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[ad_1] Poppy WoodJune 11, 2026 — 8:12amSaveYou have reached your maximum number of saved items.Remove items from your saved list to add more.AAALondon: Bill Gates has claimed that Jeffrey Epstein used his knowledge of the Microsoft founder’s extramarital affairs as “leverage” against him.The tech billionaire told US Congress members on Wednesday (Washington time) that Epstein “was working to use information about my infidelities … to pressure me”.Bill Gates has testified to US politicians about his links with Jeffrey Epstein.AP Photo/Jose Luis MaganaSenior US politicians suggested it was evidence that Epstein, who died in 2019 while awaiting trial on sex-trafficking charges,…

[ad_1] Brought to you by BULLS N’ BEARSMurray WardJune 11, 2026 — 2:00pmSaveYou have reached your maximum number of saved items.Remove items from your saved list to add more.AAACritical Resources has hit high-grade gold and antimony in first-pass reconnaissance sampling at its Croesus project in New Zealand, with assays returning up to 13.3 grams per tonne (g/t) gold and a solid 0.7 per cent antimony.The company says the rock chip results have confirmed the presence of a gold-antimony system at the project, sitting at the southwestern flank of the renowned Reefton Goldfield on the West Coast of New Zealand’s South…

[ad_1] June 11, 2026 — 10:21pmSaveYou have reached your maximum number of saved items.Remove items from your saved list to add more.AAAUnion members at one of Australia’s busiest and most profitable ports have voted to go on strike, after weeks of ongoing fears about potential industrial action and its impact on the country’s economy.The Port Hedland complex in WA handles cargoes for producers including BHP.BloombergThe Australian Manufacturing Workers Union (AMWU) confirmed 90 per cent of its members at BHP’s Pilbara port operations had backed the proposal to stop work, with strike action expected to be imminent.The Electrical Trades Union of…

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[ad_1] SaveYou have reached your maximum number of saved items.Remove items from your saved list to add more.AAAThe former VicRoads site in Kew will not be retrofitted for housing, after the state government made a last-minute pivot and decided to completely demolish the former municipal building.The future of the 2.5-hectare block on Denmark Street has been a source of debate for over a decade. It has long been sought after by developers due to its size, transport connections and location in an affluent suburb.Former housing minister Harriet Shing outside the old VicRoads site in 2025.Wayne TaylorOn Thursday, a government spokesperson…

[ad_1] June 11, 2026 — 10:15pmSaveYou have reached your maximum number of saved items.Remove items from your saved list to add more.AAABelfast: Britain’s defence minister has quit in frustration over cuts to spending on national security in an extraordinary move that heightens the instability of the government and builds momentum for a leadership challenge to replace Prime Minister Keir Starmer.Defence Secretary John Healey announced his resignation hours before he was due to meet Australian counterpart Richard Marles in Portsmouth to outline their ambitions for the crucial AUKUS alliance on nuclear-powered submarines.UK Defence Secretary John Healey has resigned.Getty ImagesSeen as one…

[ad_1] An escaped prisoner who fled custody after attending a funeral in Melbourne’s north-west could be in hiding somewhere in the city, police said. [ad_2]

[ad_1] SaveYou have reached your maximum number of saved items.Remove items from your saved list to add more.AAAWall Street is about to have the biggest float in its history: Elon Musk’s SpaceX. Here’s what you need to know.Why is everyone talking about SpaceX?Elon Musk’s reusable rocket company, SpaceX, will list on US markets on Friday, US time, in what is expected to be the largest initial public offering in history. The company is targeting a value of about $US1.77 trillion ($2.5 trillion).SpaceX owner-chief executive Elon Musk is poised to become the world’s first trillionaire.Aresna VillanuevaAn initial public offering (IPO) is…

[ad_1] Ben Hunt speaks to Nine’s Paul Gallen after the reigning premiers suffered a sixth-straight defeat. [ad_2]

[ad_1] June 11, 2026 — 10:00pmSaveYou have reached your maximum number of saved items.Remove items from your saved list to add more.AAALabor is ramping up its economic argument against Pauline Hanson as it prepares to fight an election within the next two years against both One Nation and the Coalition, as Opposition Leader Angus Taylor scrambles to kill off talk of a partnership with Hanson.As the Coalition attacked Hanson’s admission on the Inside Politics podcast last week that her party was “infiltrated by extremists”, former prime minister John Howard told this masthead he “totally agreed” with Taylor’s stance on One…