1 September 2026
Pauline Hanson courts Melbourne’s elite at $2k-a-head lunch Herald Sun
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1 September 2026
Liberal party figure tells inquiry he never asked Jean Nassif ‘for payments for political outcomes’ as lawyer tells him she is ‘gobsmacked’ by his ‘obfuscation’ The younger brother of Dominic Perrottet has insisted he never asked a fugitive property developer for money for political outcomes – including at a meeting at fine-dining restaurant Nobu in Crown Casino, an inquiry has heard. On Tuesday, the New South Wales Independent Commission Against Corruption (Icac) heard that developer Jean Nassif had withdrawn from a scheduled videolink appearance from Lebanon later this week, after Charles Perrottet faced questions about the dinner meeting between the two men in Melbourne in May 2021.
1 September 2026
A knife and a saw have been seized, and a 38-year-old man is in custody after allegedly assaulting a police officer in the car park of an airport on the NSW North Coast.
1 September 2026
One capital city has recorded its warmest winter on record, but it hasn’t been dry and that’s where it gets interesting.
1 September 2026
(No kidding: The great Pabst Blue Ribbon (PBR) heist is hilarious until you realize the same scheme is draining three-quarters of a billion dollars a year from US supply chains) …and that’s the freight crime model now. Read on. ‘Loaded voluntarily’ Somewhere in Southern California someone is sitting on 40,000 pounds of stolen Pabst Blue Ribbon and wondering what happens next. They are not alone in that uncertainty. On August 17, two separate cargo ...
1 September 2026
Three projected victories are ‘a message’ to US that Carney ‘has the support of the Canadian people’, says one lawmaker Canada’s ruling Liberal party has swept three special elections in a result that showed voters backing the prime minister, Mark Carney, after his face-off with the US president, Donald Trump . The Canadian Press, Canada’s national news agency, projected Liberal victories in Chicoutimi-Le Fjord in Quebec, Beaches-East York in Toronto and North Vancouver-Capilano in British Columbia.
1 September 2026
Norwegian offshore engineering group Aker Solutions has named Paal Eikeseth as its new chief executive, replacing Kjetel Digre after six years at the helm. Eikeseth takes over with immediate effect. He has led Aker Solutions’ Life Cycle business since 2022 and previously held senior operational roles covering the UK, Angola, Canada and Asia. Digre, who …
1 September 2026
SK ecoplant has agreed to sell its entire stake in offshore wind foundation specialist SK Oceanplant to a consortium led by The Ocean Asset Management for KRW410bn ($299m). The South Korean group signed a share purchase agreement covering all 22. 26m shares it owns in SK Oceanplant, equivalent to a 35. 62% stake. The Ocean Asset Management …
