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The United States Navy has used a drone boat in a maritime rescue mission for the first time. The remotely-piloted 7.3-metre Saronic Corsair was deployed near the Strait of Hormuz after an Army AH-64 Apache attack helicopter went down, a spokesman for US Central Command said. Two crew members had been patrolling off the coast…

Maligned, underestimated and overlooked — and that is just the way we like it, according to the Socceroos’ most capped player.  Former Socceroo Mark Schwarzer made headlines last month when he came face-to-face with former professional player, turned US football pundit, Mike Grella, after the American had described the Socceroos as a “lay-up” for the…

The Northern Land Council says Nathan River Resources’ [NRR] failure to pay it more than $2 million in royalties before it collapsed undermines the promises it made to traditional owners. NRR went into administration in late May with about $360 million owed to a range of creditors including the NT government and traditional owners. This…

The prosecution in the case of whisky distillery founder Keith Batt, 64, has told Hobart’s Supreme Court the trial will go “for months”. Mr Batt is charged with more than 700 criminal offences, including 622 counts of fraud, 66 counts of stealing and 48 counts of dishonestly obtaining a financial advantage. Last year, he pleaded…

When South Australian beekeeper Ian Cass looks at his beehives he finds a tiny, red mite. Despite its size, it is this hard-to-manage micro menace that scares him most and threatens his livelihood. He has begun hoping overseas treatments for the deadly varroa destructor mite will be introduced in Australia, following growing resistance to available…

There are warnings a High Court ruling allowing a man to sue for false imprisonment over his indefinite immigration detention will lead to more claims running into the tens of millions of dollars. Safwat Abdel-Hady was placed in immigration detention in 2017 after a criminal conviction. He argues he was falsely imprisoned when he was…

A former building commission staffer says he was told his complaint to the corruption watchdog about alleged CFMEU interference would not progress while the then-Labor government was in power. Former Queensland Building and Construction Commission (QBCC) licencing manager Graham Easterby, who worked for the industry watchdog from 2018 to 2021, has taken the witness stand…

Spanish tenor José Carreras will mark his 80th birthday with a major all-star concert at The Gabba in Brisbane this December, organisers announced on Wednesday. In Carreras & Friends, the Spanish tenor will lead a line-up featuring Robbie Williams, The Corrs, Ronan Keating, Anne Wilson of Heart, Darren Hayes of Savage Garden, Natalie Imbruglia, Sheppard,…

The Western Australia Health Department has confirmed one person has died after contracting a rare mosquito-borne virus while travelling in the state’s north. A department spokesperson said it was likely the adult was exposed to Murray Valley Encephalitis in the West Kimberley, about 2,000 kilometres north of Perth. It is the first reported death from…

The ACT’s public schools will be closed tomorrow, Thursday, June 11, as Canberra teachers and school staff once again go on strike. The industrial action will take place after a two-hour work stoppage occurred last month, the first such strike action by ACT public school teachers in 15 years. The action has been sparked by…