At the Golden Barley hotel in Sydney’s Enmore. some Australians are newer to football, continuing to call it soccer or turning out only during World Cups.
Not so for Nick, Robyn, Alan. Jim, who have been sitting right in front of the television at the pub since it opened, Guinnesses in hand.
Nick is fitted out in an authentic 1974 Socceroos jersey – marking the historic first year the Aussies qualified for a World Cup. scored their first ever point.
His friend Jim has been to three World Cups, including in West Germany in 1974.
Paradoxically, Nick. his partner Robyn actually miss the age-old tradition for Australians of waking up at ungodly hours of the night with their kids to watch the Socceroos play, thanks to punishing timezones.
“I miss the 2am games,” Nick says with a laugh.
“We were just saying this morning. we used to wake up in the middle of the night, it used to be really good … it’s a unique experience. A family experience.”
Alan is confident that the Socceroos will be victorious today.
“We have realistic expectations, we’re not world leaders but Popovic is going to do it for us.”
Legal challenge to NT fracking dismissed by federal court
A legal challenge to a fracking project in the Northern Territory has been dismissed by the federal court.
Lock the Gate sought to have Tamboran’s Shenandoah pilot project in the Beetaloo basin assessed under federal environmental laws. Five wells have been drilled for the appraisal project with more planned.
Lock the Gate argued the project should have been assessed under the federal water trigger to consider its impacts on water resources including groundwater.
The water trigger was expanded in 2023 from large coal mining. coal seam gas projects to include all unconventional gas projects.
Before Friday’s judgment, Lock the Gate said the outcome of the case would have significant implications for future fracking approvals in the NT. around the country.
Justice Nicholas Owen s dismissed the case with costs.
Pocock hopeful for a goal
We are goalless just after half-time. David Pocock is hopeful the Socceroos star Nestory Irankunda will put the ball in the back of the net.
The ACT senator came to Canberra’s main city square to watch the match set-up on two screens that are far too small. low for the space.
Pocock said he was an Irankunda fan. hoped the Socceroos would clinch the match with a 2-0 win at full-time.
Time will only tell.
‘Near-perfect start’ to Socceroos match, Craig Foster says
Craig Foster had some thoughts a moment ago in Melbourne’s Federation Square just before the end of the first half of the Socceroo’s game.
Here’s what he had to say to the Guardian’s Matilda Boseley:
double quotation mark So thrilled, I’m just delighted. A brilliant start to the game … couldn’t be more perfect. …
They’re very respectful. It looks that as thought the Paraguay coach is more desperate for a point maybe than we are even. They’ve been the one to say, OK, we don’t need to take too much risk. And that’s so good for us, because we’re comfortable at the back.
So far, fingers crossed, it’s been a near-perfect start.
Woman faces 403 charges over allegations of $2m in improper strata transfers
A woman is facing 403 charges after she allegedly transferred more than $2m from strata trust accounts into a personal bank account. used the money to buy luxury goods.
Police said in a statement released a short time ago. a former employee of a strata business in the Coffs Harbour area tipped them off in January last year about alleged fraudulent activity at the business.
Police said in a statement:
double quotation mark Following extensive inquiries. police established that a woman had allegedly transferred more than $2 million from strata trust accounts into a personal bank account.
Police will allege in court that the funds were used for personal expenditure including cryptocurrency investments, luxury goods,. an SUV.
Police arrested the 30-year-old woman yesterday and charged her with 403 counts of dishonestly obtain financial advantage etc by deception.
She was due to appear before bail court today.
Canberra catches World Cup fever
The nation’s capital is not immune from World Cup fever with about 500 heading to Canberra’s main city square to watch the Socceroos take on Paraguay.
Two screens have been set up for the midday match after local politicians. including the ACT senator David Pocock, lobbied the ACT government to hold a public viewing event.
Spirits are high and there’s been the usual chants and cheers so far. At least one flare has been let off but it’s otherwise a family friendly event.
Police arrest woman believed to be known to elderly woman found dead at Rooty Hill aged care home
An elderly woman has been found dead at an aged care facility in Sydney’s west. with police arresting a woman believed to be known to her.
Emergency services were called to the aged care home on Evans Road in Rooty Hill at about 11.45pm on Thursday after reports a woman’s body had been found. NSW police said.
An investigation is under way after the body of a woman was found at an aged care facility in Sydney’s west overnight.
In a statement, police said:
double quotation mark Officers attached to Mount Druitt Police Area Command attended. located the body of an 84-year-old woman inside the building.
Police have established a crime scene, and detectives have commenced an investigation into the incident.
Police arrested a 53-year-old woman, believed to be known to the elderly woman, at the scene, the statement said. She was taken to Mount Druitt hospital for an assessment.
Police will prepare a report for the coroner.
Beef-up looms for world-first teen social media ban
Australia’s world-first teen social media ban will be strengthened to deal with potential legal challenges. improve the powers of the online watchdog, AAP reports.
Nearly eight months since the federal government barred children under 16 from apps such as Instagram, Snapchat, TikTok, Reddit. Facebook, Labor is planning further changes to hold tech companies accountable.
Government sources have confirmed Anthony Albanese plans to announce a beefing-up of the ban within weeks.
“This is leading the world, we should be proud of this,” the prime minister told Nine’s Today Show on Friday.
“What we’re looking at doing is any way. we can further strengthen the laws … if there are legal challenges,” he said.
The eSafety Commissioner, Julie Inman Grant, has previously raised concerns about the “thin scaffolding” of the ban. described it as a “very blunt force approach”.
At the Golden Barley hotel in Sydney’s Enmore. some Australians are newer to football, continuing to call it soccer or turning out only during World Cups.
Not so for Nick, Robyn, Alan. Jim, who have been sitting right in front of the television at the pub since it opened, Guinnesses in hand.
Nick is fitted out in an authentic 1974 Socceroos jersey – marking the historic first year the Aussies qualified for a World Cup. scored their first ever point.
His friend Jim has been to three World Cups, including in West Germany in 1974.
Paradoxically, Nick. his partner Robyn actually miss the age-old tradition for Australians of waking up at ungodly hours of the night with their kids to watch the Socceroos play, thanks to punishing timezones.
“I miss the 2am games,” Nick says with a laugh.
“We were just saying this morning. we used to wake up in the middle of the night, it used to be really good … it’s a unique experience. A family experience.”
Alan is confident that the Socceroos will be victorious today.
“We have realistic expectations, we’re not world leaders but Popovic is going to do it for us.”
Sydney pubs already heaving ahead of Socceroos match
At 11am on a wet Friday morning. pubs in Sydney’s inner west would usually be shut, or home to a couple of stragglers. Not so today. as hundreds of Socceroos fans pack in front of TV screens ahead of Australia’s crucial game against Paraguay.
It’s the first time in history a Socceroos World Cup game is being played entirely within AEST working hours,. there are a few punters drinking pints with their laptops out at the Golden Barley in Enmore in a sea of yellow and green, for what some are calling the “Great Socceroos Sickie”.
Small business owners Jamie Hayman and his brother Rick Hayman are among them. Rick owns HXD Built construction in the inner west. is plugging away on his laptop at 11am with his staff.
Rick says he’s been supporting the Socceroos “forever”.
double quotation mark It unites the community. That’s what you notice. Pubs get filled up, there’s all the talk around town, it’s really good to see.
Jamie says this is the first time he. his brother have come out early to a pub to support the Socceroos, and says he can “definitely see more support” for the team.
Asked what time they’ll shut the laptops, he replies: “Probably kickoff”.
Palestinian human rights groups score strategic victory on Israel-bound defence exports
A trio of Palestinian human rights groups have scored a victory in the federal courts after reaching agreement with the defence minister to obtain a list of any decision-making documents related to Israel-bound export permits.
The groups – the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights, Al-Haq. Al Mezan Center for Human Rights – made the discovery application in federal court for arms export documents in April but on Wednesday reached agreement that the defence minister would produce the list by 17 July.
The Palestinian groups. represented by the Australian Centre for International Justice, will now need to request access for those documents, which could still be subject to public interest immunity claims.
The groups are seeking to determine whether any permits were erroneously granted due to a failure to properly assess the possibility the exports could be used to facilitate serious human rights abuses in Gaza.
The ruling shows an export permit still in effect remains under scrutiny. according to the government’s affidavit which has not been made public.
Shawan Jabarin, the general director of Al-Haq, said:
double quotation mark We should not have to go to court to understand who is arming the Israeli settler-colonial apartheid regime. Palestinians are not speaking about arms exports in the abstract. We are speaking about bombs falling on families, homes, hospitals, schools, refugee camps and entire communities. When states refuse to disclose what they are exporting. they are also refusing to confront the human consequences of the weapons systems they help sustain.
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