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Long Shortz with Recce: $15 million capital raise for Phase 3 Indonesian and Australia trials
Stockhead
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June 5, 2025
Tylah Tully chats with Recce Pharmaceuticals (ASX:RCE) managing director and CEO James Graham about the company’s recent placement. Recce’s raised $7.4 million in an entitlement offer shortfall, the final part of a broader $15.8 million capital...
Australia boosts protections for PALM workers
FBC News
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June 5, 2025
Australia is taking further steps to ensure Pacific workers in the PALM scheme receive fair pay, secure working conditions, and vital protections especially in lower-skilled and seasonal jobs where vulnerability is higher. First Assistant...
Donut brands battle it out to be crowned Australia's favourite
Nine
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June 5, 2025
It's on! Today, on National Donut Day, 9honey Kitchen will name a winner in the ongoing donut war between Donut King and Krispy Kreme. Both of the popular brands are handing out free donuts today in honour of National Donut Day. Donut King are...
Australian and NZ anti-corruption bosses accuse each other of criminal activity
ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
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June 5, 2025
Papua New Guinea's peak anti-corruption body is on the brink of implosion, senior staff say, as its three commissioners, who hail from Australia and New Zealand, level criminal allegations at each other. The country's Independent Commission...
How the Trump-Musk implosion played out on social media
The National News
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Elon Musk and President Donald Trump, the man the Tesla boss claims he got elected, fell out in spectacular – and very public – style on Thursday. A break-up of the billionaire bromance appeared to be on the cards since Tuesday, after Mr Musk said...
SailGP: Media Conference concludes in New York
Sail-World
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June 5, 2025
by Richard Gladwell/Sail-World.com/nz 5 Jun 06:37 PDT 6 June 2025 The media conference ahead of the Mubadala New York Sail Grand Prix has concluded, without any special points being revealed, save that Kahina Kunz has been loaned by the Brazilian...
The curious case of South Australia's law and order budget
ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
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June 5, 2025
When journalists filter into a budget lock-up, the first thing they do (perhaps apart from making sure they have a caffeinated beverage) is pick up a stack of budget papers. For a rookie reporter it can be an intimidating tower, but this year...
Uncle Sam whistling in the wind on Australian defence spending
The Mandarin
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June 5, 2025
The audacious Ukrainian drone attack on Russia’s strategic bombing fleet, “Operation Spiderweb”, is one for the history books, documentaries, films and even, perhaps one day, musical theatre in the cheeky vein of the hit British West End show,...
ACMA finds multiple wagering operators in breach of Australia’s BetStop rules
Yogonet International
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June 5, 2025
Weaknesses in internal systems and compliance processes have led four operators to breach Australia’s BetStop rules, with Buddybet, Ultrabet, VicBet, and Topbet all falling short of their obligations to block access and marketing to self-excluded...
Australian accused of mushroom murders denies weighing ‘fatal dose’ on kitchen scales
The Sun Daily
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June 5, 2025
SYDNEY: An Australian woman accused of murder denied measuring out a “fatal dose” of poisonous mushrooms on her kitchen scales to kill three elderly relatives of her estranged husband, as she was cross-examined by the prosecution on Thursday. Erin...
Australia encouraged TNI to use its training facilities in October
Antara
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June 5, 2025
Jakarta (ANTARA) - Australia has encouraged the Indonesian National Armed Forces (TNI) to take advantage of its military training facilities during an exercise scheduled for October at the Mount Bundy Training Facility in the Northern Territory....
Ex-Helensburgh teacher struck off in Australia after 'upskirting' pupil claims
Helensburgh Advertiser
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Dean Barr was employed at Hermitage Academy before leaving in 2023 and taking on a role at Halls Head College, near Perth in Western Australia. But the 36-year-old had failed to disclose to his new employer or the Teaching Registration Board in...
Lachlan Murdoch pays surprise visit to his Australian troops
The Sydney Morning Herald
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June 5, 2025
British celebrity chef Nigella Lawson pays a visit to Potts Point Vietnamese restaurant Lady Chu.Credit: InstagramLadies who lunch CBD’s favourite outspoken restaurateur, Nahji Chu, has enlisted a celebrity ally in her fight against the joyless,...
Australian FB page linking Bill Gates’ SG trip with vaccine mandate fact-checked; MOH debunks claims
The Independent Singapore
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June 4, 2025
SINGAPORE: Following an Australian Facebook account’s connection last month between the recent visit to Singapore of billionaire businessman Bill Gates and a reported vaccine mandate, the Ministry of Health (MOH) issued a clarification to debunk...
Australian scientists make big breakthrough in HIV research
OUTinPerth
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June 5, 2025
HIV researchers in Melbourne have shared they’ve made a big breakthrough in tackling latent HIV in cells. The research was published in the journal Nature Communications and outlines how the team at the Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and...
Australian Researchers Develop AI That Understands Human Emotions
MENAFN
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June 5, 2025
(MENAFN- The Peninsula) Xinhua Sydney: Australian researchers have unveiled a method to make artificial intelligence (AI) systems more emotionally aware, laying the groundwork for more empathetic and effective human-machine interactions. Not yet...
Australian defence programmes
Asian Military Review
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June 5, 2025
As a middle power with just 27 million inhabitants, Australia has quite an impressively equipped military. Its 2024/25 defence budget allocated a record A$55.7 billion (US$36.8 billion), up 6.3% from the preceding year, and this included A$16.7...
Australian-first bare-knuckle fighting event denied for Perth
ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
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June 5, 2025
Western Australia's Combat Sports Commission has declined an application for an Australian-first bare-knuckle boxing event in Perth. In a statement, a spokesperson for the commission said the board was not satisfied the event met the required...
Australian-first bare-knuckle fighting event denied for Perth
ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
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June 5, 2025
Western Australia's Combat Sports Commission has declined an application for an Australian-first bare-knuckle boxing event in Perth. In a statement, a spokesperson for the commission said the board was not satisfied the event met the required...
Australian man arrested for drug possession in Bali
ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
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June 5, 2025
An Australian man has been arrested in Bali on suspicion of drug possession, Indonesian authorities have said. The Bali Narcotics Board detailed the arrest of 40-year-old Puridas Robinson in connection with drug possession. Officials said the...