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Bangkok Pub Fire Kills 27, US and Iran Exchange Strikes, One Nation Support Falls to Coalition
The Sydney Morning Herald reported multiple developments on July 13 including a deadly Bangkok fire, US-Iran missile exchanges, a poll shift for One Nation, and Jannik Sinner's Wimbledon win. Separate items covered a Victorian project manager conflict and secrecy over an NSW bureaucrats conference.
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The Sydney Morning Herald reported that US and Iranian forces exchanged heavy missile and drone assaults, with Tehran targeting US facilities in states across the Gulf and stating it had again closed the Strait of Hormuz. A huge fire engulfed a pub in Bangkok early on Monday morning, killing at least 27 people before firefighters brought the blaze under control, officials said.
Support for Pauline Hanson’s One Nation party fell for the first time in four months and shifted to the Coalition, the Sydney Morning Herald reported.
In Victoria, a high-ranking project manager on Big Build projects used his position to promote a new workwear company headed by his wife that he part-owned via a family trust. In NSW, a government department is refusing to say how much taxpayers will spend for hundreds of bureaucrats to attend a three-night conference in Bathurst.
Jannik Sinner defended his men’s Wimbledon title and matched Carlos Alcaraz’s feat as a back-to-back champion on grass.
