Speaker 1: Today's biggest news from The Australian. I'm Christinamiot with the
Speaker 1: Front's afternoon headlines. National's leader David little Proud has lashed
Speaker 1: the Bureau of Meteorology after the true cost of its
Speaker 1: controversial website redesign was revealed. The bomb's new boss, Stuart Minchin,
Speaker 1: said in a statement the widely panned update actually cost
Speaker 1: ninety six million dollars, not the four million dollars previously announced.
Speaker 1: Little Proud said someone's having a lend of the Australian taxpayer,
Speaker 1: and he said there needs to be consequences for the blowout.
Speaker 1: The Israeli Defense Force claims a senior HESBELA commander was
Speaker 1: killed in a strike on Beirut on Sunday. According to
Speaker 1: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Nednahu, Haitham Ali Tabatai was spearheading
Speaker 1: the terrorist group's efforts to re arm following last year's clash.
Speaker 2: Lot albale Iv com radash the alf Chevlo The Razola, An.
Speaker 1: Israeli government spokesperson, said further strikes on Lebanon could be
Speaker 1: on the cards if the Lebanese government fails to keep
Speaker 1: Hesbelah in check.
Speaker 3: As Israel continues to strike Hasbela targets in Lebanon Prime
Speaker 3: Minister Natanya who said this morning at the government meeting
Speaker 3: that Israel will continue to do everything necessary to prevent
Speaker 3: Hasbola from re establishing its capacity to threaten US.
Speaker 1: McLaren Duo, Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris were sensationally disqualified
Speaker 1: from the Las Vegas Formula One Grand Prix on Sunday.
Speaker 1: A routine inspection conducted immediately after the race revealed their
Speaker 1: cars didn't meet technical requirements. Australian Piastre said in a
Speaker 1: statement he's disappointed to come away from this weekend with
Speaker 1: no points. The disqualification leaves him in second place in
Speaker 1: the world championship standings, just in front of Red Bulls
Speaker 1: Max Bastappen. Check out the stories live right now at
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