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The Gold Coast airport has closed and the Queensland Premier says 'now's the time' to leave at-risk properties after 70 people evacuate from South Stradbroke Island. Defence Minister 'confident' about AUKUS under Trump.
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‘She’s not on trial for being a liar’, Patterson’s defence counsel says
Colin Mandy SC says the way Erin Patterson acted in the days after hosting a deadly lunch ‘doesn’t change what her intention was at the time of serving the meal’.
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High Court dismisses CFMEU challenge
The court rejected a legal challenge to the federal government’s takeover of the CFMEU’s construction division, in a win for Labor and a defeat for the union’s sacked officials.
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