- A fresh barrage of attacks on Israel and Iran...
- The government praises a $20 billion investment in A-I infrastructure in Australia....
- The Club World Cup is underway with Lionel Messi's Inter Miami held to a goalless draw by Egyptian team Al-Ahly.
Iran has warned their retaliatory missile strikes on Israel will become heavier and more extensive if Israeli strikes continue.
The two countries have launched fresh attacks with Israel expanding its surprise campaign against its main rival with a strike on the world's biggest gas field.
In response, a missile barrage on Israeli cities including Haifa and Tel Aviv, has reportedly killed at least eight people overnight.
And in another attack, Tzvika Brot, mayor of the coastal city of Bat Yam, says four of his community members - including a nine-year-old girl - were killed.
"We have four dead until now, more than 100 wounded - four of them critical. We don't have the exact number of people who are missing but we do know that there are a lot of people who haven't contacted their loved ones yet. Hopefully this number will not rise."
Iranian media says Israeli attacks on Tehran have killed at least 80 people, including 20 children, and wounded 800 others over the past two days.
The Israeli military claims it is targeting sites related to Iran's nuclear program.
Nationals leader David Littleproud says Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has a hefty responsibility to get Australia's relationship with the United States back on track in a meeting with Donald Trump.
Mr Albanese confirmed he will be meeting with the U-S President at G-7 talks in Canada on Tuesday to discuss the AUKUS defence pact and global trade issues.
It comes as the U-S has put the $368 billion AUKUS nuclear submarine deal under review.
Mr Littleproud told Channel Nine's Today show that all eyes are on whether the Prime Minister will be able to get assurances on AUKUS or a potential exemption to Mr Trump's tariff regime.
"It is important that we get an in principle agreement of the support of this pact that keeps our security and their security safe, and then also the carve out for the trade when we've already seen carve outs provided by President Trump to countries like Canada. When we've spending money on Aus, I would've thought that our close relationship will be able to get those carve outs on steel, in particular aluminum, and that these crazy tariffs are removed. And I think one of the final things Prime Minister Albanese should push for is a return globally to a rules-based order of trade."
Industry and Innovation Minister Tim Ayres [[airs]] has praised a $20 billion Amazon investment in artificial intelligence infrastructure in Australia.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announced the money from the tech giant will build powerful data centres in Sydney and Melbourne over the next five years and will underwrite the creation of three new solar farms to support the centres.
Data centres are massive, power-hungry facilities that store servers, cables and hardware to process the data coming from cloud computing and complex A-I operations needed by millions of customers.
They also typically require significant amounts of water to keep their servers cool.
Minister Ayres told Sky News it's a significant opportunity for Australia.
"This is absolutely in our economic interest, absolutely in our security and broader geopolitical interest in a fast-moving and less-secure world, but this new wave of technological reform and progress is an enormous opportunity for Australia, not just in growth terms, but in productivity terms."
Signs the labour market is easing will help calm Reserve Bank concerns about inflation with Australia's jobless rate tipped to remain at historic lows.
Economists predict labour force figures for May - to be released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics on Thursday - will show the unemployment rate held steady at 4.1 per cent.
Alongside the expected 20,000 new jobs added to the economy - following an increase of 89,000 in April - the figures would indicate ongoing tightness in the labour market.
The Reserve Bank of Australia has previously expressed concern the jobs market could stall progress on inflation but has recently become more concerned about international factors than domestic developments.
In football,
The revamped Club World Cup has gotten off to a festive start in Miami, Florida with Lionel Messi drawing vast crowds and showing flashes of his brilliance when his Inter Miami side were held to a goalless draw by African giants Al-Ahly.
The 32-team tournament will see the top clubs from leagues around the world battle it out across the United States over the next month.
Though the opening match ended in a disappointing draw, you wouldn’t know it from the reactions from fans of Egyptian team Al-Ahly who sang and leaped into the air in celebrations as they left the stadium.
Fan 1: "It was crazy, man. There was lots of action. We had fun. At least everybody is going home happy. Nobody is sad."
Fan 2: “We missed the penalty. That was bad. Usually, I’m a Miami fan, I’m a Messi fan. But I’m also Egyptian, so I wanted to root for Ahly. It was a good game. 0-0, that’s OK. Disappointed, but not too upset.”
