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Sam Short claims 1500m freestyle title, nears Grant Hackett’s record, suggests clean sweep at Glasgow Commonwealth Games

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[ad_1] June 12, 2026 — 11:05pmSaveYou have reached your maximum number of saved items.Remove items from your saved list to add more.AAASam Short has talked up the prospect of an Australian clean sweep in the men’s 1500m freestyle at next month’s Commonwealth Games and admits he couldn’t stop thinking about treating himself to a pizza before going close to Grant Hackett’s fabled Australian record and matching one of the swimming great’s feats.On the penultimate night of Australia’s swimming trials in Sydney, ahead of the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow and the Pan Pacific Championships in Irvine, Mollie O’Callaghan took out the…

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The shock-jock whisperer managing One Nation’s talent

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[ad_1] SaveYou have reached your maximum number of saved items.Remove items from your saved list to add more.AAAIn this week’s On Background, One Nation hires a talk radio veteran, The Hollywood Reporter Australia lands with a flop, the ABC gets a new HR boss and what Seven’s earnings drop means for Peter V’landys’ NRL rights deal dreamsOne Nation’s shock jock whispererPauline Hanson’s One Nation might be surging in the polls, but its elected representatives are still struggling to get a grip on the party’s various populist brain farts.The latest was Hanson’s plan to ban foreigners from owning residential property in…

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Isaiya Katoa shines in 48-10 victory after New South Wales Blues State of Origin experience

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[ad_1] June 12, 2026 — 10:21pmSaveYou have reached your maximum number of saved items.Remove items from your saved list to add more.AAAIsaiya Katoa has ensured he remains at the forefront of New South Wales consideration with a stunning masterclass against the Sydney Roosters to thrust the Dolphins into the NRL’s top four.The Dolphins halfback, called into Blues camp this week as cover for Mitchell Moses, pulled the strings in his side’s 48-10 triumph in a clash missing 12 players through State of Origin duties between the outfits.This was a case of the game’s best rising No.7 against one of its…

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Uber platform appeals against reinstating driver accused of misconduct as laws shift

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[ad_1] June 12, 2026 — 10:00pmSaveYou have reached your maximum number of saved items.Remove items from your saved list to add more.AAAUber has appealed against an order made by the fair work umpire to reinstate a driver who was banned after receiving 16 misconduct allegations, calling on the government to go further as it updates its deactivation laws concerning sexual harassment.On Wednesday, the ride-share giant filed a notice of appeal to the Fair Work Commission which last month ruled that Uber had unfairly deactivated the driver’s account and would need to give him his job back and compensate him for…

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MA Financial’s Redcape acquires historic Woolloomooloo pub for $15 million

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[ad_1] SaveYou have reached your maximum number of saved items.Remove items from your saved list to add more.AAACapital gainMA Financial’s Redcape has bought the well-known harbourside Frisco Hotel in Woolloomooloo from Queensland-based Sun Group. The price guide was about $15 million.The heritage-listed Frisco occupies a 304 square metre corner lot at 46 Dowling Street, in Sydney’s historic wharf district. It was built in 1856, largely to serve the dockworkers who worked along wharves at Woolloomooloo.The Frisco Hotel in Woolloomooloo, Sydney.Jessica HromasRedcape, which was once listed on the ASX and is now part of the MA Financial business, has been rearranging…

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