Motor neurone disease campaigner Neale Daniher farewelled in Melbourne, The PM questions 'constant' US statements about peace with Iran, A Somali referee goes home after being refused entry to the US for the World Cup.
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Motor neurone disease campaigner Neale Daniher farewelled in Melbourne...
The PM questions 'constant' US statements about peace with Iran...
A Somali referee goes home after being refused entry to the US for the World Cup.
A sea of blue beanies has been seen across the Melbourne Cricket Ground at the public funeral service for motor neurone disease crusader Neale Daniher.
This man says he came to honour Daniher's 13-year battle with what he called The Beast, made famous with Neale's campaign to raise awareness and money for MND medical research.
"Yeah, just much admiration for him for his career. And more so for beyond his career, with his Fight MND."
Tributes have been offered at the service by Daniher's four adult children. Neale's wife Jan Daniher offered the first eulogy.
"I want to start with a monologue that was one of Neale's and my favourites. It comes from the movie Parenthood. In one scene, grandma is talking to her son about life. She describes it as a choice between a merry go round and a rollercoaster... Grandma chose the rollercoaster - and so did Neale."
The Jordanian military says it has shot down five missiles launched from Iran, as Tehran and Washington engage in tit-for-tat strikes after the downing of a US helicopter.
Iran says it was targeting the Muwaffaq Salti Air Base, which has hosted American F-35 fighter jets and other aircraft.
Jon Gambrell from the Associated Press says Jordan is in a precarious position between Israel and Iran.
He says the strikes are raising questions about the entire peace process.
"All this put together again calls into question efforts to try to reach a more permanent ceasefire in the Iran war that started all the way back in February. Meanwhile, it just remains unclear if there will be more retaliation, more attacks in the Middle East, and all this is putting new pressure on those talks, which so far haven't had any major results."
The alleged surviving gunman of the Bondi Beach terror attack has been formally hit with 19 further charges.
The additional charges have been added to Naveed Akram's charge sheet during a court appearance today in Sydney's Downing Centre Local Court.
The existing charges include committing a terrorist act and 15 counts of murder, while the additional charges include 10 counts of shooting with intent to murder and six counts of discharging a firearm with intent to resist arrest.
Akram's case has now been adjourned for nine weeks, with prosecutors citing the sheer weight of evidence being assessed by investigators.
Motorists will face higher fuel prices at the bowser in the coming weeks as the temporary cut to the excise comes to an end.
Australia's peak motoring group says that based on current prices, the average for unleaded petrol in Sydney will be 40 cents higher after the cut expires at the end of June, than before the start of the war against Iran.
Federal Transport Minister Catherine King says the government is doing everything possible to shield Australians from the impact of the conflict in the Middle East, but would not extend the excise cut.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says that the constant statements made by the US about peace agreements has made it difficult to deal with the consequences of unrest in global oil markets - but that Labor had succeeded in securing supplies.
"There is now more fuel in Australia today than there was on February 28 when this conflict arose... And as a direct result of what we've done to Export Finance Australia purchasing - spot purchases of cargoes of diesel, of jet fuel, of fertiliser, as well as petrol - is to make a difference for people."
Startups may be able to claim greater tax concessions than initially announced in the federal budget as the government grapples with blowback to its economic reforms.
Nine newspapers are reporting that Treasurer Jim Chalmers is in talks with businesses about allowing startups to keep a John Howard-era 50 per cent discount on capital gains tax.
The carve-out would address a backlash from businesses unhappy with the government's plan to remove the discount and replace it with an inflation-based tax rate.
To sport,
A Somali referee has returned home after being denied entry to the United States to oversee a World Cup game.
The Somali Football Federation says it has not received an official explanation as to why Omar Artan was turned away.
But the New York Times has reported that Artan was interviewed at Miami airport for 11 hours by border officials, who asked him why he'd traveled to the US and questioned him about Somali politics and the al-Shabab militant group that is fighting an insurgency against the government there.
Omar himself has declined to comment further.
"I wanted to thank FIFA for supporting me all the way and the Somali people also. So I am very grateful for FIFA and CAF (Confederation of African Football) also. So this is what I have to say."
Somalia is one of several countries on a travel ban list introduced by President Donald Trump's administration as part of a broader immigration crackdown.
