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[ad_1] SaveYou have reached your maximum number of saved items.Remove items from your saved list to add more.AAAIt’s not often you go to a funeral where half the congregation are wearing beanies.Particularly a state funeral with the Prime Minister, Victorian Premier, chair of the AFL Commission and leaders from all political persuasions and football clubs in attendance.The distinctive FightMND blue beanies were omnipresent at Neale Daniher’s state funeral.Getty ImagesBut it was so appropriate to celebrate the life of Neale Daniher, one of 11 children, a husband to Jan, father of four – Bec, Ben, Loz and Luke – and the…

[ad_1] June 10, 2026 — 5:52pmSaveYou have reached your maximum number of saved items.Remove items from your saved list to add more.AAAHorrific video footage of a man reported to be a Sudanese asylum seeker in Northern Ireland wielding a knife and stabbing another man’s head and neck while he was pinned to the ground has been quickly seized on by far-right activists to drum up immigration fear across Europe.Belfast police dealing with the aftermath of the horrific attack said there was no indication it was terror-related. They subsequently charged the 30-year-old man with attempted murder. His victim is in a…

[ad_1] Updated June 10, 2026 — 4:23pm,first published 4:14pmSaveYou have reached your maximum number of saved items.Remove items from your saved list to add more.AAAForeigners who have been unlawfully held in immigration detention could claim tens of millions of dollars in compensation after the High Court rejected the government’s argument that it should not be held liable for illegal detentions.The ruling is the latest blow to the government in the years-long political and legal fallout from the court’s landmark 2023 ruling, which found locking people in immigration detention indefinitely was illegal.The High Court ruled indefinite immigration detention was unlawful in…

[ad_1] SaveYou have reached your maximum number of saved items.Remove items from your saved list to add more.AAAInnovative businesses could keep using the 50 per cent capital gains tax discount under a proposal being reviewed by Treasurer Jim Chalmers as he moves to address concerns that Labor’s budget would hurt high-growth firms and productivity.As Labor confronts parliamentary deadlock over its tax overhaul, government MPs in inner-city marginal seats say younger voters are giving the government credit for trying to make housing affordable as they see investors desert auctions and property prices come down.Jim Chalmers and Anthony Albanese need to finagle…

[ad_1] SaveYou have reached your maximum number of saved items.Remove items from your saved list to add more.AAAFive years on from Westmead Hospital’s billion-dollar redevelopment, its emergency department has recorded the worst wait times and ambulance ramping in NSW.One in 10 Westmead patients spent almost 22 hours in the emergency department, more than double the time clocked up a decade ago despite only a small rise in the number of patients, the latest Bureau of Health Information (BHI) data revealed.The new Westmead emergency unit appears to be worse off after a billion-dollar redevelopment.Steven SiewertNSW patients spent less time in the…

[ad_1] SaveYou have reached your maximum number of saved items.Remove items from your saved list to add more.AAASet your alarms – the 2026 FIFA World Cup begins at 5am on Friday when co-host Mexico takes on South Africa in Mexico City.Mexico is co-hosting alongside Canada and the United States for the first of FIFA’s 48-team expanded tournament – the concept of which was largely driven by FIFA president Gianni Infantino.Love it or hate it, 48 teams across 12 groups will contest the trophy, with the top two from each group – and the eight best third-place finishers – to advance…

[ad_1] SaveYou have reached your maximum number of saved items.Remove items from your saved list to add more.AAAA few lines of paint on concrete to create dedicated e-scooter parking bays could push more people to use public transport in Brisbane and slash congestion, according to a new study.But first, people would need to get over their reluctance to use e-scooters.University of Queensland researchers wanted to know if micromobility – e-scooters and e-bikes from Lime and Neuron – could bridge the gap between home or work and public transport.A University of Queensland e-scooter and e-bike trial at Albion train station looked…

[ad_1] OpinionGraeme SamuelProfessor, former Chamber of Commerce president and former chair of the ACCCJune 10, 2026 — 5:00amJune 10, 2026 — 5:00amSaveYou have reached your maximum number of saved items.Remove items from your saved list to add more.AAAWell, what a surprise! For years media commentators, tax experts, business and welfare organisations have been clamouring for successive governments – or more specifically their treasurers – to embrace “bold” tax reform. Yet without exception, every genuine proposal has been met with howls of impending economic disaster if implemented. Is it any wonder that governments have shied away from much-needed reform?There have been…

[ad_1] Stan ChoeJune 10, 2026 — 5:18amSaveYou have reached your maximum number of saved items.Remove items from your saved list to add more.AAAAnother sell-off for high-flying artificial-intelligence stocks whipsawed Wall Street.The S&P 500 dropped 0.9 per cent after careening between an early gain of 1 per cent and a midday loss of 2.3 per cent, sinking further from its all-time high set a week ago. The Nasdaq composite was 1.7 per cent lower, and the Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 82 points, or 0.2 per cent, in mid-afternoon trade.Indexes swung lower as companies selling computer chips, memory and other…

[ad_1] June 10, 2026 — 5:00amSaveYou have reached your maximum number of saved items.Remove items from your saved list to add more.AAAIn early 2017, former Wallabies prop Tony Daly gave an interview to The Daily Telegraph, where he said he was 11 years old when he was sexually abused by a Catholic brother at St Joseph’s College in Hunters Hill.Joeys, which has long served as a production line of future Wallabies players, was also the school of Daly’s father, prominent Sydney publican John Daly. But it would seem that, if a recent event invitation is any indicator, time has healed…