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Updated June 4, 2026 — 4:05pm,first published 3:59pmSaveYou have reached your maximum number of saved items.Remove items from your saved list to add more.AAAPauline Hanson says she is not sure if she will pitch herself for prime minister at the next election, downplaying the notion after saying she could do the job as she admitted One Nation had shut down party branches she said were “infiltrated by extremists”.The 72-year-old, whose rise in the polls has sent shudders through Canberra, seemed to open the door to a long-term alliance with the Coalition parties in a wide-ranging interview with this masthead’s Inside…
Brought to you by BULLS N’ BEARSMurray WardJune 4, 2026 — 3:20pmSaveYou have reached your maximum number of saved items.Remove items from your saved list to add more.AAAAdvance Metals has roared out of the blocks in Mexico, with the first diamond drill hole from a maiden program at its wholly owned Gavilanes project returning a 33.9-metre zone of high-grade silver mineralisation.The opening hole’s headline intercept clocked 220 grams per tonne (g/t) silver from 117.6m down-hole. The hit also featured a rich 6.2-metre slice grading a mouthwatering 718g/t silver from 133m.Drone photograph of resource expansion drilling currently underway at Advance Metals’…
Defence lawyers for two nurses accused of making antisemitic threats say it would be a devastating blow for the prosecution’s case if a video isn’t able to be used in court.
Craig KerryJune 4, 2026 — 5:00pmSaveYou have reached your maximum number of saved items.Remove items from your saved list to add more.AAAIce Kool has had only three starts but Warwick Farm trainer David Pfieffer believes the three-year-old is getting up there with the best sprinters he has trained.Pfieffer now hopes the Zoustar gelding can deliver in his second campaign, starting at Randwick on Saturday, as he looks to spring targets in Melbourne.Ice Kool and Jay Ford on their way to winning at Randwick on December 27.Getty ImagesIce Kool blitzed his rivals in a Warwick Farm super maiden on debut before…
At least one person has been killed and 60 injured in an Iranian attack on Kuwait.
SaveYou have reached your maximum number of saved items.Remove items from your saved list to add more.AAAForeign Minister Penny Wong has said that she believes the Australian women who say they were raped and brutalised by Israeli forces while detained as part of a flotilla trying to reach Gaza.During a fiery exchange at Senate hearings with Greens senator Mehreen Faruqi, Wong described herself as a feminist as she pushed back on criticism that she had not done enough to defend the activists who have made disturbing allegations against Israeli officials.Foreign Minister Penny Wong at Senate estimates.Alex Ellinghausen“I think if you…
Christine LacyJune 4, 2026 — 7:00pmSaveYou have reached your maximum number of saved items.Remove items from your saved list to add more.AAAWoolworths is suing the Suburban Rail Loop Authority for more than $70 million over the compulsory acquisition of the retail giant’s warehouse facility in Melbourne’s south-east.The retail giant has taken action in the Victorian Supreme Court following a series of financial offers for the land from the rail loop authority, which the retailer has rejected as too low and failing to compensate for commercial losses and costs.Woolworths is seeking compensation for a property being acquired for the Suburban Rail…
Craig KerryJune 4, 2026 — 5:00pmSaveYou have reached your maximum number of saved items.Remove items from your saved list to add more.AAAGerald Ryan is confident General Salute is fit enough for his comeback from injury in the listed Bob Charley AO Stakes (1100m), despite a missed trial, as the Rosehill trainer chases an interstate black-type double on Saturday.Five-year-old General Salute was into a $5 favourite (TAB) on Thursday for the feature at Randwick after the scratchings of In Flight and Monte Supreme.Trainer Gerald Ryan.Getty ImagesGeneral Salute returns after 31 weeks on the sidelines following surgery to remove a bone chip…
Nick GutteridgeJune 4, 2026 — 11:30amSaveYou have reached your maximum number of saved items.Remove items from your saved list to add more.AAALondon: Britain’s Reform Party leader, Nigel Farage, has warned that rioting after the murder of Henry Nowak risks being “the beginning” of wider unrest.Farage said the “division will get worse” if young white men felt police were prejudiced against them, adding: “This has to end.”Reform Leader Nigel Farage: “Was I angry watching what had happened? Yeah, I bet you were too”.APHe made the remarks after using his question at Wednesday’s Prime Minister’s Questions to claim that British people were…