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China No.1 source of new cars sparking intelligence warning

China is the biggest monthly source for new Australian cars for the first time ever and dominates the EV market. Japan had been the uninterrupted No.1 since 1998. Here’s why intelligence experts are worried.

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REVEALED: US spy planes make secret Australian stopover

Two high-tech surveillance aircraft made a stopover in Australia just days after the Trump administration began bombing Iran, but officials are refusing to discuss details of the visit. 

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Questioning the repatriation of the children of radical jihadists to Australia doesn’t make me a monster, it makes me a realist.

Compassion for ISIS kids must be limited by common sense

Questioning the repatriation of the children of radical jihadists to Australia doesn’t make me a monster, it makes me a realist.

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Apart from petrol price increases, the economic effects of the conflict in the Middle East on Australia could be mildly positive, experts say.

How Middle East conflict could be good for Aussie economy

AARON PATRICK: Apart from petrol price increases, the economic effects of the conflict in the Middle East on Australia could be mildly positive, experts say.

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Aviation experts have issued a warning for Aussies with plans to travel to Europe any time in the next five months.

Grim flight news for Aussies doing Euro summer

Aviation experts have issued a warning for Aussies with plans to travel to Europe any time in the next five months.

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The Nationals want to attract more ‘high calibre women’ according to a leaked internal document.

Leaked Nationals review seeks ‘high-calibre’ women

The country-based party needs to fundamentally change how it recruits parliamentary candidates to get more ‘high-calibre women’ elected, a secret document recommends.

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Minister for Trade Senator Don Farrell  is urgently meeting with the country’s 40 peak bodies representing exporters.

Trade chief in urgent talks over $15bn threat to Aussie exporters

Australian producers are being affected as the war in the Middle East escalates, shutting down crucial shipping lanes.

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Donald Trump says the US Navy will start escorting ships through the Strait of Hormuz.

Trump’s massive move over Strait of Hormuz

US President Donald Trump is set to defy Iran’s closure of the Strait of Hormuz, bringing in the US military might after Iran threatened to blow up any unauthorised ship.

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Shock annual push could change workplaces forever

The change could help reduce stress and burnout, which could end up saving businesses more in the long run.

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Donald Trump is furious with Keir Starmer who he thinks is too concerned with legalities.

'Not Winston Churchill': Trump's sledge at UK's Starmer

The US President took aim at Britain’s limited support for airstrikes on Iran and threatened to cut trade with Spain, deepening tensions with key European allies.

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US Consulate struck in suspected Iranian drone attack.

WATCH: US consulate burns in Dubai after drone strike

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has confirmed the US consulate in Dubai has been struck by a missile.

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Australia has been criticised for its support of the US and Israeli military action in Iran.

‘Violation of human rights’: UN blasts Aus over strikes

Australia is being accused of dodging questions about the legality of US-Israeli strikes on Iran and ignoring its role to help maintain world order.

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Lebanon is being further sucked into the Iran war as Hezbollah trades blows with Israel.

Missiles rain as Lebanon dragged into Middle East war

Fresh exchanges between Hezbollah and Israel have opened a new front in the regional conflict, forcing thousands of Lebanese civilians to flee.

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Tehran continues to be barraged by air strikes as part of the US-Israeli Operation Epic Fury.

‘Just about everything knocked out’: Trump boasts amid war

Donald Trump claimed overwhelming military gains in Iran while embassies closed, oil prices spike and fighting expanded to Lebanon and the Gulf.

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