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AFL plan to extract more money from gambling faces potential legal challenge
Exclusive: Bookmakers consider fighting proposal to increase fees from 0.9% to 1.5% of turnover from most bets
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The AFL’s bid to secure a bigger share of gambling losses – despite public health warnings and criticism of sports betting – faces a potential legal challenge from bookmakers who believe it is already taking too much.
A draft proposal sent to bookmakers shows the AFL wants to significantly increase the cut it takes from bets placed on its matches. The cut, known as a product fee, is a percentage of a bookmaker’s turnover or revenue, whichever is highest.
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Continue reading...Elon Musk denies ‘hostile takeover’ of government in surprise White House appearance
The world's richest man took questions for the first time since he was appointed to lead a sweeping government cost-cutting effort.
Australian judge who wrongly jailed man during divorce case won’t face consequences, high court finds
Court finds Salvatore Vasta is immune from a civil suit and that the guards and security officers are not liable
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A judge who wrongly jailed a man during routine divorce proceedings should be protected from any personal consequences for his actions, the high court has ruled, despite the episode being described as an “affront to justice” and a “parody”.
The high court’s ruling on Wednesday restores broad-based protections to all federal judges and shields them from being sued for wrong decisions, and overturns a 2023 decision that shook Australia’s legal fraternity and prompted urgent calls for reform.
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Continue reading...China says US naval patrol of Taiwan Strait poses security risk
The US Navy described its patrol as a 'routine' exercise through the international waterway.
‘Screaming because of the pain’: Salman Rushdie recounts stabbing at trial
American-Lebanese Hadi Matar, 23, is accused of attempting to kill The Satanic Verses author in frenzied 2022 attack.
Elon Musk appears with Trump and tries to claim ‘Doge’ team is transparent
Key presidential ally, whose agency has operated in secrecy, also makes claim – without evidence – of fraud at USAid
Elon Musk claimed in the Oval Office on Tuesday that his so-called “department of government efficiency” (Doge) was providing maximum transparency as it bulldozed its way through the federal government, remarks contradicted by the reality of how he has operated in deep secrecy.
The appearance from Musk was the first time he had taken questions from the news media since his arrival in Washington, and he used his time standing next to Donald Trump at the Resolute Desk to defend the aggressive cost-cutting measures the Doge team has pursued.
Continue reading...FBI says it has discovered thousands of new files on JFK assassination
Law enforcement agency says about 2,400 newly discovered records are being transferred to archives for declassification.
President Daniel Noboa questions first-round results of Ecuador’s election
The right-wing incumbent is set to face his left-leaning rival, Luisa Gonzalez, in a second round of voting in April.
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Oil clean-up ‘scam’ warnings ignored by Shell, whistleblower tells BBC
The oil giant faces allegations it ignored warnings that a clean-up scheme was beset by corruption.
Oil clean-up ‘scam’ warnings ignored by Shell, whistle-blower tells BBC
The oil giant faces allegations it ignored warnings that a clean-up scheme was beset by corruption.
Associated Press barred from Oval Office for not using ‘Gulf of America’
Agency says its reporter wasn’t allowed into event in effort to ‘punish’ style guide on upholding use of Gulf of Mexico
The Associated Press said it was barred from sending a reporter to Tuesday’s Oval Office executive order signing in an effort to “punish” the agency for its style guidance on upholding the use of the name of the Gulf of Mexico, in lieu of Donald Trump’s preferred name for the geographic landmark as the Gulf of America.
AP’s executive editor, Julie Pace, said in a statement: “As a global news organization, The Associated Press informs billions of people around the world every day with factual, nonpartisan journalism.”
Continue reading...Trump reportedly fires watchdog who oversees USAid after damning report
Paul Martin, an independent inspector general and Biden appointee, warned of drastic effects of shuttering USAid
Donald Trump reportedly fired the federal watchdog responsible for overseeing the US Agency for International Development (USAid) on Tuesday, one day after the independent inspector general issued a damning report detailing the impact of the president’s sudden dismantling of the agency.
Paul Martin, who was appointed by Joe Biden in December 2023, was dismissed in an email from Trent Morse, deputy director of the White House office of presidential personnel, seen by the Washington Post.
Continue reading...Dozens evacuated in Argentine skyscraper fire
Forty people were treated for smoke inhalation after the fire broke out in the Argentine capital.
Dozens evacuated in Argentine skyscraper fire
Forty people were treated for smoke inhalation after the fire broke out in the Argentine capital.
Germany’s once-mighty car industry is in crisis. What will it take to fix it?
The German auto manufacturing sector is struggling. Can it get back on the road to recovery?
Solomon Islands landowners seek compensation over catastrophic oil spill
Claim over the 2019 Rennell Island disaster, which saw more than 300 tonnes of fuel leak into the water, filed in the Solomons High court
The companies allegedly responsible for the one of the worst environmental disasters in Solomon Islands’ history are being sued over the catastrophic oil spill that caused harm to an ecologically sensitive island.
The claim over the 2019 Rennell Island disaster was filed in the Solomons high court last week, just days before the statute of limitations expired.
Continue reading...Two nurses in Australia suspended for reportedly making antisemitic comments – Reuters
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Trade, tariffs and visas to dominate Trump-Modi talks
The leaders share a warm relationship, but both will have their own wish list when they meet this week.