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(Left to right) UK defence secretary John Healey, Australian foreign minister Penny Wong, UK foreign secretary Yvette Cooper, and Australian defence minister Richard Marles at press conference during Aukmin Summit in London, 10 June 2026. Photograph: Tolga Akmen\/EPAShare<\/a><\/p>\nUpdated at\u00a017.18 EDT<\/p>\n
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Twenty-five anti-Isaac Herzog protesters to face joint trial in Sydney<\/p>\n
Twenty-five people who were charged after they protested against the visit of the Israeli president will face a six-week joint trial in July next year.<\/p>\n
The protesters had their matters heard before Downing centre local court on Thursday after their lawyers made a successful application for the joint hearing, arguing there were common legal issues across the cases.<\/p>\n
The acting deputy registrar Soly Najm set down a week-long pre-trial hearing for 8 March 2027, and a six-week long trial beginning 19 July 2027.<\/p>\n
Felicity Graham, who was one of nine lawyers to appear on behalf of the protesters, told the court she expected the police commissioner, Mal Lanyon, to be the first witness called.<\/p>\n
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Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a017.34 EDT<\/p>\n NSW police find human remains in search for woman missing since 2018<\/p>\n NSW police have located human remains in a long search for a woman allegedly murdered in 2018.<\/p>\n Officials said officers have been investigating the disappearance of Nadire Sensoy, 71, who vanished from her home in Prospect in December 2018. A coronial inquest into her death began in 2023, but it was suspended after new information came to light.<\/p>\n Later in 2023, police arrested a man, 47, in Wagga Wagga, NSW. He was charged with murder and remains before the courts.<\/p>\n NSW police said this morning they will allege he murdered the woman, who was known to him.<\/p>\n Officials said officers searched a property in Seven Hills in Sydney this week, where they located human remains. They have not yet been formally identified.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Good morning, Nick Visser back on deck to take over the blog reins. Let\u2019s get into it.<\/p>\n Share<\/a>Jim Chalmers defends jibe about Angus Taylor’s background The treasurer, Jim Chalmers, has defended remarks he made about Angus Taylor, saying he has no issue with wealthy Australians – but maintained the opposition leader is disconnected from the reality of the housing market.<\/p>\n In a speech on Thursday, Chalmers said Taylor was born \u201cat the top of the ladder\u201d.<\/p>\n Appearing on the ABC\u2019s 7.30 program last night, Chalmers was asked by host Sarah Ferguson whether he has a \u201cproblem with wealthy Australians.\u201d<\/p>\n Chalmers said:<\/p>\n double quotation markNot at all. I want more people to succeed in our economy and in our society…<\/p>\n Angus Taylor talks about a ladder and the point that I\u2019ve made about the ladder is it\u2019s not much point in having a ladder if the first few rungs are missing. Angus Taylor was born at the top of the ladder, good on him, but I think that that means he doesn\u2019t understand that a lot of people are struggling.<\/p>\n When pushed on whether people who inherit wealth are worthy of criticism – given Labor boasts historically wealthy figures of its own, such as Paul Keating and Kevin Rudd – Chalmers said:<\/p>\n double quotation markThe point that I\u2019m making about Angus Taylor is that not everybody is born already at the top of the ladder… Not everybody has had the same experiences that Angus Taylor has had.<\/p>\n Our responsibility, which we embrace enthusiastically, is to make it easier for more people to do well, whether that\u2019s at work with better wages, whether it\u2019s helping with the cost of living and tax cuts, or whether it\u2019s helping people get a foothold into a housing market that\u2019s been too difficult for too long, especially for young people.<\/p>\n Share<\/a>Richard Marles wishes John Healey \u2018all the best\u2019 after he abruptly quit UK government<\/p>\n Britain\u2019s defence secretary, John Healey, has abruptly quit the Starmer government, in another blow to the leader\u2019s teetering authority.<\/p>\n Our UK colleagues have all the coverage (it was apparently over a new defence spending plan that Healey considered didn\u2019t \u201ccommit the resources that the nation needs to defend the country at this time of rising threats\u201d):<\/p>\n But it\u2019s also a blow to Richard Marles, who was in the UK for the Aukmin summit of defence and foreign ministers, and had been due to head to a naval base at Portsmouth alongside Healey, overnight our time.<\/p>\n The event was cancelled. Some time later Marles put out a rather mournful statement, saying:<\/p>\n double quotation markI have deeply valued the close and collaborative working relationship with my good friend John Healey as Secretary of Defence, as I have with his predecessors on the Australia-UK defence relationship. I have worked closely with all of them particularly in respect of Aukus.<\/p>\n Our defence relationship is enduring, with deep connections, values and shared interests.<\/p>\n Acknowledging that ultimately this has been a decision for John, I wish him all the best for the future.<\/p>\n Marles did go to Portsmouth anyway, Guardian Australia was told, to meet the Royal Navy, hosted by a junior defence minister.<\/p>\n The day before, Marles had expressed \u201ca sense of confidence\u201d in the commitment of the UK to the Aukus submarine project.<\/p>\n (Left to right) UK defence secretary John Healey, Australian foreign minister Penny Wong, UK foreign secretary Yvette Cooper, and Australian defence minister Richard Marles at press conference during Aukmin Summit in London, 10 June 2026. Photograph: Tolga Akmen\/EPAShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a017.18 EDT<\/p>\n Welcome<\/p>\n Good morning and welcome to our live news blog. I\u2019m Martin Farrer with the top overnight stories and then it will be Nick Visser with the main action.<\/p>\n We kick off with news from the UK, where our deputy PM and defence minister, Richard Marles, was visiting for a ministerial summit but had the wind taken from his sails when his British counterpart abruptly quit over defence funding.<\/p>\n More on that coming in a minute or two.<\/p>\n![\"Ima](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1781214314_703_Ima_Caldwell.png\")
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