$5.3b deal for NRL rights; WiseTech’s White steps down, again; Albo blasts China

Wednesday 8 July 2026

Nine Entertainment and Foxtel sign the biggest sports broadcasting deal ever, inking a $5.3 billion, seven year agreement for National Rugby League rights. 

• WiseTech founder and billionaire Richard White steps down from the top job at the software group, again. 
• A small Melbourne-based biotech asked by Uganda to send over its anti-viral drug to treat Ebola. 
• Prime Minister Anthony Albanese demands an answer from Beijing over Monday’s ballistic missile launch. 
• US President Donald Trump has another crack at Italian PM Giorgia Meloni ahead of the NATO summit.

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