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A jury has rejected claims that a superyacht operator's son was merely helping his father run errands in a botched attempt to retrieve cocaine from the hull of a cargo ship.James Lake-Kusviandy Blee, 24, plotted with his father, James Lake Blee, and two Brazilian divers to obtain a 57-kilogram package of cocaine on May 9, 2022.The drugs were concealed within the hull of the Arti Gr Majura, which had transported soybean meal from Argentina to the Port of Newcastle.READ MORE: PM denies helpi

Bondi Beach terror attack hero Ahmed Al Ahmed has allegedly received violent threats from his own family trying to get money out of him.Hozifa and Sameh Al Ahmed faced a Sydney court today accused of trying to extort $200,000 from their brother.Ahmed received more than $2.5 million from an online fundraiser after he was hurt intervening in the antisemitic terror attack that killed 15 people in December.READ MORE: Teen's alleged hijack attempt 'politically motivated'He was filmed w

Prosecutors have claimed a teen accused of trying to hijack a commercial plane was politically motivated as they pushed for his case to be heard in a higher court.The now-19-year-old is accused of bringing a firearm and a fake bomb onto an aircraft at Avalon Airport, southwest of Melbourne, in March 2025.  About 160 passengers were on board the Jetstar plane, which was due to fly to Sydney.READ MORE: Latham avoids airing dirty laundry in court as ex's abuse claim droppedThe teen, who was 1

He might be off the hook in court, but firebrand MP Mark Latham is still copping accusations of lying and character assassination from his former partner.Nathalie Matthews, 38, applied for an apprehended violence order against Latham after accusing him of sustained emotional and physical abuse.But she withdrew the private application by consent before a three-day hearing was set to begin.NRL: Rabbitohs star medically retires after shock diagnosisLatham's lawyer, Zali Burrows, told reporter

Former NSW Young Australian of the Year Nikhil Autar has died at the age of 32.The doctor, cancer survivor and writer achieved numerous feats in his life despite a number of significant challenges.Autar was diagnosed with leukemia at the age of 17 during his HSC year.READ MORE: Aussie business owners unite against PM's 'aspiration ambush'He also underwent chemotherapy, bone marrow transplants and open heart surgery.Despite this, he went on to graduate from medicine at Western Sy

WARNING: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised that this story contains the image of a person who is deceased.Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has admitted governments need to do better to improve the lives of Indigenous Australians, after he met with the family of Kumanjayi Little Baby.It has been almost three weeks since the five-year-old girl was found dead in Alice Springs days after she was allegedly abducted from a town camp.Speaking this afternoon after meeting with her

International students bring tangible and intangible benefits for Australia. But policy decisions are eroding their numbers. The post Have we passed peak international education? appeared first on Crikey.

Former Olympic swimming champion Neil Brooks and his wife Linda were "ecstatic" at learning their long-running fraud charges were about to be formally abandoned in a Brisbane court.The pair had been accused of making dishonest representations to induce investor Glenn Melcheck and his wife to pay $1.95 million for a 50 per cent stake in their sports merchandise company in 2008.After being introduced in late 2007 by a third party, the Brooks and the Melchecks held a series of meetings be

The man charged over the death of a school teacher in the State’s south has been identified, as shocking details about the fatal incident are aired in court.

Australia is one of nearly 100 countries set to be impacted by new visa rules when travelling to Thailand after the Asian nation said it would remove a key visa exemption.Thailand's government announced it would be removing a policy that allowed tourists from 93 different countries to travel throughout Thailand for up to 60 days without needing to apply for a visa.The policy was first implemented in 2024, designed to help a recovery in the tourism industry after the COVID-19 pandemic.LIVE U

An early US and Israeli war goal was to install a former president of Iran famous for hating them.

Australia is frittering away $1 billion every year by building unnecessary carparks that homeowners and renters don't actually want or need, according to a new report.Local and state law mandates off-street parking for newly-built apartments and townhouses in most Australian capital cities – and it comes at an eye-watering cost.Researchers from the Grattan Institute have called for an urgent law change to abolish these minimum-parking requirements, which could save $5.2 billion in construc

Another month, another wave of criticism against Australia’s media regulations by US tech lobbyists.  The post US tech lobbyists are reusing an old script to bash Labor’s media regulation plan appeared first on Crikey.

A glossary to help you navigate the hysterical language being thrown at Labor's tax reforms. The post ‘Broken promises’, ‘death tax’: What the tax reform tantrum is really about appeared first on Crikey.

According to the AFR, Australian bond yields have soared because investors hate the budget. Or, also per the AFR, it's entirely about foreign factors. Whom to believe? The post Yes, the AFR is desperate to bag the budget — but this desperate? appeared first on Crikey.

Forty Australian business owners under 40 have penned an open letter to the prime minister, saying his tax reform is an "aspiration ambush".The self-described "young business builders of Australia" from technology, artificial intelligence, retail and manufacturing sectors told Anthony Albanese that his budget has hit them the hardest."We work the hours. We carry the risk," the letter read. READ MORE: Business owners hail '47 per cent partner' PM in meme

Instead of spending $5 billion to ensure our current submarines last into the 2040s, the government will spend $11 billion 'sustaining' them — increasing the risk of a big gap in submarine capability. The post Collins-class clusterf*ck another Defence bungle that will leaves us hostage to AUKUS appeared first on Crikey.

Plus, an early critique of Shaun Micallef's gambling docuseries. The post Angus Taylor’s budget reply is a flop: Crikey readers appeared first on Crikey.

New research released today has revealed the university degrees giving fresh Australian graduates the best pathway towards earning six-figure salaries.The Social Research Centre's Graduate Outcomes Survey for 2025 looked at the employment outcomes for about 50,000 undergraduates.Their median salary was $91,000, an increase of 31 per cent from 2022.READ MORE: Casual work booms, full-time jobs fall as economy squeezedBut graduates in fields such as medicine, software engineering, dentistry

Coles has launched a partnership with Crime Stoppers Victoria in a bid to stop violence against supermarket workers.It comes as CCTV footage reveals shocking incidents of assault and violence against workers, with one clip showing a worker being thrown to the ground and dragged by a shopper.The attack only stopped once bystanders intervened.VICTORIA: Dodgy booze that killed teens found in local liquor storesColes' state general manager Chris McKellar said the shocking footage is a sad reali