27 August 2026
Jack Farrelly and Demi McDaid face charges of supplying a prohibited drug in a large and indictable quantity in Sydney.
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27 August 2026
The NFL will play a record nine games internationally this season and they include three cities hosting for the first time: Melbourne, Australia; Rio de Janeiro; and Paris.
27 August 2026
Northern Territory Police have declared a death in custody investigation after a 43-year-old man died following a confrontation with police near Darwin.
27 August 2026
Australia’s landmark under-16s social media ban could be set for another major expansion.
27 August 2026
The theft of high-value technology being shipped in the US is increasingly being driven by diversified transnational criminal enterprises using the same illicit logistics networks that move narcotics, weapons, and people. According to supply chain intelligence company Overhaul, thefts involving data centre equipment, computing components, and chips have increased by 38% since 2024, while the total value of goods stolen has risen by more than 110%. Individual losses regularly exceed $30m, with ... The post Warning to shippers after theft of hi-tech cargo in Q2 passes $300m appeared first on The Loadstar .
27 August 2026
Missed the vertical consolidation’s musical chairs with a bit of Italo-French drama, didn’t you? Oh, dear Yeah! Here’s where Premium left you earlier this summer, the previous episodes of the MSC-Clasquin-Ceva-CMA CGM saga follow: – ‘Twists and turns at Clasquin & Ceva’ (10 July) – ‘The MSC-Bolloré-Clasquin tightrope in forwarding’ (9 July) – ‘Rodolphe Saadé: We’ll offer even more integrated solutions’ (2 July) And now after the summer break, comes another executive-related, big hit exit as MSC ... The post EXCLUSIVE: Top Clasquin exec pushed the MSC way appeared first on The Loadstar .
27 August 2026
“The US government is investigating [Kuehne + Nagel’s] Apex Logistics for its suspected role in smuggling Nvidia Corp AI chips to China” – Bloomberg, 27 August 2026. (Timing sucks?) If you recall, Lawrence Lim wrote for Premium about Kuehne + Nagel’s (K+N) ‘deliberate path‘ to an Apex listing last month. When asked about Premium‘s exclusive (followed by Bloomberg coverage two days later), during the Q&A session of the call with management on Q2 ... The post Kuehne + Nagel – Apex chip smuggling investigation hits the wires appeared first on The Loadstar .
27 August 2026
Chinese subsea cable and offshore wind specialist Jiangsu Hengtong Optic-Electric has secured a string of domestic and international offshore contracts worth a combined RMB 1. 831 bn ($272. 4m). The company and its controlled subsidiaries received winning bid notices or signed contracts for projects spanning submarine cables, laying works, turbine installation, and offshore operations and maintenance. Domestic …
