prime minister in a new opinion poll on Friday, just days out from an election that could see an end to nine years of military-backed government.

Bangkok Post

MFP closing gap with Pheu Thai: Nida

The Move Forward Party (MFP) is trailing Pheu Thai for constituency and party-list MPs but its popularity is rising as the election looms, according to a new pre-election poll by the National Institute of Development Administration (Nida).

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Pita holds small lead over 'Ung Ing' in Bangkok

Pita Limjaroenrat, leader of the Move Forward Party (MFP), emerged as Bangkok voters' top choice for prime minister in the latest poll by the National Institute of Development Administration (Nida).

Newcastle Herald

Hunter student heads to NIDA for dream diploma

"It makes me feel pretty excited and ecstatic."

Reuters

Daughter of ex Thai PM Thaksin extends pre-election poll lead

The youngest daughter of billionaire former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra remains Thailand's top choice to become its next leader, according to an opinion poll, with more than double the score of incumbent and nearest rival Prayuth Chan-ocha.

Tribune News Service

Thaksin family scion is top choice for Thai leader, poll shows

Paetongtarn Shinawatra, daughter of former Thai premier Thaksin Shinawatra, emerged as voters’ top choice to lead the Southeast Asian nation ahead of the next general election tentatively scheduled in May, according to an opinion poll.

Reason

A Law That Facilitates Cannabis Research Exemplifies the Modesty of the Reforms We Can Expect From Congress

Making it easier for scientists to study marijuana is a far cry from the liberalization that most Americans want.

Bangkok Post

Chadchart's challenge

People in Bangkok generally approve of the work record of governor Chadchart Sittipunt after six months in the post, according to a recent opinion poll by the National Institute of Development Administration (Nida).

ABC News

Ana Maria Belo on SBS series It's Fine, I’m Fine and how she learned to embrace her ‘deaf voice’

At 45 and after several surgeries, Ana Maria Belo’s career is flourishing with a lead role in an AACTA-nominated series and a supporting role in a major commercial musical.

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