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- Israel reopens its airspace amid a fragile ceasefire with Iran...
- Inflation falls to a seven-month low...
- Rising star Murphy Reid accepts a two-year contract extension with Fremantle.
Israel has reopened its airspace amid a fragile ceasefire with Iran, providing hope that Australians stranded in the Middle East may soon be able to return home on commercial flights.
Overnight, the Australian Defence Force evacuated 119 Australians and their families from Tel Aviv on repatriation flights.
It remains unclear how many Australians are seeking to return home from Israel and Iran, but over 4,000 have registered with the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade for help to leave the region.
Defence Personnel Minister Matt Keogh says Australians should continue engaging with the department, but regular commercial flights may soon be available providing another option.
US President Donald Trump has criticised media outlets for reporting a leaked intelligence assessment that has cast doubt over the success of US strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities.
The preliminary report leaked to CBS found America's attack over the weekend only set back Iran's nuclear program by a few months, contrary to claims made by President Trump and other senior officials that the sites were obliterated.
Trump administration officials scaled back their comments, telling the UN Security Council the attack had degraded Iran’s nuclear program, rather than obliterated it, but President Trump continues to insist the nuclear site was destroyed.
US Vice President JD Vance says President Trump’s actions in Iran struck the right balance between defending American interests and entering a war.
"What I call the Trump Doctrine is quite simple. Number one, you articulate a clear American interest and that’s, in this case, that Iran can’t have a nuclear weapon. Number two, you try to aggressively, diplomatically solve that problem. And, number three, when you can’t solve it diplomatically, you use overwhelming military power to solve it, and then you get the hell out of there before it ever becomes a protracted conflict."
Hundreds of Australia's leading First Nations justice advocates, experts and community leaders have gathered in Alice Springs for a two-day conference to discuss evidence-based alternatives to incarceration.
The issue has gained increased attention following the recent deaths of two Indigenous men in police custody in the Northern Territory.
There have been nearly 600 [[598]] Indigenous deaths in custody in the last 34 years since a Royal Commission on the issue handed down its report in 1991.
Robert Tickner was the federal Aboriginal Affairs Minister at the time, who presented the report to parliament.
He says inaction over key recommendations has led the justice system toward a state of collapse.
"In three and a half decades, almost, since the Royal Commission report came down, things have really gotten worse. At this particular point in time, we are at the lowest point we've been. We've got now record levels of Aboriginal incarceration right around Australia, and we've got a youth detention centre which is totally failing. It's almost at the point of collapse."
Inflation has fallen to a seven-month low, raising hopes of an imminent cut to interest rates.
Data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics shows headline inflation fell 0.3 per cent in May to 2.1 per cent - the lowest level since October 2024.
The monthly figures also show a decline in trimmed mean inflation, a measure of underlying inflation, from 2.8 per cent to 2.4 per cent in the month.
Treasurer Jim Chalmers says the figures are especially encouraging given the volatility of the global economy.
Economists have predicted a further three interest rate cuts before the end of 2025, which could lead to the cash rate falling to 3.1 per cent.
Aldi has again come out on top in a survey of supermarket prices by consumer advocacy group Choice.
The quarterly survey compares the cost of 14 common grocery items at four major chains around the country.
It found Aldi provided the best value with a checkout cost of $55.35.
Woolworths came in just under $59 dollars and Coles WAS not far behind.
IGA was the worst value at $69 dollars.
Choice CEO Ashley da Silva says Choice included more fresh produce in its basket this time and found the overall price gap decreased.
"Aldi are still the best deal overall and that's true whether it's with specials or without specials, but that gap between Aldi and some of the major supermarkets has shortened on the basis of this new basket."
He also says shoppers in Tasmania and the Northern Territory who can't access Aldi face higher prices overall.
In AFL...
Fremantle have handed rising star Murphy Reid a two-year contract extension, tying him to the club until the end of 2029.
The 18-year-old has kicked 16 goals across 14 games this season, and is among the favourites to take out this year's Rising Star award, along with Brisbane's Levi Ashcroft and Essendon's Archie Roberts.
