14 August 2026
A second ABC piece involving Gina Rinehart has been removed in as many weeks, this time over an inaccurate wage claim.
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14 August 2026
Families ran for their lives as reports of gunshots echoed through a busy shopping centre.
14 August 2026
A worker at Coolman Air Conditioning & Pro-Active Maintenance went into an attic to service an AC unit when he found snake skins.
14 August 2026
Firefighters were battling a blaze at the Gloriavale Christian Community late on Friday night.
14 August 2026
The first photos of James Packer’s third wedding have finally emerged weeks after the Australian billionaire married fiancee Kylie Lim in a ceremony on his $200 million mega yacht.
14 August 2026
‘It’s horrible. I just don’t know what to say.’
14 August 2026
Tougher customs treatment of low-value airfreight shipments is threatening to reverse some of the ecommerce sector’s rapid growth, according to new analysis from Trade and Transport Group. The consultancy’s latest report estimates that cross-border ecommerce accounted for almost 18% of intercontinental air cargo traffic last year, despite representing only around 6% of global online sales. China is overwhelmingly the dominant origin, accounting for more than 80% of cross-border ecommerce revenue, made up ... The post Customs crackdowns on Chinese ecommerce threaten airfreight demand appeared first on The Loadstar .
14 August 2026
From one week to the next, it has been more of the same: transpacific rates on the climb; but with the cost of shipping into Europe showing an even more precipitous drop than last week, there are major question marks over the latest carrier plans to induce price hikes this week. Beginning with the good news for the shipping lines, the amount they can charge from Asia into both US coasts ... The post Shipping disruption sees ‘rate increase fire’ spread from spots to contracts appeared first on The Loadstar .
