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Pocock says Australia also needs to focus on returns from ‘industries of the future’

Pocock has advocated for a fair return on gas and other “industries of the future” including critical minerals and AI datacentres.

I think we need to get a fair return from the export of our gas right now but we need to be looking at all these other industries that we’re told are the industries of the future, critical minerals, AI datacentres.

I don’t have the specific solution to it but I think it’s the principle of how do we get a fair return on resources that belong to the Australian people?

We’re one of the biggest gas exporters in the world right now. My argument is we should be getting a fair return from the export of that gas, and also lowering the price of gas here in Australia.

We’re constantly being told that we have some sort of shortage of gas. We’ve got manufacturers here paying more for Australian gas than Japan is buying our gas for.

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Nascar champion Kyle Busch died of pneumonia and sepsis, family says

The driver died aged 41 on Thursday after "overwhelming complications" from the illnesses.

Middle East crisis live: fate of strait of Hormuz hangs in balance as Trump claims Iran deal ‘largely negotiated’

US president says strait will be opened as part of the deal, but Iran’s influential Fars news agency reports that vital waterway would remain under Iranian control

• Full report: Trump says peace deal with Iran ‘largely negotiated’ with strait of Hormuz to open

Hello and welcome to our live coverage of the Iran war and the wider Middle East crisis.

Donald Trump has announced that a peace deal with Iran “has been largely negotiated”, after calls with a Pakistani mediator, Gulf allies and Israel, potentially paving the way for an end to the war launched by the US and Israel in February.

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Trump says peace deal with Iran ‘largely negotiated’ with strait of Hormuz to open

Remarks by US president potentially mark conclusion of bombing campaign led by US and Israel

Donald Trump announced on Saturday that a peace deal with Iran “has been largely negotiated”, after calls with a Pakistani mediator, Gulf allies and Israel, potentially paving the way for an end to the war launched by the US and Israel in February.

Trump wrote on his social media platform that “final aspects and details” of a “Memorandum of Understanding” are still being discussed, and “will be announced shortly” but said the strait of Hormuz will be opened as part of the deal.

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source https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/may/23/trump-ceasefire-iran-strait-of-hormuz

US green card applicants will now have to return to home countries to apply, DHS says

Change criticized by advocates marks the latest significant move by the Trump administration on immigration policy

Foreigners seeking to adjust their immigration status in the United States to secure green cards will have to do so from outside the country via the state department, the US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) said on Friday, in a move criticized by aid groups, policy analysts and immigration attorneys.

USCIS announced the move in a policy memo, which directed officers to consider relevant factors and information on a case-by-case basis when determining whether extraordinary relief is warranted.

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Europeans Remain Wary as Trump Promises to Deploy Troops to Poland #wanitaxigo

The turbulent 15 months of Trump’s unlikely US intelligence director

Over 15 months, the ex-Democrat without an intelligence background took actions seemingly meant to flatter Trump

Tulsi Gabbard’s tumultuous 15-month tenure as the US’s top intelligence official ended Friday, when Gabbard submitted her resignation as director of national intelligence.

Gabbard was an unconventional choice for the role, given she was a former Democrat with no notable intelligence background. Her political views, particularly on foreign intervention, have at times diverged from Donald Trump’s. But she also undertook norm-breaking actions as the country’s top intelligence chief that appeared designed to flatter Trump and his agenda of election denial.

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