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[ad_1] June 11, 2026 — 7:30pmSaveYou have reached your maximum number of saved items.Remove items from your saved list to add more.AAAOn Wednesday, Pauline Hanson and her party pulled off one of the most audacious stunts in recent political history. A few days after Labor appealed to supporters for donations to combat One Nation, the crossbench party – currently enjoying a moment on the political centre stage after three decades on the fringes – launched an attack ad and fundraising appeal of its own.“Fire the Liar!” was not exactly subtle, but it got people’s attention – and claimed to have…

[ad_1] SaveYou have reached your maximum number of saved items.Remove items from your saved list to add more.AAADespite charging more than $50,000 for some degrees, the state’s universities are operating at an average loss of $12,000 for each domestic student.Universities across NSW made $3.2 billion from local students last year, an increase of $234 million from 2024 thanks to an extra 11,000 domestic enrolments, the auditor-general found in a report tabled to parliament on Thursday.The University of Sydney had a 6.6% growth in full-time domestic students, resulting in an additional $50.2 million in revenue. Sam MooyIT and engineering recorded the…

[ad_1] Brought to you by BULLS N’ BEARSDoug BrightJune 11, 2026 — 4:58pmSaveYou have reached your maximum number of saved items.Remove items from your saved list to add more.AAAAugustus Minerals has completed a follow-up phase two reverse circulation (RC) drilling campaign at its Clifton East prospect in the company’s Music Well gold project, 35km north of Leonora in WA’s gold-rich Leonora-Laverton greenstone belt.The company has wrapped up the 11-hole, 1650m RC drilling program, designed to build on the success of its maiden phase one campaign in March. The latest drilling sought to infill between previous drilling lines and extend mineralisation…

[ad_1] SaveYou have reached your maximum number of saved items.Remove items from your saved list to add more.AAANext month’s Wallabies exit won’t be a permanent goodbye for Joe Schmidt, who is set to take up a coaching role with Australia A later this year.As part of a staged handover to his successor Wallabies coach Les Kiss, Schmidt finishes with the Wallabies after the third Nations Championship Test against Italy in Perth on July 18.Joe Schmidt’s tenure as Wallabies coach is drawing to a close.Artwork: Michael HowardKiss will then take the reins as Wallabies head coach, starting with two Tests against…

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[ad_1] Christoph Koettl and Christiaan TriebertJune 11, 2026 — 3:45pmSaveYou have reached your maximum number of saved items.Remove items from your saved list to add more.AAANew York: Strikes early on Wednesday (US time) destroyed what appears to be a drinking water facility on Iran’s southern coast, near the Strait of Hormuz, according to an analysis by The New York Times.Around the time of the strikes, US Central Command said in a post on the social platform X that it had conducted attacks near the strait “with precision munitions from US Air Force and Navy fighter jets”.A photo released by the…

[ad_1] SaveYou have reached your maximum number of saved items.Remove items from your saved list to add more.AAAThe computer network used by federal politicians and thousands of parliamentary staff has been left vulnerable to further mass hacking attempts, with auditors finding major faults remain seven years after Parliament House was targeted in a high-profile cyberattack.A scathing Australian National Audit Office report found the Department of Parliamentary Services, which manages the online network, had failed to properly implement seven of the government’s eight core cybersecurity controls.More than 100,000 sensitive parliamentary emails and documents were handed to a private law firm despite…

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[ad_1] Updated June 11, 2026 — 7:00pm,first published 10:03amSaveYou have reached your maximum number of saved items.Remove items from your saved list to add more.AAAIn today’s AFL briefing:Gold Coast Suns player Max Knobel has been handed a four-match suspension for using a homophobic slur in a VFL game.Gather Round is locked in for another three years in South Australia.Steven King gives an update on Brody Mihocek, who was “millimetres” from disaster with his neck injury.Knobel handed four-match ban for homophobic slurJon PierikGold Coast Suns ruckman Max Knobel has apologised after being handed a four-match suspension for using a homophobic slur…

[ad_1] SaveYou have reached your maximum number of saved items.Remove items from your saved list to add more.AAAThe Allan government provided bailout guarantees for Zoos Victoria, Phillip Island Nature Parks and Alpine Resorts Victoria, a year before Zoos Victoria’s announcement it would axe an estimated 70 jobs.Zoos staff were briefed last week that a restructure was in progress, this masthead revealed on Wednesday, and would be implemented by October as the loss-making organisation grapples with rising costs and flat-lining government and grant funding.A Leadbeater’s possum at Healesville Sanctuary.Justin McManusDocuments released under freedom of information laws reveal the treasurer signed an…