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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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Aaron BunchJune 4, 2026 — 8:18pmSaveYou have reached your maximum number of saved items.Remove items from your saved list to add more.AAAA foiled plot to allegedly traffic a wanted fugitive bikie out of Australia to Indonesia has led to first-of-a-kind attempted people smuggling charges being laid.Three people have been charged over their alleged roles in a plan to smuggle an alleged Queensland outlaw motorcycle gang member, Dylan Cvek, 32, from Western Australia using a luxury yacht.The yacht was intercepted off WA.Nine NewsHighly-trained tactical response group police intercepted the vessel about 50 kilometres off the coast of Exmouth, about 1250 kilometres…
Kristina Peterson and Ilena PengJune 4, 2026 — 7:56pmSaveYou have reached your maximum number of saved items.Remove items from your saved list to add more.AAABig Food is packing protein into crisps, cereals, waffles and even Starbucks’ lattes, and consumers can’t get enough of it.But that insatiable demand now has the industry grappling with shortages and skyrocketing prices of whey protein, forcing some manufacturers to halt production or reformulate their top-selling products with alternative ingredients.Our insatiable demand for protein has the food industry grappling with shortages and skyrocketing prices.Sami SertIn early May, a supplier delivered bad news to baking and beverage…
June 4, 2026 — 11:30amSaveYou have reached your maximum number of saved items.Remove items from your saved list to add more.AAADefence Minister Richard Marles has defended the revised AUKUS submarine deal for Australia. The original plan was to acquire from the US one new and two second-hand Virginia-class nuclear-powered attack submarines (SSNs). The US has now changed this to three second-hand ones. Marles claims it is still a good deal for Australia, yet there are legitimate reasons for scepticism.Australian governments have repeatedly defended the purchase of second-hand American naval vessels as cost-effective interim capabilities designed to plug a looming “capability…
Cody Walker swings the momentum against Manly with a brilliant 40/20 kick.
SaveYou have reached your maximum number of saved items.Remove items from your saved list to add more.AAAConsultancy giant KPMG was ordered to provide assurances it had not misused confidential Queensland government data after the embattled firm confirmed it had shared secret client information to win new business.Queensland contacted the consultancy firm, amid simultaneous requests from other jurisdictions, after KPMG was embroiled in a corporate scandal over the leaking of the confidential information.The state was assured the company had not misused secret information relating to contracts with the government worth tens of millions of dollars, according to Queensland’s department of housing.KPMG…
SaveYou have reached your maximum number of saved items.Remove items from your saved list to add more.AAABondi Beach terror attack hero Ahmed al Ahmed has been accused of assaulting and intimidating his father months after an alleged incident at a home in Sydney’s south-west.Ahmed was issued a court attendance notice on Wednesday for domestic violence-related offences of common assault and stalk or intimidate intending fear of physical harm.The charge came months after the alleged assault at a Bankstown home on March 9, which police say was reported almost a week later. Ahmed is due to appear before Bankstown Local Court…
Katie RogersJune 4, 2026 — 7:30pmSaveYou have reached your maximum number of saved items.Remove items from your saved list to add more.AAAWashington: On a tour through Asia last year, US President Donald Trump took a moment on the world stage to celebrate a legislative victory at home: after months of iron-fisted pressure, he had compelled Republicans to pass legislation that cut taxes and slashed into the country’s social safety net.“I said, ‘Put it all into one bill, and if we get it done, we’re done for four years,’” Trump said during a Tokyo speech in October. “We don’t need anything…