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The night Sussan Ley pulled a gun on a menacing man
By Olivia Ireland
Opposition Leader Sussan Ley has revealed she pulled out a semi-automatic rifle as a man threatened her while she was camping on a dark country road years ago.
In a glossy magazine profile in The Australian Women's Weekly the Leader of the Opposition opened-up about the incident which occurred on a country road in central NSW, when she was moving to become an aerial stock musterer.
'The gun was literally lying down the side of the sleeping bag, so I was able to pick it up and wave it in the general direction of this individual. I think my hands were shaking so badly,' she said.
Read what happened here.
6.54am
How US could demand Australia pay more for AUKUS
By Paul Sakkal and Michael Koziol
Remember that $368 billion nuclear submarine deal? It could soon cost us a lot more.
Australia facing the prospect of a Trump administration review demanding it pay more for submarines under the $368 billion AUKUS pact and guarantee the boats support the US in a conflict over Taiwan.
Sources familiar with the review by Trump's Undersecretary of Defence, Elbridge Colby, believe he intends to urge major changes to the program before Australia can get the nuclear submarines it has been promised.
Interviews with three Australian sources with direct knowledge of the AUKUS review and American defence experts who worked on the submarine project believe the probe will recommend amending rather than scrapping the deal brokered by former leaders Joe Biden, Scott Morrison and Boris Johnson.
6.47am
Australian doctors just pulled off a 'world-first' heart surgery
By Angus Thomson
An Australian man has become the first in the world to be implanted with a next-generation device that mimics the heart's pulse, in what doctors have described as a quantum leap for technology that has saved thousands of lives from heart failure.
The globally renowned cardiac surgical team at Sydney's St Vincent's Hospital were chosen to perform the first in-human implant of their new left ventricular assist device (LVAD), which uses a wave-generating membrane – rather than a rotating pump – to push blood around the body.
The team, led by cardiothoracic surgeon Dr Paul Jansz, performed the surgery in May on Michael Smith, a grandfather and former meatworker from Leeton in the NSW Riverina.
On Tuesday, Smith left hospital for the first time in three months, saying he felt better than he had in more than a decade.
Read why this surgery will change lives in Angus Thomson's story.
6.40am
What's making news today
By Emily Kowal
Good morning and welcome to our national news blog. My name is Emily Kowal, and I will be bringing you the top stories of today.
It's Thursday, July 10.
Here's what is making headlines.
Australia is facing the prospect of a Trump administration review demanding it pay more for submarines under the $368 billion AUKUS pact and guarantee the boats support the US in a conflict over Taiwan.
An Australian man has become the first in the world to be implanted with a next-generation device that mimics the heart's pulse, in what doctors have described as a quantum leap for technology that has saved thousands of lives from heart failure.
In motorsport news; After a 20-year stint that included eight drivers' titles, Red Bull F1 team principal Christian Horner has been dumped from the same team he helped turn into a powerhouse.
Overseas, the European Court of Human Rights held unanimously that Russia and its agents engaged in 'manifestly unlawful' conduct when it shot down Malaysian Airlines flight MH17 in a missile attack, killing 298 passengers and crew.
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