Australia news LIVE: One Nation slides in poll; mass casualties in Thai pub fire
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What’s making headlines this morning
By Ben Cubby
Good morning, and welcome to our live national news coverage for Monday, July 13. Here’s what’s making headlines today.
One Nation slips in poll: Support for Pauline Hanson’s party has fallen for the first time in four months and shifted to the Coalition as women and immigrants turn their backs on One Nation.
Thai restaurant fire: 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.
US-Iran war: US and Iranian forces have exchanged heavy missile and drone assaults, with Tehran targeting US facilities in states across the Gulf and saying it had again closed the Strait of Hormuz.
Project manager’s side hustle: 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.
Bureaucrats’ perks kept secret: In NSW, a government department is refusing to say how much taxpayers will spend for hundreds of bureaucrats to attend a three-night “gold, grit and greatness” conference in Bathurst.
Sinner wins Wimbledon: Jannik Sinner has defended his men’s Wimbledon title to end a run of grand slam heartache and match great rival Carlos Alcaraz’s feat as a back-to-back champion on the hallowed grass.