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[ad_1] Updated June 12, 2026 — 5:59pm,first published 1:45pmSaveYou have reached your maximum number of saved items.Remove items from your saved list to add more.AAAA fundraiser for One Nation in Melbourne on Friday night has been moved to a new, secret location after anti-racism protesters vowed to demonstrate outside the venue.Victoria Police confirmed that Giorgio Casa, the Italian restaurant in Moonee Ponds that was initially due to host the cocktail party on Friday night, had cancelled the event, but police said they were not aware of any threats made against the venue.One Nation leader Pauline Hanson and Barnaby Joyce were…

[ad_1] SaveYou have reached your maximum number of saved items.Remove items from your saved list to add more.AAAAlameda: Coach Tony Popovic has signed a short-term contract extension that sets up a possible tilt at silverware with the Socceroos at next year’s Asian Cup in Saudi Arabia.As preparations continue for Australia’s World Cup opener against Turkey, the question of Popovic’s immediate future has been settled with the announcement of his new deal, which tacks on an extra seven months to the end of his current agreement.While Football Australia had been hoping to tie down Popovic for the next full World Cup…

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[ad_1] SaveYou have reached your maximum number of saved items.Remove items from your saved list to add more.AAABeijing: Australian-South Korean adoptees will give personal testimony to a new inquiry that will, for the first time, probe alleged failures in the decades-long adoption program between the two countries.Social Services Minister Tanya Plibersek has appointed retired ACT Magistrate Robert Cook to lead the inquiry, which has already started its first stage of auditing state and Commonwealth practices that facilitated adoptions between Australia and South Korea from 1964 to 1999.During the second stage, to commence in July, adoptees will be able to submit…

[ad_1] June 12, 2026 — 11:53amSaveYou have reached your maximum number of saved items.Remove items from your saved list to add more.AAAPauline Hanson has weaponised the prime minister’s scepticism of her fundraising success to accuse Anthony Albanese of lying again as she released an audit that said the money brought in by her attack campaign was legitimate.The One Nation leader posted the report to social media on Thursday night, taking aim at the prime minister for suggesting there was no evidence the massive sums raised through her Fire the Liar fundraiser, which on Friday morning had rocketed to almost $3…

[ad_1] Theodore SchleiferJune 12, 2026 — 5:15pmSaveYou have reached your maximum number of saved items.Remove items from your saved list to add more.AAAFor 25 years, Antonio Gracias has dedicated himself to serving as one of Elon Musk’s most loyal lieutenants, doing anything and everything to aid the tech mogul across his business and political empire.On Friday (US time), it’s payday.Antonio Gracias has shown why it pays – well – to be a backer and friend of Elon Musk.BloombergWhen SpaceX, Musk’s rocket company, most likely starts trading on the stock market that day, Gracias and his private equity firm, Valor Equity…

[ad_1] SaveYou have reached your maximum number of saved items.Remove items from your saved list to add more.AAATwo years of data from Sydney’s gangland wars has revealed the bloody front line across the city’s west that has claimed 19 lives, riddled homes with bullets and condemned dozens of teenagers to become underworld soldiers.The data investigation by the Herald has also spotlighted the communities wearied and cowed by criminals, who, according to Premier Chris Minns, no longer fear being caught.“Their chances of committing an offence and getting away with it are close to zero, and yet they continue to do it…

[ad_1] Stan Choe and Alex VeigaJune 12, 2026 — 5:15amSaveYou have reached your maximum number of saved items.Remove items from your saved list to add more.AAAUS stocks are climbing, and oil prices are falling after President Donald Trump called off his threat to bomb Iran.The S&P 500 jumped 1.3 per cent, coming off a back-to-back drop that had yanked it back to where it was in early May. The Dow Jones was up 802 points, or 1.6 per cent, as of 2 pm Eastern time, and the Nasdaq composite was 1.8 per cent higher.Wall Street soared as soon as Trump…

[ad_1] June 12, 2026 — 5:00amSaveYou have reached your maximum number of saved items.Remove items from your saved list to add more.AAAMore than six months after the Albanese government was sent into a tailspin triggered by Sports Minister Anika Wells’ questionable use of parliamentary expenses, the scandal continues to cast a shadow.For the latest piece of evidence, we point you to the one-man Albanese government contingent set to attend the World Cup in the United States, Canada, and Mexico this month – the football fanatic member for Bennelong Jerome Laxale. He was, of course, unsurprisingly quick to point out the…

[ad_1] SaveYou have reached your maximum number of saved items.Remove items from your saved list to add more.AAAThere’s a reason over-35s football carries the reputation it does.Often assigned to the “Masters” category, over-35s leagues are generally known less for competitiveness and more for “fun and fitness”. It is a chance for the “mature athlete” to engage in a social environment between the odd “bomb forward” (shuffle-dribble) in wide areas. To tear a hammy in the opening three minutes and – if still standing – showcase a privately practiced Cruyff turn as a teammate shouts at you to “Just play it…