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June 4, 2026 — 12:04pmSaveYou have reached your maximum number of saved items.Remove items from your saved list to add more.AAAThe new global tariff regime that Donald Trump is trying to erect is a transparently cynical attempt to do what US courts have told him he can’t.On Wednesday, the Trump administration announced new tariffs of either 10 per cent or 12.5 per cent on 60 of its trading partners, covering 99.4 per cent of all imports into the US, predicated on those countries’ failures to adequately prevent that imports were made with forced labour.There are six countries that the US…
SaveYou have reached your maximum number of saved items.Remove items from your saved list to add more.AAA“We’ve had a fun visit from our friend Lola, from Washington DC,” writes Sue Lugsdin of Balgowlah Heights. “We met in Seoul, Korea in the 1990s, and haven’t seen each other since. She was most fascinated by the water girls running onto the field at the Swans’ match last weekend as well as the art of hanging washing on the line. It’s simply not done in the US. Everything goes in the dryer. She bought a red Swans hat but realises she could NEVER…
Lehi Hopoate stumbles over the line after South Sydney’s mistake.
Updated June 4, 2026 — 8:41pm,first published June 4, 2026 — 8:48amSaveYou have reached your maximum number of saved items.Remove items from your saved list to add more.AAAAn elderly man police say fought off a home invader who stabbed him and his wife at their Northern Tablelands property has been praised for his bravery as the terrifying ordeal rattles the tiny rural community.Keith Blessing, 75, and his wife, Di, 72, were allegedly attacked by Joshua Dylan Trethewey about 12.15am on Thursday after the 34-year-old forced entry into their home in Torrington, 65 kilometres south-west of Tenterfield. Di was stabbed in…
Brought to you by BULLS N’ BEARSMurray WardJune 4, 2026 — 2:22pmSaveYou have reached your maximum number of saved items.Remove items from your saved list to add more.AAALocksley Resources has confirmed high-grade neodymium and praseodymium-enriched rare earths mineralisation at its El Campo prospect in America.The company also successfully extended the rich antimony trends at the nearby Desert Antimony Mine (DAM), which lies within its broader Mojave project in California.Diamond drilling at Locksley Resources El Campo project in California, with the world-class Mountain Pass rare earths mine in the background.The recent maiden diamond drilling program at El Campo successfully verified that…
Jake Simpkin is placed on report for a chicken wing against the Rabbitohs.
A Transperth bus has veered onto the wrong side of a busy Wanneroo road before crashing into a tree, injuring eight people.
SaveYou have reached your maximum number of saved items.Remove items from your saved list to add more.AAAPrime Minister Anthony Albanese has said fresh tariff threats imposed by the Trump administration are “unjustified”, as he defended Australia’s slavery response amid criticisms from the United States.The comments come after Australia and 53 other countries were threatened with a 12.5 per cent tariff following an investigation by US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer that found Australia had “failed to impose and effectively enforce a forced labour import prohibition”.Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has said the US has an “ideological difference” on trade relations. Photos AP,…
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