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'The Wild West': The Northern Territory's Cracker Night in pictures
ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
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July 1, 2025
It happens just once a year, for five loud, chaotic hours — and only in one rebellious corner of the country. On the evening of July 1, the Northern Territory once again lit up in a flurry of bangs, smoke and unregulated explosives as thousands of...
Australia: NSW Labor budget cuts spending but boosts property developers
World Socialist Web Site
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July 2, 2025
Last week’s third budget handed down by the Labor government in New South Wales (NSW), Australia’s most populous state, features more huge handouts to the billionaire property developers who are profiting from Australia’s housing affordability...
Business : Gamuda Shares Rise On Landmark Tasmania Renewable Energy Deal
Bernama
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July 2, 2025
KUALA LUMPUR, July 2 (Bernama) -- Gamuda Bhd’s shares gained traction in early trade on Wednesday, following the signing of a landmark agreement with Tasmanian landowners to co-develop large-scale renewable energy projects. At 9.36 am, the counter...
Australian Hobie Cat Nationals entries rolling in
Sail-World
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July 1, 2025
by Susan Ghent 1 Jul 14:15 PDT 27 December 2025 - 5 January 2026 There is excitement in the air for the Pitts Design and Construction 53rd Australian Hobie Cat National Championships. To be held in Busselton in the South West of Western Australia...
Australian health workers voice outrage over Gaza catastrophe
World Socialist Web Site
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July 2, 2025
Health workers at Sydney mass protest against Gaza genocide, February 11, 2024.Over the past month, more than 2,000 health care workers from across Australia have signed an open letter to express their horror at the intensifying Gaza genocide and...
Australia's Commodity Exports Face Headwinds
Oil Price
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July 1, 2025
Australia has been out of luck lately. The country’s consumer watchdog just this week warned the east coast could face a gas shortage as soon as this year. Smelters and miners are complaining about high energy costs and asking for government help....
Australia’s Agentic AI Surge Signals a New Era in Digital Decision-Making
WhaTech
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July 1, 2025
Australia’s artificial intelligence evolution has entered a new phase — and it’s moving fast. A new report by Adobe has revealed that agentic AI usage in the country has skyrocketed by 50% in just three months. In its latest research, From...
Australian airline Qantas reveals data theft impacting six million customers
The Register
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Australian airline Qantas on Wednesday revealed it fell victim to a cyberattack that saw information describing six million customers stolen. “On Monday [June 30], we detected unusual activity on a third party platform used by a Qantas airline...
Victoria Beckham signs eyewear licensing deal with Safilo Group
TheIndustry.fashion
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July 2, 2025
Victoria Beckham has signed a 10-year global licensing agreement for eyewear collections with Safilo Group, a key player in the design, manufacturing and distribution of prescription frames and sunglasses. The deal sees the founder and Creative...
Australian retail sales edge up 0.2pc in May but miss analyst forecasts
The West Australian
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July 2, 2025
Australian retail sales rose less than expected in May, with a rare drop in food spending offsetting gains recorded in clothing and department stores. The 0.2 per cent lift in May was weaker than the 0.4 per cent rise analysts were looking for....
Australian manufacturer losing ‘tens of millions a month’ begs for govt handout
Sky News Australia
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July 2, 2025
The CEO of a major Australian manufacturer has begged various state and federal governments for a handout as losses mount to "tens of million a month" while China allegedly distorts the market. Metal processor Nyrstar Australia has struggled with...
Australians Reuse Passwords and Don't Trust AI Agents: New Okta Research Reveals a Digital Trust Deficit
iTWire
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July 1, 2025
GUEST RESEARCH: Australians are continuing to expose themselves to avoidable cyber risks, with poor password practices and deepening distrust of AI agents creating new challenges for digital security and experience, according to new research from...
Trading ideas: Gamuda, Avangaad, Avaland, Powerwell, Perdana Petroleum, Key Asic, Samaiden, Kerjaya Prospek, LFG, CCIB
The Malaysian Star
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July 2, 2025
KUALA LUMPUR: Stocks that may see trading interest today include Gamuda Bhd, Avangaad Bhd, Avaland Bhd, Powerwell Holdings Bhd, Perdana Petroleum Bhd (PPB), Key Asic Bhd, Samaiden Group Bhd, Kerjaya Prospek Group Bhd, Lianson Fleet Group Bhd (LFG)...
Queensland Reds v British & Irish Lions live streams: How to watch Wednesday’s tour match
Rugby World
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July 1, 2025
Shouldn’t you be at work? This guide explains how to watch Queensland Reds v the British & Irish Lions online and on TV this Wednesday, though you may have to clear this one with your boss… – Date: Wednesday 2 July, 2025 – Kick-off time: 8.00pm...
Australia’s Qantas says 6 million customer accounts exposed in cyber hack
SRN News
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July 1, 2025
Audio By Carbonatix By Byron Kaye and Shivangi Lahiri (Reuters) -A cyber hacker broke into a database containing the personal information of millions of customers, Qantas said, in Australia’s biggest breach in years and a setback for an airline...
Victoria Beckham, Safilo Group Ink 10-year License
WWD - New York
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July 1, 2025
MILAN — Victoria Beckham and Safilo Group have signed a 10-year global licensing agreement for the design, manufacturing and distribution of eyewear collections for the designer’s namesake brand until December 2035. The full eyewear range — both...
Australian airline Qantas says hit by ‘significant’ cyberattack
Manila Standard
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July 2, 2025
Sydney, Australia—Australian airline Qantas said Wednesday it was investigating a “significant” cyberattack, after hackers infiltrated a system containing sensitive data on six million customers. Qantas said hackers had targeted one of its...
Australia retail sales up only slightly in May, supporting case for rate cut next week
Yahoo Finance
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By Stella Qiu SYDNEY (Reuters) -Australian retail sales barely grew for a fourth straight month in May as gains in clothing purchases were offset by a rare drop in food sales, bolstering the case for another cut in interest rates next week....
Victoria’s Public Sector Union Is Facing a Reform Challenge
Jacobin
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Jiselle Hanna When we took on this campaign, everybody told us that rank-and-file tickets never succeed. And yes, we’ve learned that the odds really are stacked against you. The incumbents have a lot of advantages. They have name recognition,...
Australia's chicken king adds another farm near Geelong to cement dominance
The Advocate
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July 1, 2025
The business, founded in New Zealand about 40 years ago and today owned by Aware Super, has the capacity to produce more than 174 million broiler chickens annually, one in four of all chickens consumed nationally.