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Prime Minister Anthony Albanese today announced a new $12 billion investment into a defence hub near Perth to build submarines under the AUKUS agreement.

The funding for the Henderson Defence Precinct, south of the WA capital, is about half of what the $25 billion facility will eventually need over the next decade to host and maintain nuclear-powered submarines.

Albanese announced the investment today at the precinct, alongside Defence Minister Richard Marles and WA Premier Roger Cook.

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"This brings our additional investment in defence over the next decade to $70 billion," said Albanese

"When complete, this precinct will deliver continuous naval ship building and AUKUS here in WA."

The federal government says the facility will create 10,000 jobs as well as providing opportunities for local businesses.

Albanese said the $12 billion investment showed Australia was playing its part in regional defence amid calls by the Trump administration to raise military spending.

"Australia has always pulled our weight. We pay our way and we contribute to our alliance each and every day," he said.

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The Coalition said it has welcomed the investment, but claimed it was too slow in coming to fruition.

"The reality is ground should have been broken on this facility years ago," Shadow Minister for Defence Angus Taylor said in a statement.

"On the government's timeline, this investment will not go far enough to support the rotation of US and UK submarines until late in the decade, if not longer, when threats could arise far sooner".

He accused the government of misleading Australians by calling the outlay an "early investment".

The AUKUS defence agreement signed by Australia, the US and Britain was announced in 2021 to contend with growing Chinese military might in the Asia-Pacific region.

It would deliver Australia at least eight submarines, including three to five second-hand US Virginia-class submarines. Britain and Australia would cooperate to build their own SSN-AUKUS submarines.

Marles said today's announcement would be welcome by Australia's partners in AUKUS.

"And so I've got no doubt this decision will be welcomed in the United States as it will be welcomed in the United Kingdom because it is another step forward down the AUKUS path," he said.

"But fundamentally, what we are doing here is an Australian announcement and it is based on meeting the timing needs that we have to maintain the momentum around this facility."

Today's announcement comes ahead of Albanese's trip to the UN General Assembly in New York, and an anticipated potential meeting with US President Donald Trump.

The prime minister is expected use that trip to secure Trump's personal backing of the AUKUS pact, which is being reviewed by the Pentagon.

But in June, US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth announced the Trump administration was launching a review into the AUKUS agreement.

There are concerns that the US won't provide Australia with its first Virginia-class submarine by the early 2030s as planned because American submarine building is behind schedule.

The Australian government confirmed in late July it had paid the Trump administration a second $800 million instalment on the AUKUS deal.

The first $800 million was paid in February.

The submarines are expected cost Australia up to $380 billion.

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The shadow cabinet has been reshuffled following Jacinta Nampijinpa Price's axing, with Sussan Ley announcing the promotion of two backbenchers today.

Western Australian MP Melissa Price was announced as the new Shadow Minister for Defence Industry and Shadow Minister for Defence Personnel, taking over from Senator Price.

The Northern Territory senator, who had defected from the Nationals to the Liberals after May's Federal election, was forced to resign from her position in the shadow cabinet last week after refusing to apologise for comments made about Indian Australians.

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Senator Price had claimed the federal government was allowing more migrants in from India to skew votes towards Labor, comments which drew sharp criticism from members of her own party such as Alex Hawke and Julian Leeser.

Melissa Price, the Member for Durack, previously served as the minister for the Defence Industry under Scott Morrison, and was also the Shadow Minister for Cyber Security and Science.

"As a former Minister in the portfolio, she brings crucial experience to these responsibilities," Ley said in a statement.

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Price will be replaced by Senator Claire Chandler from Tasmania, whilst Simon Kennedy has also joined the Shadow Ministry in a newly-created role of Shadow Assistant Minister for Artificial Intelligence.

Kennedy replaced Morrison in the southern Sydney electorate of Cook, and has also been handed the shadow portfolios of Digital Economy and Assistant Minister for Scrutiny of Government Waste.

In another shake-up, Senator James Paterson from Victoria has been elevated to the formal Leadership Group of the Coalition, whilst Ley also reaffirmed defeated Bradfield candidate Gisele Kapterian will have a position in her shadow cabinet if her appeal is successful.

Kapterian lost the seat on Sydney's north shore by 26 votes to teal independent Nicolette Boele, however the Liberal Party have launched an appeal to the High Court of Australia in the Court of Disputed Returns.

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Nearly three years ago, siblings Maddy and Dylan Jarvis invested a few hundred dollars of their personal savings into a quirky business idea.

Now Candy Claws, their press-on nail brand, is about to hit $20 million in sales.

It's a milestone most Australians who start side hustles never hit.

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A 2024 report showed that, of the 55 per cent of Aussies who hoped to start a small business or side hustle by 2030, most were motivated by the idea of a better income.

But Maddy, 26, just wanted a way out of her dull corporate job when she and Dylan started Candy Claws.

"It was my first corporate job out of uni, and I was really young," she told 9news.com.au.

"I'd always wanted to do my own thing, so I was like, 'I'm just going to start it now and see how it goes.'"

The idea for a press-on nail business struck her in the aisles of her local chemist.

Like many young Aussies, Maddy couldn't afford to get her nails done at a salon every few weeks in a cost-of-living crisis.

But the press-ons available at her local shopping centre looked cheap, felt flimsy and fell off within a few hours.

"I was like, what if you could create press-ons that looked and felt like a salon manicure, and lasted weeks rather than days?" she said.

Dylan, 30, was totally on board with the idea.

The siblings started looking into manufacturers right away and pooled a few hundred dollars from their savings accounts to pay for the first batch of Candy Claws nails.

Orders started coming in soon after.

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By that stage, Maddy had quit her corporate job, so she had all stock delivered to her place, where she packed thousands of orders in her living room.

"I couldn't even get through my front door some days when we just got a stock order in," she laughed, but the inconvenience quickly paid off.

As soon as the first batch of nails sold out, she and Dylan invested all their earnings into paying for the next batch.

Within the first month, Candy Claws had made $6000 in sales.

By the end of the first year, it had hit $1 million.

Now the business is approaching the $20 million mark, has moved into a proper warehouse and office, and Maddy and Dylan are both working on it full-time.

The brand has also expanded to New Zealand and the UK, with plans to explore the US market in the future – hopefully once the Trump administration's import tariffs have been lifted.

So what made it work when so many side hustles fail?

According to Maddy, it was hard work, careful money moves, and investing in social media advertising.

"We couldn't really afford to hire content creators at the start," she said.

"So I just accepted that I was going to have to be the one to get in front of the camera and talk about the brand [and] we quickly picked up on the fact that that's what people liked."

Now they have more than 70,000 Instagram followers.

Founder-forward brands can do extremely well on social media, where small business and entrepreneurial content has been booming of late.

Press-on nails have also enjoyed a massive spike in popularity recently, both online and in Aussie shopping carts.

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The global press-on nail market size was estimated at $US696.6 million ($1 billion) in 2023 and is projected to hit $US1 billion by 2030, according to Grand View Research.

More than 2.6 million TikTok videos and 6.5 million Instagram posts are tagged #pressonnails, reflecting a shift towards more cost-effective beauty options amid the cost of living crisis.

Many Aussies have been forced to cut back on luxuries like gel or acrylic manicures to prioritise essentials, making press-ons a popular alternative.

"It's the cost-saving element, but also the time-saving element," Maddy said.

Candy Claws' biggest customer groups are Aussie mums who don't have the time or money to get a manicure and pensioners who can no longer afford trips to the salon.

And with the cost of living crisis showing no signs of easing, it looks like Candy Claws' business will be booming for some time to come.

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Guests paid up to $7750 for the luxury crayfish trips in Fiordland.

An experienced hiker who failed to return home from a nine-day trek in the NSW Snowy Mountains yesterday has been found safe and well.

Cameron Little, 57, began a hiking and skiing trip at Guthega Power Station at Kosciuszko National Park in the Snowy Mountains on September 4.

His last communication was on September 6.

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Little was due to return home yesterday and the alarm was raised when he didn't show up.

He was found today about 1pm in an area near Valentines Hut.

Little did not need medical treatment, police said.

"Police would like to remind members of the public that when heading out for a hike or a bushwalk, people should have a fully-charged mobile phone, along with additional charging devices," NSW Police said in a statement.

"Additionally, hikers are urged to take a GPS-enabled Personal Locator Beacon (PLB) and submit a Trip Intention Form with the appropriate agency, such as the National Parks and Wildlife Service."

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Authorities kicked off a land and air search for Little, including SES, PolAir and firefighters yesterday and the search resumed today.

Little's blue Mitsubishi station wagon was found unattended at Guthega Power Station.

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Australian police have offered a reward of more than $1m to help track down Freeman.

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Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has closed his electoral office in Marrickville after over 30 years of operation, citing the rise in protesters as the reason.

The office has been run in the heart of Albanese's Grayndler electorate in Marrickville, Sydney since 1993, with Albanese serving as the member for all but three of those years.

However, it has also become a magnet for protesters in recent times, specifically those against the Albanese Government's stance on the Gaza war.

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The disruption caused by this has led to the decision to relocate the electorate office.

"Sadly, over the past two years, aggressive protestors have repeatedly blocked access to the electorate office for people seeking assistance," the Prime Minister said in a statement today.

"This has also significantly impacted churchgoers attending the neighbouring St Clements Church, including disruption to funerals and other church services."

The statement said the decision had been made not to renew the lease at the property on Marrickville Road.

These protests began at the start of 2024 as the Gaza war escalated, and some pro-Palestine residents of Albanese's Grayndler electorate took issue with Australia's perceived inaction to support the Palestinian cause.

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There was vandalism committed against the offices of many MPs around the country, leading to security being tightened; Albanese was told to avoid his Marrickville office for this reason.

Recently, the Albanese government has pledged to recognise Palestinian statehood, and has released public statements condemning the actions of Israel in the conflict.

There is no information on where Albanese's new electoral office will be located.

"The office will open at a new location in the heart of Grayndler once it is made fit for purpose," Albanese said.

"The electorate will continue to be serviced by hardworking, dedicated electorate officers at locations in the community, online and via telephone during this time."

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