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Australia’s military strategy requires a reckoning between US steel and Asian shadows
The Mandarin
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June 9, 2025
OPINION | Australia’s multicultural fabric could be its greatest peacekeeping tool, but only if policymakers choose understanding over obedience. (l-r) US Defense secretary Pete Hegseth, Australian Defence Minister Richard Marles, Japanan's...
Broadly positive sentiment, Crude in the red despite continuing Iran-Israel strikes, ES +0.4% - Newsquawk US Market Open
Zero Hedge
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Israel and Iran launched fresh attacks on each other's major cities, with exchanges of fire continuing into a third day on Sunday, according to multiple media outlets; Initial strength in crude now pared amid potential ceasefire efforts but no...
Netanyahu survives vote to dissolve Israeli parliament Knesset
ARY News
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June 12, 2025
JERUSALEM: Israel’s parliament rejected early on Thursday a preliminary vote to dissolve itself, the Knesset said in a statement, after an agreement was reached regarding a dispute over conscription. The vote, which could have been a first step...
Skyscraper behind SA Parliament House gets green light despite heritage fears
ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
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June 12, 2025
A 38-storey office building with shops, restaurants and a public plaza is set to tower over South Australia's Parliament House, after the concept was granted planning approval despite a number of concerns raised by the government's heritage...
Parks partner with nonprofit to make golf more affordable for W.Va. youth
West Virginia Explorer
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June 12, 2025
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — West Virginia's state park system is partnering with a national nonprofit to help make golf more affordable at courses at Pipestem, Twin Falls, and Cacapon state parks. Advertisement Acting Chief of Parks Dillard Price said the...
AUKUS is a disaster for Australia. Trump has given us an out – let’s take it
WAtoday
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June 12, 2025
And in that same poll, 44 per cent of Australians said they’d prefer a more independent foreign policy over a closer alliance with the US. By May, it was more than half – 54 per cent of Australians now want the Australian government to pursue a...
Cebu Pacific Marks 20 Years in Hong Kong with Tribute to OFWs
Punto Central Luzon
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June 17, 2025
Hong Kong – Cebu Pacific (PSE: CEB), the Philippines’ leading carrier, celebrated the 20th anniversary of its Hong Kong office by paying tribute to overseas Filipino workers (OFWs), recognizing their invaluable contributions to the airline’s...
Insects are dying: here are 25 easy and effective ways you can help protect them
The Guardian
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June 17, 2025
Insects are in trouble. Around the world, scientists are reporting catastrophic declines in their numbers, even in nature reserves that are largely protected from human touch. We are also beginning to see huge drops in the populations of other...
Australia sweeps NMI, 5-0, in junior badminton
Marianas Variety
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The NMI's Marlon Bautista reaches for the backhand return during a VICTOR Oceania Junior Team Championships match at the Ada gym. Photo by James F. Sablan Jr. THE NMI edged the Cook Islands, 3-2, on Sunday in the VICTOR Oceania Junior Team...
Keating says US Aukus review could ‘save Australia from itself’ as Morrison urges against overinterpreting move
The Guardian
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June 12, 2025
A chorus of Aukus sceptics, including former prime ministers Paul Keating and Malcolm Turnbull, say a US review represents an “opportunity” for Australia to escape a controversial deal that would cost hundreds of billions of dollars and leave...
Secret examination of agency running Aukus submarine program handed to government – as it happened
The Guardian
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June 12, 2025
Key eventsShow key events onlyPlease turn on JavaScript to use this feature What we learned today, Thursday 12 JuneThis is where we’ll wrap the blog up for the day. Let’s recap the day’s main events: The defence minister, Richard Marles welcomed...
Australian government ‘considering’ cement Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism
Global Cement
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Australia: Minister for Climate Change and Minister Chris Bowen says that the government is ‘considering’ the enactment of a Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) to prevent carbon leakage from high emissions-intensity products, including...
UK doctor says helping patients die in Australia is a ‘tremendous privilege’ and calls for law change at home
LBC
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12 June 2025, 01:19 Supporters of Dignity in Dying celebrate on hearing the result of the vote on the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill, outside the Houses of Parliament in Westminster, London. Picture: Alamy A British doctor working in...
Alumni Class Notes September 2024-January 2025
University of North Carolina Wilmington
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1970s Birty Lightner ’76, ’83M graduated in May 2024 from Liberty University, earning a Doctorate in Education with an emphasis in curriculum and design. Tim Griffin ’78, along with his current company, Hagerty Consulting, is helping support...
Major blow for Australia just days before Anthony Albanese meets Donald Trump
Daily Mail
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June 11, 2025
The Trump administration has launched a review into the AUKUS security deal with Australia and the UK in an unexpected and ominous sign for Australia's nuclear submarine plans. The review, announced overnight on Thursday, will be spearheaded by...
A reversal in US climate policy will send renewables investors packing – and Australia can reap the benefits
The Conversation
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June 11, 2025
President Donald Trump is trying to unravel the signature climate policy of his predecessor Joe Biden, the Inflation Reduction Act, as part of a sweeping bid to dismantle the United States’ climate ambition. The Inflation Reduction Act, or IRA, is...
Live: AUKUS 'all or nothing' for Australia, ex-ambassador warns amid US review
ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
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June 11, 2025
1m agoWed 11 Jun 2025 at 9:38pm US advised Australia, UK of review into AUKUS We've just received our first reaction to the AUKUS review out of the Australian government. A spokesperson for Defence Minister Richard Marles has downplayed concerns...
UK, Australia, Canada, New Zealand and Norway sanction Smotrich and Ben-Gvir while greenlighting Israel’s starvation of Gaza
World Socialist Web Site
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June 11, 2025
In a filthy political manoeuvre, Keir Starmer’s UK Labour government, along with Australia, Canada, New Zealand and Norway, has sanctioned two members of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s criminal government, Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir...
Australia’s identity crisis: Still lucky, still lost
Independent Australia
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Australia once swaggered with sunburnt certainty. Now, it's a nation in flip-flops, fumbling for a purpose in a world that’s stopped laughing at the accent, writes Vince Hooper. ONCE UPON A TIME, Australia knew who it was. A plucky, sunburnt...
Assisted dying: UK doctor says helping patients die in Australia is ‘privilege’
Craven Herald and Pioneer
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Dr Emma Boulton, from Oxfordshire, spoke of the difference between her mother’s “horrible” decline over a period of weeks with respiratory failure in England and the “very dignified” deaths she has been involved with in New South Wales. The...