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Melbourne has suffered a huge blow in the run to the NRL finals with star five-eighth Cameron Munster booked in for an operation that potentially could see him miss the rest of the regular season. The Storm are still a chance of playing finals with six rounds and a bye left in their campaign. A…
A former Spanish prime minister is facing criticism for saying that France’s World Cup team “does not have any French players,” which French and Spanish leaders have called racist. Mariano Rajoy, a member of Spain’s conservative Popular Party, made the comment in a column for Spanish outlet El Debate ahead of Tuesday’s World Cup semifinal…
The Tasmanian government’s new poker machine policies will “take Tasmania backwards” on harm reduction and make things worse for problem gamblers, the state’s gaming regulator says. Treasurer Eric Abetz announced a new suite of policies in January after the government stalled the rollout of a new mandatory pre-commitment card. The new policies included ATMs in…
US President Donald Trump says the US is reinstating its blockade of Iran in the Strait of Hormuz and will start charging for ships from elsewhere to transit through it. The announcement came before the US military said it had resumed strikes on Iran, following a weekend in which the US and Iran traded missile…
A federal immigration officer has fatally shot a motorist in Maine, the second time in a week that US Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents have used deadly force. It is at least the ninth such killing since US President Donald Trump began his immigration crackdown. Immigrant rights groups identified the man who was killed as…
In his open letter to all Australians, published after he died, renowned pathologist and melanoma researcher Richard Scolyer wrote of the pride he felt taking part in, and advocating for, clinical trials. “To all cancer patients, I encourage you to consider enrolling in research and clinical trials, if on offer,” he wrote. “And to government…
The National Trust of South Australia (NTSA) says one of its volunteers has apologised for an “inappropriate” TikTok video and labelling dissenting members “gatekeeping septuagenarians”. The since-deleted clip was created last week at the Moonta Mines Heritage Precinct, the subject of a deepening rift between its owner NTSA and the local community. The social media…
The decomposing carcass of a humpback whale has closed two popular West Australian beaches in the middle of the school holidays as sharks converge on the area. But experts say the cause of the whale’s death is of greater concern. Specialist rescuers were called to the 9-metre animal on Wednesday evening after it was spotted…
Dutch referee Rob Dieperink has died at the age of 38, two months after he was dropped from the panel of match officials for the 2026 World Cup following a police case in Britain that was later dropped. No cause of death has been revealed. “We are shocked and deeply saddened by the passing of…
Barely a day goes past without some business or finance titan calling for reform. Ordinarily, reform is something that makes the world a better place. Things like abolishing slavery, universal health care and education, or improving the legal system. But instead of removing faults, errors, or abuses, the word has been co-opted by those pushing…