A tourist is fighting for life following a bicycle accident on Rottnest Island, offshore of Western Australia.

Emergency crews responded to calls about 5pm on Tuesday that an overseas tourist had fallen from a bicycle on Digby Drive in the Thompson Bay area of Rottnest Island.

They found a 38-year-old woman suffered life-threatening head injuries following the fall.

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She was flown from the island to Royal Perth Hospital in a critical condition.

The circumstances surrounding the crash remain under investigation.

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Iranian authorities have published a map of alternate shipping routes through the Strait of Hormuz which appears to suggest that sea mines have been planted in the critical waterway.

The Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) shared a chart which urges commercial vessels to avoid sea mines – a type of underwater explosive – which were deployed following the US and Israel's war against Iran, Iranian state media reports.

"All ships intending to transit the Strait of Hormuz are hereby notified that in order to comply with the principles of maritime safety and to be protected from possible collisions with sea mines…they should take alternative routes for traffic in the Strait of Hormuz," the statement reads.

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The statement was accompanied by instructions for safe entry and exit routes for ships travelling the Strait of Hormuz.

There are fears this latest development will deter ships from entering the strait.

Hundreds of vessels are believed to still be stranded as both sides of the conflict carry out strikes, despite reports of a ceasefire.

According to the Australian Strategic Policy Institute, sea mines are fairly easy to deploy and don't require much specialist support.

An unsubstantiated threat of sea mines may also be enough to bring trade through the strait to another screeching halt.

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"Sea mines offer distinct advantages as a maritime weapon. They require little training or specialist support. They are easy to deploy: they can be placed in the water from civilian boats, small craft or submarines," retired Royal Australian Navy mine warfare specialis Andy Perry wrote.

"And unlike many other naval weapons, they can be laid without direct combat interaction with an adversary, remaining dormant until activated by a passing vessels."

The US Naval Institute estimates Iran may have between 5000 to 6000 mines.

"The discovery of just one in the Strait of Hormuz would compel interested parties to assume there are many more," retired US Navy Captain Kevin Eyer said last week.

Perry said mine warfare doesn't need to leave a trail of sunken ships to be considered a successful military strategy.

"Maritime access through the strait can be shaped less by firepower and more by caution, uncertainty, and slow responses of mine countermeasures forces," he added.

The US military has previously claimed it "eliminated" Iranian mine-laying vessels near the Strait of Hormuz earlier this month.

US President Donald Trump threatened severe consequences for Iran if it deployed mines along the oil chokepoint.

"If ​Iran has put out any mines in the Hormuz Strait, and we have no reports ⁠of them doing so, we want them removed, IMMEDIATELY!" he wrote on Truth Social.

He said the US was deploying the same technology used against drug traffickers to "permanently eliminate ​any boat or ship attempting to mine the Hormuz Strait."

Trump later claimed the US had hit "and completely destroyed" a number of "inactive mine laying boats and/or ships".

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Former Liberal staffer Bruce Lehrmann has run out of options to appeal a ruinous defamation loss, including a civil court judge's finding that he likely raped Brittany Higgins in Parliament House.

The 30-year-old took his case against Network Ten to the High Court, where he challenged findings by dual courts that the broadcaster did not defame him by airing Higgins' allegation during an interview on The Project in February 2021.

Today, the High Court rejected Lehrmann's application for special leave to appeal.

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Typically, the court refuses to hold a substantive hearing if it thinks an appeal does not grapple with a major question of Australian law.

In April 2024, Federal Court Justice Michael Lee first dismissed the 30-year-old's case against Ten and journalist Lisa Wilkinson, describing it as an "omnishambles".

The judge's findings, including that Lehrmann raped Higgins on the balance of probabilities, were upheld on appeal by the Full Federal Court in December.

Higgins had been out drinking with colleagues, including Lehrmann, in 2019 before the pair wound up at Parliament House in the office of their then-boss Senator Linda Reynolds.

It was there that the alleged rape happened.

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The 30-year-old Lehrmann has consistently repeatedly denied any sexual conduct occurred, saying he returned during the early hours to write notes about French submarine contracts.

This claim was roundly rejected by Justice Lee, saying the young man had been seen kissing Higgins, whom he found attractive.

"Now does a man in a situation like that have French submarine contracts on his mind or does he have something else on his mind?" the judge quipped.

A criminal case against Lehrmann in the ACT was derailed due to juror misconduct.

A further trial was ruled out and no findings have been made against him in a court of criminal law.

The failed High Court bid could lead to Lehrmann being forced into bankruptcy due to court orders he pay a $2 million legal bill to Ten.

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Jobs at Bendigo Bank are at risk after the lender confirmed a new round of operational changes tied to outsourcing deals with global firms.

The bank said the changes "will lead to workforce changes" affecting employees across its technology and business operations teams, with consultation yet to begin and the full scope of job impacts still unclear.

Chief executive Richard Fennell said decisions that impact staff are "never easy".

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"Decisions that impact our people are never easy. We acknowledge this will be a challenging time for our people and we are committed to leading these changes with compassion, care and respect," Fennell said.

"We will consult with our people impacted by these changes, and we are committed to ensuring the support they need is available.

"The health and wellbeing of the Bank's people continue to be key considerations in the planning and implementation of these essential workplace changes."

The workforce changes come as the bank announced the next phase of its "Productivity Program", including two major partnerships with Infosys and Genpact aimed at overhauling its technology and business operations.

Under the plan, Infosys will take on a seven-year technology services agreement. At the same time, Genpact will manage aspects of business operations over six years – moves the bank said would streamline processes and lift efficiency.

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Fennell explained that tapping into global expertise would allow the bank to simplify its systems and reinvest in new capabilities.

"By leveraging global expertise and becoming simpler and more efficient, we can reinvest in new technologies and capabilities," he said.

Bendigo Bank serves around 2.9 million customers across Australia, with the restructure forming part of its broader strategy through to 2030.

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The federal government is appearing to distance itself from an increasingly "unpredictable" US President as his public communications over the conflict in Iran become increasingly concerning.

Foreign Minister Penny Wong said Australia was trying to diversify its relationships as she singled out Donald Trump in a rare criticism.

"We know that the US under President Trump will be more unpredictable," she told Today.

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"What we are doing about that is continuing to work with them, but also diversifying our partnerships, working in our region with Southeast Asia, with the Pacific, with Canada, with the United Kingdom and with the European Union."

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will travel to Singapore today to meet his counterpart and shore up trade on essential supplies, including petrol, diesel and liquefied natural gas.

He said the trip was to help Australia build resilience in an increasingly "uncertain world".

Albanese was one of the first to support the US and Israel's joint attack on Iran on February 28, which killed its Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Hosseini Khamenei.

He brushed off any concerns of international law breaches as a matter for the US and not Australia. 

Australian military assets, like the E-7A Wedgetail, were also sent to the Gulf region to help protect citizens and civilians.

Albanese confirmed he signed off on keeping the aircraft in the region for "a period of time" this morning, but reiterated that Australia was not involved in the Middle East in any offensive capacity.

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Since his initial support, Albanese and his government have appeared to change their tone.

Albanese said the war's original objectives had been met as Trump considered sending troops to the ground in Iran.

This week, he questioned what the current war objectives were and called for a de-escalation.

"I think it's very clear that any further escalation needs to be outlined, what the objective is," he said on Tuesday.

In a rare rebuke of a US President, Albanese also condemned Trump for threatening to bring Iran "back to the Stone Ages" and that a "whole civilisation will die" if it did not bow to his narrowing deadline to reopen the Strait of Hormuz.

"Open the F—–' Strait, you crazy bastards, or you'll be living in Hell – JUST WATCH! Praise be to Allah," he said in a Truth Social post.

While Trump did abandon his threat at the 11th hour for a shaky two-week ceasefire, Albanese told Sky News the threat was both "inappropriate" and "extraordinary".

Wong said no one should threaten the destruction of a civilisation.

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Australian motorists are being warned cheaper fuel prices won't become immediately apparent at the bowser despite the price of crude oil dropping after the Iran-US ceasefire.

Brent crude oil, the international standard, tumbled 13.3 per cent to US$94.75 per barrel overnight. It had briefly topped US$119 when worries about the war with Iran were at their highest, but it's still above its roughly US$70 price from before the war.

But experts and the federal government say it will take time for reductions in the price of petrol and diesel to flow through to Australian service stations.

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NRMA spokesman Peter Khoury said that after yesterday's ceasefire announcement, it was the news motorists had been waiting for.

"If the ceasefire is sustained, then yes, we expect oil prices to fall, and that will start to flow on at the bowser. It will take a little bit, but flow on it will."

Khoury said it had historically taken seven to 10 days for changes in global oil prices to be reflected at the bowser.

Given the pace at which prices rose in the early stages of the war, he said there was the expectation any reduction "needs to be much quicker".

Foreign Minister Penny Wong said today it could be some time for petrol prices around the country to come down, after the Strait of Hormuz – which carries about one-fifth of global oil supplies – has again been closed.

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"My answer is, we want it to be as soon as possible but I think the hard reality is this may take some time," she said of the prospect of relief at the bowser.

Swinburne University of Technology transport expert Professor Hussein Dia warned closing and reopening the Strait of Hormuz could lead to an oscillating global oil price.

"When a key area like the Strait of Hormuz is repeatedly closing and reopening, it creates a high level of uncertainty in global energy market," said Dia.

"Markets respond very quickly to risk. Each time there is a disruption or threat of disruption, a risk premium is added to oil prices. When conditions ease, that premium may fall, but not always fully or immediately."

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese today announced that Export Finance Australia has come to terms that will allow Australia's largest fuel suppliers to bring in more stock from overseas.

"This is not business as usual, importantly, this is more fuel in Australia," he said.

The PM was speaking in Brisbane before he heads to Singapore where he will discuss Singapore to discuss fuel supply options.

The city state is one of Australia's major suppliers.

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