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Australia and Vanuatu are on the brink of finally signing a landmark strategic pact after months of prolonged and sometimes acrimonious negotiations. Vanuatu’s Prime Minister Jotham Napat and Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese are set to ink the Nakamal Agreement later today in Canberra, almost 10 months after Mr Napat pulled out of a planned…

Criminal gangs using dirty cash to buy homes will find it harder from July 1 because the real estate industry and others have been drafted into the fight against money laundering. So-called Tranche 2 laws mean real estate agents, conveyancers, lawyers, accountants, gem dealers and precious metal brokers must verify their customers in a similar…

Cases are dragging through Tasmanian courts for years as senior lawyers lament the “crisis” engulfing the state’s criminal justice system. In one of the state’s most high-profile recent cases, the man accused of murdering teenager Shyanne-Lee Tatnell is still without a trial date almost three years since he was charged. Thousands of Magistrates Court matters…

Some Australian households will soon be able to access at least three hours of free electricity each day.  The Solar Sharer Offer (SSO) is set to be introduced in New South Wales, South Australia and south-east Queensland from July 1. With some providers already offering periods of free electricity in the middle of the day, what…

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Here is how the two teams will line up. Canada Moïse Bombito, Stephen Eustaquio, Tani Oluwaseyi, and Liam Millar come in for Luc De Fougerolles, Cyle Larin, Mathieu Choinière, and Ali Ahmed. South Africa South Africa makes one change from the 11 that started the 1-0 win over South Korea. Teboho Mokoena comes in for…

England captain Ben Stokes will retire from international cricket after the third Test against New Zealand, the team has said. The announcement came midway through Day 4 of the test at Trent Bridge. It ends Stokes’ 15-year international career that peaked when he starred for England in its win over New Zealand in the 50-over…

A civilian aircraft carrying skydivers has crashed in eastern France, killing all 11 people on board, local authorities say. The crash on Sunday killed five instructors, five students and the pilot, said the regional prefect Yves Seguy. The incident in the north-eastern French town of Tomblaine marks one of the country’s deadliest light aircraft accidents….

The Australian stage production of Waitress will no longer continue on its national tour, with planned shows in Sydney now cancelled.  The musical, starring Natalie Bassingthwaighte and Rob Mills, was set to play at Sydney Lyric from August 1, after a season at Melbourne’s Her Majesty’s Theatre.  Crossroads Live Australia chief executive John Frost confirmed…

— reporting by Reuters Briton George Russell put Mercedes on pole position again as Saturday’s qualifying for Formula One’s Austrian Grand Prix came to a chaotic close, with Max Verstappen crashing out during his final flying lap. Russell’s late dash for pole paid off as he left Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc behind by 0.236 seconds. Leclerc’s…