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Democracy campaigners defying the military junta in Myanmar have pleaded with Australia to sanction the generals who engineered Februaryâs coup and the businesses that sustain the military regime.
Nearly 400 civil society organisations inside Myanmar have written an open letter to the foreign minister, Marise Payne, condemning Australiaâs âshameful inactionâ and urging it to impose new sanctions to de-legitimise the military regime and squeeze its sources of foreign funding.
âWe 390 civil society organisations across Myanmar are shocked by Australiaâs continued inaction on Myanmar, which emboldens the terrorist military junta,â the letter sent to Payne reads.
Shameful inaction : Myanmar civil groups urge Australia to sanction coup generals
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‘The worst electric vehicle policy in the world’: automotive coalition pans Victoria’s EV tax Royce Kurmelovs © Provided by The Guardian Photograph: Jens Schlueter/AFP/Getty Images
A coalition of car manufacturers, industry groups, infrastructure companies and environmentalists have branded the Victorian government’s proposed electric vehicle tax the “worst electric vehicle policy in the world”.
In an open letter, published as a full-page advertisement in the Age newspaper on Thursday, the group of 25 organisations lashed the state government’s policy.
“This new tax means the world’s manufacturers are far less likely to send Victorians their best, most affordable, zero emissions vehicles,” the letter states. “That makes things much harder for Victorian families who want to buy and drive electric.”