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NSW police has released a statement saying the officer involved in the arrest of an Indigenous teenager in Surry Hills in June last year, has been charged with assault:
A police officer has been charged after an alleged assault at Surry Hills last year.
Officers from professional standards command have been investigating an alleged assault during the arrest of a teenager at Ward Park on Monday 1 June 2020.
The president of the National Council of Churches Bishop Philip Huggins has written to prime minister Scott Morrison asking him to be an “inspirational leader” on climate change and announce improved emissions reduction targets as soon as possible.
Huggins, president of the group of 18 churches that includes Anglicans, Roman Catholics and the Uniting Church, says Morrison needs to back US president Joe Biden by announcing improved targets well before the next major climate talks, known as Cop26, in Glasgow in November.
I faithfully urge you to make a humble and generous immediate announcement as to how Australia will help ensure UN Cop26 is the success it must be.
Can I urge that you include an Australian announcement not only to match that of the many nations already committing to net zero emissions by 2050, but also make vivid our commitment to real zero emissions asap?
