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MIL-OSI Australia: North-West woman charged with drug trafficking

Source: New South Wales Community and Justice

North-West woman charged with drug trafficking

Monday, 30 June 2025 – 3:45 pm.

A 36-year-old woman from Tasmania’s North-West has been charged with drug trafficking after her arrest near Ulverstone.
Police allege the woman had 140 grams of methamphetamine (ice) in the vehicle she was driving.
The quantity of drugs seized is equivalent to about 1400 ‘street deals’.
The drugs were found during a search of the vehicle by officers from the Northern Drugs and Firearms Unit, after police had intercepted the car on the Bass Highway, near Ulverstone, last Friday.
The woman has been charged with one count each of trafficking in a controlled drug, possess a controlled drug, and unlicensed driving and has been bailed to appear in the Devonport Magistrates Court on October 6.

MIL OSI News –

June 30, 2025
MIL-Evening Report: My shins hurt after running. Could it be shin splints?
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Krissy Kendall, Senior Lecturer in Exercise and Sports Science, Edith Cowan University

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If you’ve started running for the first time, started again after a break, or your workout is more intense, you might have felt it. A dull, nagging ache down your shins after you exercise.

Should you push through? Or could it be the sign of something more serious?

Shin splints are one of the most common and preventable injuries among runners, whether new or seasoned.

The good news is they can usually be treated effectively in a few weeks. But it’s important to recognise when to take a break. Knowing the simple ways to treat and prevent shin splints can prevent a more serious injury, and get you back on track faster.

What are shin splints?

Shin splints, medically known as medial tibial stress syndrome, are a common overuse injury.

They cause pain along the inner border of the tibia (shinbone), usually triggered by repetitive stress on the lower leg. Your leg may also feel tender or swell.

Shin splints are a type of periostitis, which means inflammation of the tissue lining the bone. The pain often fades with rest but quickly returns once activity resumes.

This kind of injury is especially common in sports such as football, rugby, and track and field, affecting between 4% and 35% of athletes, and up to 20% of runners. It can also affect dancers and military recruits.

What puts you at risk?

Shin splints can appear soon after sudden changes to your physical activity or exercise routine.

For example, you may have started exercising more often or for longer, or more intensely (such as running uphill or for longer distances).

A variety of factors can add fuel to the fire. They generally fall into two types:
- activity-related (what you do with your body)
- biomechanical (how your body moves or is built).
Aside from sudden spikes in training, activity-related risks include playing sport or running on hard surfaces or exercising in poorly designed shoes. For example, studies of soldiers have shown exercising in unsuitable or worn-out boots increases their risk of overuse injuries in the lower legs, including shin splints.

Diet may make a difference, too. There is evidence not eating enough calcium can make you more susceptible to shin splints. A vitamin D deficiency may also contribute, since it’s vital for calcium absorption.

Biomechanical risks can include a higher body mass index (BMI), having one leg longer than the other, tight calf muscles or flat feet (low or unusually inflexible arches).

If your feet roll in too much when you walk or run – often called flat feet or fallen arches – you’re also more susceptible.

While some studies suggest female athletes may experience shin splints more often than males, we need more research to fully understand why.

In short, shin splints aren’t just a bone issue. They reflect a complex mismatch between how much or hard you train and how your body tries (and sometimes fails) to adapt.

How can I tell if it’s something worse?

Shin splints are typically less severe than a stress fracture. This is a small crack in the bone caused by repeated impact or overuse, and usually requires a longer recovery period.

A stress fracture often causes sharp, localised pain that worsens with activity and may even hurt at rest or when touched.

A simple test can help you decide whether to seek additional advice: if you are unable to hop on one leg about ten times without sharp pain, it’s time to talk to a physio, sports doctor or podiatrist.

They can assess your symptoms and suggest treatment options. Imaging such as an x-ray or MRI may be used to rule out more serious conditions.

Treatment: rest, rehab, and return

The first and most important treatment is rest. Usually, shin splints resolve over three to four weeks. Continuing to train during the healing process will only prolong recovery and increase the risk of more serious injury.

Other effective strategies include:
- applying ice and compression to reduce swelling
- using anti-inflammatory medications, such as ibuprofen or naproxen
- doing calf stretches to improve flexibility
- wearing supportive shoes or orthotics helps keep your feet and legs properly aligned, reducing strain on the muscles around your ankles and giving your shin splints a better chance to heal.
You’ll want to be pain-free for at least three weeks before gradually resuming your exercise routine.

When returning, go slow and build up the amount and intensity of exercise gradually.

Prevention is the best treatment

Preventing shin splints is all about balance and preparation. Here are some evidence-based tips:
- warm up thoroughly and stretch your calves and Achilles tendon regularly
- use shock-absorbing insoles or orthotics if you experience ongoing pain, have flat feet, or your shoes wear out unevenly – it’s best to speak with a podiatrist or physiotherapist to find out what’s right for you
- check your shoes — replace them when worn out or every 240 kilometres
- vary your training surface (mix in grass or softer tracks)
- strengthen the muscles of the lower leg and hips to improve the way you move
- increase mileage and intensity gradually.
Strengthening your lower leg muscles can prevent further injury.

The authors do not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organisation that would benefit from this article, and have disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their academic appointment.

– ref. My shins hurt after running. Could it be shin splints? – https://theconversation.com/my-shins-hurt-after-running-could-it-be-shin-splints-259370
MIL OSI Analysis – EveningReport.nz –
June 30, 2025
MIL-Evening Report: ‘I’m just exhausted’: sexual harassment at work is still rife. These new laws would help

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sarah Ailwood, Associate Professor, School of Law, University of Wollongong

FG Trade/Getty

Last week, the Australian Human Rights Commission launched a new report on sexual harassment, called Speaking From Experience. It includes the voices of more than 300 victim-survivors of workplace sexual harassment from vulnerable communities.

In it, the commission calls for a new wave of robust law reform measures to protect and support victim-survivors and hold employers accountable.

This report comes five years after the 2020 Respect@Work report, which made 55 recommendations to address workplace sexual harassment. Yet, in 2022, a survey by the commission found one in three workers had experienced sexual harassment.

This new report is a watershed one, building on the work already done since 2020. So how far have we come in dealing with workplace sexual harassment? And how would new laws help?

What’s in the new report?

The Australian Human Rights Commission’s new report, Speaking From Experience, emerges from the Respect@Work recommendations.

Recommendation 27 of the Respect@Work report suggested the commission establish a way to hear historical disclosures of workplace sexual harassment. The commission then turned this recommendation into its latest release.

This report was a listening process that put victim-survivors front and centre. First Nations, migrant, LGBTQIA+, disabled and young workers were the main contributors to the report.

An example of the experiences of the contributors is a fast food worker, who said:

I know personally for me, as a queer person, I’m just exhausted […] it’s
just a lot of mental energy and for nothing to happen, or for it to cause
more problems, it’s just like really a deterrent…

The commission was particularly concerned with identifying what does – and what does not – help victim-survivors of workplace sexual harassment. The contributors shed light on what needs to change in the workplace and in the law.

One major theme was about non-disclosure agreements (NDAs), which are commonly used to settle workplace sexual harassment claims.

NDAs restrict who victim-survivors can speak to about their experience of workplace sexual harassment, including colleagues, friends, family and in public. Sometimes these agreements can hamper attempts to get support for the harassment.

The commission found victim-survivors are often pressured to sign NDAs in circumstances where the employer has far more power.

The commission recommended new legislation to restrict using agreements in this way.

This recommendation extends well beyond Respect@Work, which only produced best-practice guidelines. Extending the regulation is an important step forward, as subsequent research has revealed how ineffective these guidelines have been in practice.

Australia is now out of step with the United States, United Kingdom, Ireland and Canada, which have all regulated the use of NDAs after the #MeToo movement.

Working Women’s Centres are currently leading a sector-wide campaign for change, and the regulation of NDAs is underway in Victoria.

Improving the positive duty

Respect@Work introduced a positive duty on people running a business or undertaking to take reasonable and proportionate measures to eliminate sexual harassment from the workplace.

In Speaking From Experience, the commission is asking for enhanced regulatory powers to enforce the positive duty to make it more effective.

Read more:
Explainer: what is a ‘positive duty’ to prevent workplace sexual harassment and why is it so important?

The commission is currently prevented from speaking publicly, or to other regulatory agencies, about its enforcement activities unless it has entered an “enforceable undertaking” with an organisation or applied for a Federal Court order.

This means that, 18 months after being empowered to enforce the positive duty, the commission can’t speak publicly about how it is doing so.

To be an effective regulator, it must be able to publicise its enforcement actions and share information with other agencies.

The current law actually contributes to the culture of silencing and secrecy that continues to shroud workplace sexual harassment.

Further, there are currently no civil penalties for breaching the positive duty. In Speaking From Experience, the commission found this limits the extent to which some workplace leaders will take the positive duty seriously. It found this risks turning the prevention of workplace sexual harassment into a box-ticking compliance process.

The recommendations about penalties and transparency represent an acknowledgement that the commission’s powers to create systemic and structural change to target workplace sexual harassment are too limited.

In the absence of penalties, risk to reputation – the fear that public exposure of inaction or permissive workplace cultures concerning sexual harassment – remains the greatest incentive for employers to comply with the positive duty.

But workplace sexual harassment has been unlawful for more than 30 years. The current law does little more than continue to ask employers to do the right thing.

If the commission is not given the powers it needs to effectively enforce the law, too much reliance is placed on individual complainants to take action. As the Speaking From Experience report reveals, that means victim-survivors would need to overcome massive social, economic, cultural and legal barriers.

Over to the government

Speaking From Experience is a significant moment for workplace sexual harassment law reform and policy in Australia. It continues the work that Respect@Work started and takes it in a new direction, focusing on protecting and supporting victim-survivors and accountability for employers.

The Albanese government says it’s serious about addressing workplace gender equality and the prevention of violence against women. If that’s true, it should implement the commission’s recommendations in full, and quickly.

Sarah Ailwood does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organisation that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their academic appointment.

– ref. ‘I’m just exhausted’: sexual harassment at work is still rife. These new laws would help – https://theconversation.com/im-just-exhausted-sexual-harassment-at-work-is-still-rife-these-new-laws-would-help-259884

MIL OSI Analysis – EveningReport.nz –

June 30, 2025
MIL-Evening Report: ‘I’m just exhausted’: sexual harassment at work is still rife. These new laws would help

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sarah Ailwood, Associate Professor, School of Law, University of Wollongong

FG Trade/Getty

Last week, the Australian Human Rights Commission launched a new report on sexual harassment, called Speaking From Experience. It includes the voices of more than 300 victim-survivors of workplace sexual harassment from vulnerable communities.

In it, the commission calls for a new wave of robust law reform measures to protect and support victim-survivors and hold employers accountable.

This report comes five years after the 2020 Respect@Work report, which made 55 recommendations to address workplace sexual harassment. Yet, in 2022, a survey by the commission found one in three workers had experienced sexual harassment.

This new report is a watershed one, building on the work already done since 2020. So how far have we come in dealing with workplace sexual harassment? And how would new laws help?

What’s in the new report?

The Australian Human Rights Commission’s new report, Speaking From Experience, emerges from the Respect@Work recommendations.

Recommendation 27 of the Respect@Work report suggested the commission establish a way to hear historical disclosures of workplace sexual harassment. The commission then turned this recommendation into its latest release.

This report was a listening process that put victim-survivors front and centre. First Nations, migrant, LGBTQIA+, disabled and young workers were the main contributors to the report.

An example of the experiences of the contributors is a fast food worker, who said:

I know personally for me, as a queer person, I’m just exhausted […] it’s
just a lot of mental energy and for nothing to happen, or for it to cause
more problems, it’s just like really a deterrent…

The commission was particularly concerned with identifying what does – and what does not – help victim-survivors of workplace sexual harassment. The contributors shed light on what needs to change in the workplace and in the law.

One major theme was about non-disclosure agreements (NDAs), which are commonly used to settle workplace sexual harassment claims.

NDAs restrict who victim-survivors can speak to about their experience of workplace sexual harassment, including colleagues, friends, family and in public. Sometimes these agreements can hamper attempts to get support for the harassment.

The commission found victim-survivors are often pressured to sign NDAs in circumstances where the employer has far more power.

The commission recommended new legislation to restrict using agreements in this way.

This recommendation extends well beyond Respect@Work, which only produced best-practice guidelines. Extending the regulation is an important step forward, as subsequent research has revealed how ineffective these guidelines have been in practice.

Australia is now out of step with the United States, United Kingdom, Ireland and Canada, which have all regulated the use of NDAs after the #MeToo movement.

Working Women’s Centres are currently leading a sector-wide campaign for change, and the regulation of NDAs is underway in Victoria.

Improving the positive duty

Respect@Work introduced a positive duty on people running a business or undertaking to take reasonable and proportionate measures to eliminate sexual harassment from the workplace.

In Speaking From Experience, the commission is asking for enhanced regulatory powers to enforce the positive duty to make it more effective.

Read more:
Explainer: what is a ‘positive duty’ to prevent workplace sexual harassment and why is it so important?

The commission is currently prevented from speaking publicly, or to other regulatory agencies, about its enforcement activities unless it has entered an “enforceable undertaking” with an organisation or applied for a Federal Court order.

This means that, 18 months after being empowered to enforce the positive duty, the commission can’t speak publicly about how it is doing so.

To be an effective regulator, it must be able to publicise its enforcement actions and share information with other agencies.

The current law actually contributes to the culture of silencing and secrecy that continues to shroud workplace sexual harassment.

Further, there are currently no civil penalties for breaching the positive duty. In Speaking From Experience, the commission found this limits the extent to which some workplace leaders will take the positive duty seriously. It found this risks turning the prevention of workplace sexual harassment into a box-ticking compliance process.

The recommendations about penalties and transparency represent an acknowledgement that the commission’s powers to create systemic and structural change to target workplace sexual harassment are too limited.

In the absence of penalties, risk to reputation – the fear that public exposure of inaction or permissive workplace cultures concerning sexual harassment – remains the greatest incentive for employers to comply with the positive duty.

But workplace sexual harassment has been unlawful for more than 30 years. The current law does little more than continue to ask employers to do the right thing.

If the commission is not given the powers it needs to effectively enforce the law, too much reliance is placed on individual complainants to take action. As the Speaking From Experience report reveals, that means victim-survivors would need to overcome massive social, economic, cultural and legal barriers.

Over to the government

Speaking From Experience is a significant moment for workplace sexual harassment law reform and policy in Australia. It continues the work that Respect@Work started and takes it in a new direction, focusing on protecting and supporting victim-survivors and accountability for employers.

The Albanese government says it’s serious about addressing workplace gender equality and the prevention of violence against women. If that’s true, it should implement the commission’s recommendations in full, and quickly.

Sarah Ailwood does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organisation that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their academic appointment.

– ref. ‘I’m just exhausted’: sexual harassment at work is still rife. These new laws would help – https://theconversation.com/im-just-exhausted-sexual-harassment-at-work-is-still-rife-these-new-laws-would-help-259884

MIL OSI Analysis – EveningReport.nz –

June 30, 2025

MIL-OSI Economics: Money Market Operations as on June 28, 2025

Source: Reserve Bank of India


(Amount in ₹ crore, Rate in Per cent)

	Volume (One Leg)	Weighted Average Rate	Range
A. Overnight Segment (I+II+III+IV)	0.00	–	–
I. Call Money	0.00	–	–
II. Triparty Repo	0.00	–	–
III. Market Repo	0.00	–	–
IV. Repo in Corporate Bond	0.00	–	–
B. Term Segment
I. Notice Money**	0.00	–	–
II. Term Money^@@	0.00	–	–
III. Triparty Repo	0.00	–	–
IV. Market Repo	0.00	–	–
V. Repo in Corporate Bond	0.00	–	–

	Auction Date	Tenor (Days)	Maturity Date	Amount	Current Rate / Cut off Rate
C. Liquidity Adjustment Facility (LAF), Marginal Standing Facility (MSF) & Standing Deposit Facility (SDF)
I. Today’s Operations
1. Fixed Rate
2. Variable Rate^&
(I) Main Operation
(a) Repo
(b) Reverse Repo
(II) Fine Tuning Operations
(a) Repo
(b) Reverse Repo
3. MSF^#	Sat, 28/06/2025	1	Sun, 29/06/2025	51.00	5.75
	Sat, 28/06/2025	2	Mon, 30/06/2025	385.00	5.75
4. SDF^Δ#	Sat, 28/06/2025	1	Sun, 29/06/2025	1,50,770.00	5.25
	Sat, 28/06/2025	2	Mon, 30/06/2025	5,074.00	5.25
5. Net liquidity injected from today’s operations [injection (+)/absorption (-)]*				-1,55,408.00
II. Outstanding Operations
1. Fixed Rate
2. Variable Rate^&
(I) Main Operation
(a) Repo
(b) Reverse Repo
(II) Fine Tuning Operations
(a) Repo
(b) Reverse Repo	Fri, 27/06/2025	7	Fri, 04/07/2025	84,975.00	5.49
3. MSF^#	Fri, 27/06/2025	2	Sun, 29/06/2025	0.00	5.75
	Fri, 27/06/2025	3	Mon, 30/06/2025	990.00	5.75
4. SDF^Δ#	Fri, 27/06/2025	2	Sun, 29/06/2025	47.00	5.25
	Fri, 27/06/2025	3	Mon, 30/06/2025	26,895.00	5.25
D. Standing Liquidity Facility (SLF) Availed from RBI^$				7,010.46
E. Net liquidity injected from outstanding operations [injection (+)/absorption (-)]*				-1,03,916.54
F. Net liquidity injected (outstanding including today’s operations) [injection (+)/absorption (-)]*				-2,59,324.54
G. Cash Reserves Position of Scheduled Commercial Banks
(i) Cash balances with RBI as on		June 28, 2025		9,81,725.90
(ii) Average daily cash reserve requirement for the fortnight ending		July 11, 2025		9,52,318.00
H. Government of India Surplus Cash Balance Reckoned for Auction as on^¥		June 27, 2025		0.00
I. Net durable liquidity [surplus (+)/deficit (-)] as on		June 13, 2025		5,62,116.00
^@ Based on Reserve Bank of India (RBI) / Clearing Corporation of India Limited (CCIL).
– Not Applicable / No Transaction.
** Relates to uncollateralized transactions of 2 to 14 days tenor.
^@@ Relates to uncollateralized transactions of 15 days to one year tenor.
^$ Includes refinance facilities extended by RBI.
^& As per the Press Release No. 2019-2020/1900 dated February 06, 2020.
^Δ As per the Press Release No. 2022-2023/41 dated April 08, 2022.
* Net liquidity is calculated as Repo+MSF+SLF-Reverse Repo-SDF.
^¥ As per the Press Release No. 2014-2015/1971 dated March 19, 2015.
^# As per the Press Release No. 2023-2024/1548 dated December 27, 2023.
Ajit Prasad Deputy General Manager (Communications)
Press Release: 2025-2026/621

MIL OSI Economics –

June 30, 2025

MIL-OSI China: Spain, Netherlands capture titles at FIBA 3×3 World Cup

Source: People’s Republic of China – State Council News

Spain and the Netherlands captured the men’s and women’s titles at the 2025 FIBA 3×3 World Cup in Ulan Bator, the capital of Mongolia, on Sunday.

Spain’s men’s team defeated Switzerland 21-17 in the final, while the Netherlands edged host Mongolia 15-9 to claim the women’s crown, according to the Mongolian 3×3 Basketball Association.

Serbia delivered a standout performance in the men’s bronze medal game, beating Germany 21-16. In the women’s third-place match, Canada overcame Poland 21-9.

The ninth edition of this prestigious basketball tournament, held on June 23-29, featured 20 men’s and 20 women’s teams from various countries and regions.

MIL OSI China News –

June 30, 2025
MIL-OSI New Zealand: Calling Kiwi Kids: NZ’s Biggest Beyblade X Event could send you to Toyko
Source: NewzEngine.com

Hasbro invites young Beyblade Fans across Aotearoa to PROVE IT IN BATTLE – with a chance to represent New Zealand on the world stage in Tokyo!

For years, BEYBLADE has captured the hearts of kids who love speed, strategy, and high-intensity spinning battles. Now, one lucky Kiwi Blader could turn that passion into the ultimate prize — a trip to Tokyo, Japan, to compete at the BEYBLADE X World Championships.

The BEYBLADE X National Tournament will take place in Auckland on Sunday, 20 July, and is free to enter for kids aged 8–12 from across the country. This high-energy event promises fierce competition, epic match-ups, and one unforgettable opportunity to crown New Zealand’s top Blader.

What’s at Stake?
- The title of BEYBLADE X NZ National Champion
- A trip to Tokyo Tower for the World Championships in October
- BEYBLADE X glory for the winner — and their whānau!
Whether your child is a seasoned Blader or just loves the thrill of the game, this is their moment to shine. Help us spread the word and give Kiwi kids a shot at spinning their way to greatness.

Event Details:
Date: Sunday, 20 July
Location: Maritime Room, Princes Wharf, Auckland
Ages: 8–12 years
Entry: Free (You must register to secure a spot)
Register Now: https://www.hasbroeventsaunz.com/

Let’s give Kiwi kids the chance to LET IT RIP on the world stage!

– Published by MIL OSI in partnership with NewzEngine.com

MIL OSI New Zealand News –
June 30, 2025
MIL-OSI New Zealand: Weather News – A calm and cold start to the week, then rain, and wind to follow – MetService

Source: MetService

Covering period of Monday 30th June- Friday 4th July – It’s a settled start to the week for much of the country, with fine conditions expected across most regions, a great opportunity for some outdoor school holiday activities, making the most of the dry weather.

However, conditions are expected to deteriorate by midweek. A developing low in the Tasman Sea is set to bring widespread rain to Aotearoa. Stay informed and keep an eye on the latest forecasts as the system approaches.

Today (Monday), a cold front is currently sweeping across the South Island, bringing scattered showers and patchy frost. As the day progresses, this system will gradually shift northwards, delivering showers to parts of the North Island by the afternoon. The southerly flow behind the front will continue to drive precipitation across the south, along with keeping the overnight quite chilly.

Tuesday through to Thursday will bring more settled conditions as the cold front exits the country, making way for a dominant high-pressure system. However, a developing low-pressure system over the Tasman Sea is forecast to bring wet and unsettled weather to the North Island on Wednesday, with rain spreading into the South Island as the system intensifies on Thursday. Periods of heavy rain and strong winds are likely, particularly in northern parts of the North Island, including flood-prone and exposed areas, where thunderstorms are also possible.

MetService Meteorologist, Kgolofelo Dube adds “The possibility of a tornado associated with damaging winds should not be discounted, so make sure to keep an eye on MetService.com for updates.”

Heavy rain may also affect the upper South Island, potentially causing further impacts in already saturated areas such as Tasman and Nelson, where the risk of flooding and slips will be heightened.

Temperatures will continue to hover below 10°C in many areas, with overnight lows near or below freezing. This will lead to widespread frosty conditions and snowfall in several regions. Most mountains are already blanketed in thick layers of snow, and the upcoming falls will add to this, creating ideal conditions for ski enthusiasts. However, it may also pose challenges for travel, particularly on snow-affected roads.

The week is expected to end on a more settled note for much of the country, as the rain bands associated with the low shift off to the far east.

Please keep up to date with the most current information from MetService at metservice.com

MIL OSI New Zealand News –

June 30, 2025
MIL-OSI New Zealand: MPs to present Support Workers with giant bank cheques representing their lost $20,644.45 pay equity wages – PSA

Source: PSA

Opposition MPs will present giant bank ‘cheques’ representing $20,644.45 in stolen pay equity wages to care and support at Parliament on Tuesday 1 July.

July 1 heralds pay increases for politicians while care and support workers mark three years to the day waiting for one. Their pay equity claim – now cancelled by the National-led Government – was initiated on 1 July 2022.

“The cheque represents the amount owed to these women from the care and support pay equity claim the Government cancelled on May 6,” says PSA Assistant Secretary Melissa Woolley.

“The figure reflects what should have been paid to workers under the claim, calculated using their pay equity rates.

“It’s a life-changing amount of money the National-led Government have stolen from hardworking people – most of them women,” Woolley said.

What: Labour MP Jan Tinetti and Green MP Teanau Tuiono to handover symbolic giant cheques to care and support workers.

Where: Parliament – exact location TBC.

When: 2pm – 2:20pm, Tuesday 1 July.

Who: A care and support worker from each of the three unions – E tū, the Public Service Association, and the New Zealand Nurses Organisation.

How: The cheques will be handed over after short speeches from support workers, MP Jan Tinetti, and Melissa Ansell-Bridges – National Secretary of the New Zealand Council of Trade Unions.

PSA analysis shows support workers would be $20,644.45 better off if they’d been paid equity rates over the three years people in Government have failed to deliver their settlement.

Notes:

The analysis is based on the 21 per cent margin above the minimum wage that care and support workers received in the 2017 settlement. The settlement rates, or the minimum wage rate, whichever was higher has been compared with what the rate would have been if the 21 per cent margin had been maintained. The comparison is based on a 30-hour work week.

The Public Service Association Te Pūkenga Here Tikanga Mahi is Aotearoa New Zealand’s largest trade union, representing and supporting more than 95,000 workers across central government, state-owned enterprises, local councils, health boards and community groups.

MIL OSI New Zealand News –

June 30, 2025
MIL-OSI New Zealand: Flooding demonstrates danger in Govt ‘growth at any cost’ ideological agenda – Tom Kay
Source: Choose Clean Water – Tom Kay

Flooding in the top of the South Island, and the threat of more to come later this week, demonstrates the dangers of the Government pushing ahead with policy changes based on narrow ideological grounds and a ‘growth at any cost’ agenda, say freshwater campaigners.

Tom Kay, spokesperson for the campaign group Choose Clean Water, says the Coalition Government’s proposed resource management reforms, with an ideological focus on ‘the enjoyment of property rights’, will inevitably leave communities more vulnerable to the impacts of flooding.

“The Coalition Government has demonstrated across its resource management reform that they care more about the profits of commercial players than good governance for the health and stability of our communities. Their ‘growth at any cost’ agenda is not only thoughtless but downright dangerous.”

Kay, a strong advocate for the idea of Making Room for Rivers as a strategy to keep communities and infrastructure safe from flooding while restoring the health of our rivers, says while many communities, councils, and insurance companies are ready for action to avoid hazards and widen allowed floodplains, the Government must not put growth and development on par with community safety and environmental health if they want to meaningfully reduce the risk to communities.

“We’ve just seen yet another example of devastating flooding following back-to-back experiences in Otago in October, the West Coast in November, and Canterbury in May. The costs are incredibly serious, including people losing their lives.

“We know our rivers need more space to carry floodwater safely, especially with the more extreme weather we’re getting as the climate continues to warm. But the Government’s narrow focus on growth and private property rights through their resource management reform risks undermining progress towards this.”

Kay says international evidence and case studies show the best option for keeping communities and infrastructure safe from flooding is to avoid development in high-risk locations, and to incentivise and fund planned relocation from places already at high risk. This approach also provides the best opportunity for restoration of rivers and their floodplains, whilst increasing community wellbeing, amenity values, and resilience.

However, he says the Government’s focus on growth and property rights is inconsistent with this.

“Documents continue to highlight the Coalition Government’s obsession with growth, and the misplaced idea that somehow we can continue to grow anywhere, with few restrictions, and still somehow mitigate the consequences. We can’t.

“While we support the introduction of a National Policy Statement for Natural Hazards, for some reason it is less-developed now than it was last year, and drafted provisions that would have prioritised using nature-based solutions to reduce flood risk—such as making room for rivers, and to direct councils to avoid development in high risk locations, are gone.”

“The proposed provisions direct councils to “consider” risk and act “proportionately”, leaving plenty of room for vested commercial interests to push councils into continuing to allow development, including homes, in high-risk locations.

“Not to mention that the proposal doesn’t apply to the development of infrastructure, which is one of the main and most expensive assets hit during flooding; or to aquaculture, agricultural, pastoral, horticultural, mining, quarrying, or forestry activities and the land and buildings they use.”

Kay says proposed changes to weaken the National Policy Statement for Freshwater Management will also undermine the need to keep people out of harm’s way, and to maintain sufficient river health and width to safely carry floodwaters.

“We have a requirement to prioritise the health of water bodies and communities in the management of our freshwater under the idea of Te Mana o te Wai. Flood managers have supported this idea as a way to help communities reconsider how they live with rivers, including their associated risks and hazards, and to make changes that increase flood resilience and river health together.

“But the Coalition Government wants to get rid of this prioritisation.”

“We also have no idea what the Government wants to do with an existing provision in the policy that prevents the ‘loss of river extent’, and thereby maintains wider flood corridors, for example; or whether they want to remove a provision that requires water to be managed as part of an ‘integrated response to climate change’.”

“Our rivers and wider catchments need to be healthy and resilient if our communities are going to be safe from the worst harms of flooding. This Government needs to understand that private property rights and growth-at-all-costs won’t enable that. It will cost us all in the long-run.”

The Government’s consultation on freshwater and natural hazard policies, as well as related policies, is open for submissions until 27 July.

Note:

Following Cyclone Gabrielle, Tom Kay toured the country promoting the idea of Making Room for Rivers in his previous role as Freshwater Advocate for Forest & Bird. He has spoken to over 60 groups and was met with understanding and support from communities, councils, and insurance companies across New Zealand. Tom presented to Tasman District Councillors in May 2023.
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June 30, 2025
MIL-OSI New Zealand: Appointments – Young leaders step up to Federated Farmers board

Source: Federated Farmers

Karl Dean (36) and Richard Dawkins (35) have been elected to the Federated Farmers board at the organisation’s AGM in Christchurch, replacing Richard McIntyre and Toby Williams.

“It’s really exciting to have two capable young leaders like Karl and Richard stepping up into these significant national leadership roles,” Federated Farmers president Wayne Langford says.

“While they may be new to our national team, they’re by no means new to Federated Farmers. They’ve held senior leadership roles within our organisation for some time now.

“Karl and Richard are both highly respected and experienced farmers within their regions, and have worked their way up from the grassroots.

“I have no doubt they’ll both make a huge contribution.”

Karl Dean, who sharemilks with his wife Amie near Leeston in Canterbury, has been elected as the organisation’s new national dairy chair.

He has previously held roles as Federated Farmers North Canterbury provincial president and vice-chair of the national dairy council.

“It’s a real privilege to be elected to the board, and I’m genuinely excited about the opportunity to help lead a constructive and future-focused dairy council,” Dean says.

“It’s also been a huge honour to work with Richard McIntyre over the past seven years on the dairy council, and his 12 years of service hasn’t gone unnoticed.

“His leadership has helped shape a strong, positive culture, and I’m committed to carrying that legacy forward.”

Richard Dawkins, who farms with his wife Jess in the Waihopai Valley near Blenheim, has been elected as the organisation’s new national meat & wool chair.

He has previously spent five years on Federated Farmers’ national meat & wool council and two years as Marlborough province’s vice-president.

“It’s a huge honour to be elected to this role and I’m really looking forward to leading a young and dynamic team of meat and wool farmers who are passionate about the future,” Dawkins says.

“The face fronting the ‘Save our Sheep’ campaign may have changed, but the team standing behind it remains the same. We’re ready to tackle the challenges sheep farmers face head on.”

Langford also acknowledges the role outgoing board members Richard McIntyre and Toby Williams have played in a significant revival at Federated Farmers over the last few years.

“Both Richard and Toby have been real heavyweights who were absolutely relentless in their advocacy for farmers and rural communities,” Langford says.

“Richard is probably best known for his work calling for an independent inquiry into rural banking, but his legacy within Federated Farmers is so much bigger than that.

“He also put in a huge amount of effort pushing for better immigration settings for farmers, and changes to KiwiSaver rules that will really help our next generation of young farmers.

“Toby’s impact has been enormous too. He’s the man who stepped up to put the final nails into the coffin of He Waka Eke Noa.

“He’s also led the charge in the fight against blanket carbon forestry on productive farmland, launching the iconic ‘Save Our Sheep’ campaign earlier this year.”

Langford says while goodbyes are always difficult, they also create an exciting opportunity for new leaders to step up, bring fresh thinking, and stamp their own mark on the future of farming.

“Nobody has a job for life at Federated Farmers. Our roles are up for re-election every year and there’s always somebody waiting in the wings ready to step up.

“That’s what keeps us on our toes and accountable to our members at the grassroots – but it’s also what keeps the fire burning in our bellies to keep delivering tangible results for farmers.

“As an organisation, we’re lucky to have passionate young guys like Karl and Richard putting their hands up for some pretty big leadership roles within the sector.

“I know they’re going to make a real impact for farmers, and will pick up the fight exactly where Richard and Toby left off. I’m looking forward to working with them.”

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June 30, 2025
MIL-OSI New Zealand: Greenpeace activists confront second “ocean killer” at sea, as vessels turn off AIS
Source: Greenpeace

For a second time, Greenpeace Aotearoa activists have confronted a bottom trawler off the East Coast, rebranding it an “ocean killer” in protest at its destructive fishing activities.

Launching from the Greenpeace vessel Rainbow Warrior, activists came alongside Sealord’s Ocean Dawn while it was bottom trawling in the Chatham Rise area on Monday morning, and painted the message on its hull.

This comes three days after activists confronted Talley’s bottom trawler, the Amaltal Atlantis, in the same area and painted “Ocean Killer” on its hull.

Ocean Dawn, owned by Sealord, trawls heavily on the Chatham Rise, an area known as a hotspot for coral life. In 2018, Ocean Dawn illegally trawled in a Benthic Protected Area on the Chatham Rise, bringing up 1.3 tonnes of sponges and bycatch. The vessel has also previously received permits to fish in the High Seas of the Tasman.

Speaking from onboard the Rainbow Warrior, Greenpeace Aotearoa spokesperson Juan Parada says, “Greenpeace Aotearoa activists have again taken action to stand up for ocean life that we all want to see thrive. Today they have rebranded another bottom trawler at sea, once more calling out bottom trawlers for what they are – “ocean killers”.

“Bottom trawling is indiscriminate and destructive. When the heavy trawl nets are dragged across the seafloor and over seamounts, they turn coral into rubble, and kill fur seals, sharks and seabirds as ‘bycatch’.

“Out here, we’ve observed these trawlers operating day and night, emptying the oceans on which we all rely.

“If you were moved and horrified by the footage in David Attenborough’s Ocean, you should know it’s happening right here, right now, by multiple companies including Sealord and Talley’s.

“If we want a healthy ocean for the future, bottom trawling must stop on the places it does the most harm.”

Greenpeace has been documenting trawling off the east coast of the South Island from the Rainbow Warrior. Overnight, after multiple bottom trawling vessels stopped submitting their location information, Greenpeace tracked a mystery trawler, which turned out to be Ocean Dawn. The captain of one trawl vessel Greenpeace spoke to via radio, reported they had been given a company directive to turn the Automatic Identification System (AIS) off.

The New Zealand bottom trawling industry operates in the waters of Aotearoa, and in the High Seas of the Tasman where New Zealand is the only country still operating a fleet.

Parada says, “The rest of the world is taking steps to protect international waters, places like the Tasman Sea where marine life is varied and abundant, from deep sea corals to migrating whales and seabirds. Shockingly, New Zealand is actively standing in the way of progress by continuing to advocate for the bottom trawling industry.

“It’s time Sealord, the trawling industry, and the government listened to the tens of thousands of New Zealanders who want ocean health valued over industry interests.

“From depleted fish numbers to smashed coral, dead sharks and seabirds, the cost of bottom trawling is too high. To protect the ocean for the future and safeguard the ocean we all love, bottom trawling must stop.”

Last week Greenpeace documented another trawler, Thomas Harrison, also owned by Sealord, in the Cook Strait, photographing the net surrounded by seabirds and seals – which often end up as bycatch.

Notes:

The paint used to paint the hull is water based and non-toxic

In the period 1990 to 2004 the total area trawled in NZ waters was 465,100 square kilometres – almost double NZ’s land mass.
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June 30, 2025
MIL-OSI New Zealand: Local News – Lower Hutt Mayor welcomes new water entity reset for the region

Source: Hutt City Council

Wellington’s metropolitan councils have agreed to form a new jointly owned water services entity that will be more efficient, reliable, and deliver greater value for money.

Upper Hutt City Council was the final partner to vote in favour of the new entity today, following earlier support from Porirua, Lower Hutt and Wellington City Councils and Greater Wellington Regional Council.

The new entity will take over the ownership and management of drinking water, wastewater and stormwater infrastructure by 1 July 2026.

Unlike Wellington Water, the new entity will own the water infrastructure that is currently owned by councils. The entity will be able to generate its own income, manage its own debt, and will not be constrained by council funding.

Lower Hutt Mayor Campbell Barry welcomed today’s milestone saying the decision marks a reset for water services in the region.

“The new entity unlocks the financial tools needed to make smart investments in water infrastructure, without placing an unsustainable burden on ratepayers. “It will enable better decision-making across the entire network and ensure more consistent service delivery.”

Barry said it was significant that all five councils have come to the table with a shared vision.

“It shows we’re putting what’s best for our ratepayers and residents ahead of parochial politics.”

Barry said turning around historical underinvestment in water infrastructure will take time and water bills will still increase under the new entity to meet the needs of the region’s ageing network.

However, high-level modelling shows that any rise in water charges will be about 30% less than what households would face under the current model.

“Our main goal is to introduce a new way of delivering water services that allows for more investment in the network with an entity that is more efficient; while keeping costs more affordable and sustainable over the long-term,” Barry said.

The entity will be governed by a board of independent professional directors who will be appointed by a steering committee of council and iwi representatives.

The primary relationship of the entity will be with its customers (residents) not its shareholders (councils), giving the organisation the independence and accountability to deliver.

The decision comes as part of the Government’s ‘Local Water Done Well’ reform, which requires councils to decide on a long term water services model and submit delivery plans by September 2025.

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June 30, 2025
MIL-OSI New Zealand: Transport – Honouring the driving forces of the transport sector

Source: Ia Ara Aotearoa Transporting New Zealand

New drivers, old hands, smart brains and clever operators were honoured on Saturday at the 2025 South Island Seminar Industry Awards in Christchurch.

The awards, hosted by Transporting New Zealand, celebrate individuals and organisations that have made exceptional contributions to the road transport sector through innovation, safety, industry awareness, and training.

The Supreme Contribution to NZ Road Transport Award was a posthumous award to Alex McLellan who tragically died in a workplace accident last year.

Alex was the founder of Balclutha’s McLellan’s Freight and was a huge presence in the freight sector. He was well known for his big hearted and generous nature, his sense of fun, and a commitment to making the industry better.

The award was accepted on his behalf by widow Kim Unahi-McLellan, herself a key player in the sector.

The other award winners were:

Jax Smith and Jen Hall, the co-owners of Marlborough’s Renwick Transport, won the TrackIT Logistics Women in Road Freight Transport Award.

From advocating for diversity to lifting grape harvest logistics standards in Marlborough , they are a driving force for change, community and inclusion in the industry.

The EROAD Young Driver Award went to Sydney Sangster of Conroy Removals.

Aged 22, Sydney is a top-tier operator, navigating the South Island in B-Trains with confidence and skill. From tail-lift trucks to career day presentations, she’s delivering excellence and promoting the industry to the next generation of drivers.

The EROAD Outstanding Contribution to Health and Safety Award went to Hammar New Zealand Limited for their AI-powered pedestrian detection system.

Installed on side-loaders, the system identifies when people are too close to a trailer or vehicle, triggering real-time visual and audio alerts for operators.

The Fruehauf Outstanding Contribution to Innovation Award went to TrackIT Logistics for its end-to-end business platform. It integrates dispatch, compliance, safety, stock management and live data, and is the trusted tool for many businesses nationwide.

The Outstanding Contribution to Training Award went to MOVe Logistics, which has embedded training into the fabric of its operations.

The company has delivered a range of development opportunities for its people, supporting qualifications across the Level 3 Heavy Vehicle Operator programme, micro-credentials and business training.

Dom Kalasih, the chief executive for Transporting New Zealand, said it was fantastic to see the calibre and the numbers of people nominated for the awards.

“Times are tough at the moment, but these are the people and the companies that don’t shy away from investing in their products, and their people.”

“I applaud all the nominees and the winners for making our industry better in all sorts of ways.”

About Ia Ara Aotearoa Transporting New Zealand

Ia Ara Aotearoa Transporting New Zealand is the peak national membership association representing the road freight transport industry. Our members operate urban, rural and inter- regional commercial freight transport services throughout the country.

Road is the dominant freight mode in New Zealand, transporting 92.8% of the freight task on a tonnage basis, and 75.1% on a tonne-km basis. The road freight transport industry employs over 34,000 people across more than 4700 businesses, with an annual turnover of $6 billion.

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June 30, 2025
MIL-OSI New Zealand: Banking – ASB offers relief to upper South Island customers affected by severe weather
Source: ASB

ASB will support customers affected by severe weather across Nelson, Tasman and Marlborough with tailored packages, including suspension of home loan repayments and emergency overdraft facilities for personal, business and rural customers.

ASB Executive General Manager for Personal Banking Adam Boyd says ASB’s team is here to help any customers who require financial assistance or support.

“We understand this is a really hard time for the region, as communities focus on the huge clean-up effort, while preparing for the potential of further heavy rain later this week. To take some pressure off, we’re activating our relief packages and our teams are ready to talk through practical ways we can help customers facing weather damage to their homes, businesses or farms.”

ASB’s emergency assistance can be offered to personal, farming and business customers on a case-by-case basis, including:

Option to suspend home loan principal repayments for up to three months.

Immediate consideration of requests for emergency credit card limit increases and overdraft facilities.

Tailored solutions for eligible ASB business and rural customers including access to working capital of up to $100,000.

Mr Boyd says weather events such as these are a good reminder for customers to check they have the right insurance cover in place. “We encourage property owners to check their polices are up to date and their coverage is sufficient, particularly if there have been renovations to the property.”

Personal customers needing support should call ASB’s contact centre on 0800 803 804. Alternatively, customers can email hardship@asb.co.nz. Affected ASB business and rural customers should speak to their relationship manager or call 0800 272 287.

Further detail on available support is available at Extreme weather support l ASB: https://www.asb.co.nz/page/extreme-weather-support.html

More information and full terms, fees and charges can be found on ASB’s website.
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June 30, 2025
MIL-OSI Australia: UPDATE: Charges – Domestic Violence – Palmerston

Source: Northern Territory Police and Fire Services

The Northern Territory Police Force, Northern Domestic Violence Investigation Unit has charged a 57-year-old male following reports of domestic violence in May and across last week.

In relation to matters that occurred between 26 and 28 June 2025, the male was charged with three counts of Breach Domestic Violence Order.

The male has also been charged with Aggravated Assault and Breach Domestic Violence Order for an incident that occurred on 23 May 2025, and the same charges again for an incident that occurred on 21 May 2025.

He is remanded to appear in Darwin Local Court today and investigations remain ongoing.

The female victim remains in hospital in a serious but stable condition. Investigations remain ongoing into the cause of the female’s injuries.

If you or someone you know are experiencing difficulties due to domestic violence, support services are available, including, but not limited to 1800RESPECT (1800 737 732) or Lifeline (131 114).

MIL OSI News –

June 30, 2025
Indian stock market opens flat; Sensex holds above 84,000 mark

Source: Government of India

Source: Government of India (4)

The Indian stock market opened on a steady note on Monday, with benchmark indices trading flat amid positive global cues and selective buying in PSU bank and IT stocks.

At around 9:27 am, the BSE Sensex was marginally higher by 1.35 points at 84,057.55, while the NSE Nifty gained 6.50 points, or 0.03 per cent, to trade at 25,644.30.

Analysts attributed the steady start to easing geopolitical tensions in West Asia, a sharp correction in Brent crude prices to 67 dollars per barrel, and encouraging signals on the trade front, including possible deals between the US, China and India.

Dr VK Vijayakumar, Chief Investment Strategist at Geojit Financial Services, said that large-cap counters like HDFC Bank, ICICI Bank, Reliance Industries and L&T have been key drivers of the recent rally due to institutional accumulation.

The Nifty Bank index in early trade was up by 15.15 points at 57,459.05. Meanwhile, the Nifty Midcap 100 advanced by 220.90 points to 59,606.05, while the Nifty Smallcap 100 rose 153.35 points to trade at 19,130.15.

Within the Sensex pack, M&M, Kotak Mahindra Bank, Bharti Airtel, HDFC Bank, NTPC and UltraTech Cement were among the laggards in the opening session. On the other hand, Trent, SBI, L&T, Eternal, Axis Bank and Hindustan Unilever were trading in positive territory.

Continued weakness in the dollar index is supporting foreign fund inflows, while retail investor confidence remains strong. Market experts, however, advise caution when making fresh investments at elevated valuations despite the ongoing bull run.

Foreign institutional investors were net buyers on June 27, picking up shares worth Rs 1,397.02 crore, whereas domestic institutional investors booked profits, selling equities worth Rs 588.93 crore.

In Asia, key markets such as China, Bangkok, Japan, Seoul and Jakarta were trading higher, while Hong Kong was in negative territory.

Overnight in the US, the Dow Jones Industrial Average closed higher at 43,819.27, up 432.43 points or 1 per cent. The S&P 500 gained 32.05 points to end at 6,173.07, and the Nasdaq added 105.55 points to close at 20,273.46.

-IANS

June 30, 2025
MIL-OSI Asia-Pac: Director Wu Cheng-wei Meets Outstanding Taiwanese Young Doctors Studying in Australia

Source: Republic of China Taiwan

Director General David Cheng-Wei Wu and colleague were pleased to meet with Dr. Lin Yu-Ju from the Department of Family Medicine at Taichung Veterans General Hospital and Dr. Hsu Chia-Yun from the Department of Pediatrics at National Taiwan University Hospital, who are currently in Sydney for further training. They gained insights into the rigorous training process of Taiwan’s outstanding doctors and expressed deep admiration for the young physicians’ dedication to continuous learning and their pursuit of excellence in medical knowledge and skills.

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June 30, 2025
MIL-OSI USA: SPC Jun 30, 2025 0100 UTC Day 1 Convective Outlook

Source: US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

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Jun 30, 2025 0100 UTC Day 1 Convective Outlook

Updated: Mon Jun 30 00:56:57 UTC 2025 (Print Version | | )

Probabilistic to Categorical Outlook Conversion Table

Forecast Discussion

SPC AC 300056

Day 1 Convective Outlook
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
0756 PM CDT Sun Jun 29 2025

Valid 300100Z – 301200Z

…THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM THE CENTRAL
HIGH PLAINS TO THE OZARKS…

…SUMMARY…
Scattered strong to severe thunderstorms remain possible this
evening across the central/Southern Plains and Ozarks. More
isolated severe storms are possible across the Great lakes and upper
Midwest. Wind is the primary risk, though hail is expected across
portions of the High Plains.

…Central High Plains…
Several clusters of severe storms are ongoing from southern SD to
eastern WY/CO and into western KS/NE. Moderate instability and
elongated hodographs will continue to support supercells. Hail and
damaging winds will remain likely this evening.

With time, upscale growth into one or more larger clusters appears
likely across the eastern CO Plains and western NE/KS. Modest
forcing for ascent and effective shear suggest the degree of
organization of any clusters that form is somewhat uncertain.
Confidence in greater storm organization is highest across parts of
KS/NE along the sagging cold front. Here, large buoyancy and locally
stronger forcing may allow for more efficient upscale growth. Should
a more organized MCS develop, a conditional risk for gusts upward of
75 mph is possible across parts of the central Plains tonight.

…Ozarks to central KS…
An ongoing complex of thunderstorms with an established cold pool is
likely to persist into this evening amidst a very buoyant (4000 J/kg
MUCAPE) but weakly sheared air mass across the Ozarks and southern
Plains. Model guidance and observational trends suggest a gradual
weakening of the entire complex is likely with southward extent this
evening, related to the loss of diurnal heating and the lack of
broader deep-layer ascent. Still, isolated damaging gusts remain
possible across northern AR and southern MO.

To the west, new thunderstorm development across parts of
south-central KS and northeastern OK will likely be the new focus
for stronger storms on the flanks of the surging outflow tonight.
Given the degree of buoyancy, isolated damaging gusts and some hail
are possible. One or more clusters of strong to occasionally severe
storms are likely, and may persist into northern OK and southern KS
tonight.

…Great Lakes to the upper Midwest…
Isolated storm development remains possible this evening along
trailing outflow and a weak cold front from southern WI to IA.
Vertical shear is not particularly strong, and overall convective
organization is expected to be low. Still, remaining instability
and moist surface conditions will promote occasional strong
downdrafts this evening.

..Lyons.. 06/30/2025

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MIL-OSI USA: SPC Jun 30, 2025 0100 UTC Day 1 Convective Outlook

Source: US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

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Probabilistic to Categorical Outlook Conversion Table

Forecast Discussion

SPC AC 300056

Day 1 Convective Outlook
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
0756 PM CDT Sun Jun 29 2025

Valid 300100Z – 301200Z

…THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM THE CENTRAL
HIGH PLAINS TO THE OZARKS…

…SUMMARY…
Scattered strong to severe thunderstorms remain possible this
evening across the central/Southern Plains and Ozarks. More
isolated severe storms are possible across the Great lakes and upper
Midwest. Wind is the primary risk, though hail is expected across
portions of the High Plains.

…Central High Plains…
Several clusters of severe storms are ongoing from southern SD to
eastern WY/CO and into western KS/NE. Moderate instability and
elongated hodographs will continue to support supercells. Hail and
damaging winds will remain likely this evening.

With time, upscale growth into one or more larger clusters appears
likely across the eastern CO Plains and western NE/KS. Modest
forcing for ascent and effective shear suggest the degree of
organization of any clusters that form is somewhat uncertain.
Confidence in greater storm organization is highest across parts of
KS/NE along the sagging cold front. Here, large buoyancy and locally
stronger forcing may allow for more efficient upscale growth. Should
a more organized MCS develop, a conditional risk for gusts upward of
75 mph is possible across parts of the central Plains tonight.

…Ozarks to central KS…
An ongoing complex of thunderstorms with an established cold pool is
likely to persist into this evening amidst a very buoyant (4000 J/kg
MUCAPE) but weakly sheared air mass across the Ozarks and southern
Plains. Model guidance and observational trends suggest a gradual
weakening of the entire complex is likely with southward extent this
evening, related to the loss of diurnal heating and the lack of
broader deep-layer ascent. Still, isolated damaging gusts remain
possible across northern AR and southern MO.

To the west, new thunderstorm development across parts of
south-central KS and northeastern OK will likely be the new focus
for stronger storms on the flanks of the surging outflow tonight.
Given the degree of buoyancy, isolated damaging gusts and some hail
are possible. One or more clusters of strong to occasionally severe
storms are likely, and may persist into northern OK and southern KS
tonight.

…Great Lakes to the upper Midwest…
Isolated storm development remains possible this evening along
trailing outflow and a weak cold front from southern WI to IA.
Vertical shear is not particularly strong, and overall convective
organization is expected to be low. Still, remaining instability
and moist surface conditions will promote occasional strong
downdrafts this evening.

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MIL-OSI USA: SPC – No MDs are in effect as of Mon Jun 30 05:02:09 UTC 2025

Source: US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Current Mesoscale DiscussionsUpdated: Mon Jun 30 05:05:03 UTC 2025 No Mesoscale Discussions are currently in effect.

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June 30, 2025
MIL-OSI USA: SPC – No MDs are in effect as of Mon Jun 30 05:02:09 UTC 2025

Source: US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Current Mesoscale DiscussionsUpdated: Mon Jun 30 05:05:03 UTC 2025 No Mesoscale Discussions are currently in effect.

Notice: The responsibility for Heavy Rain Mesoscale Discussions has been transferred to the Weather Prediction Center (WPC) on April 9, 2013. Click here for the Service Change Notice.
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June 30, 2025
MIL-OSI USA: SPC Severe Thunderstorm Watch 477 Status Reports

Source: US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Watch 477 Status Reports

STATUS REPORT #4 ON WW 477

VALID 300130Z – 300200Z

SEVERE WEATHER THREAT CONTINUES RIGHT OF A LINE FROM 35 NW DBQ TO
15 WSW LNR TO 25 NW MKE.

WW 477 WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 300200Z.

..THOMPSON..06/30/25

ATTN…WFO…ARX…GRB…MKX…

&&

STATUS REPORT FOR WS 477

SEVERE WEATHER THREAT CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS

WIC025-043-045-049-065-300200-

WI
. WISCONSIN COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE

DANE GRANT GREEN
IOWA LAFAYETTE
$$

THE WATCH STATUS MESSAGE IS FOR GUIDANCE PURPOSES ONLY. PLEASE
REFER TO WATCH COUNTY NOTIFICATION STATEMENTS FOR OFFICIAL
INFORMATION ON COUNTIES…INDEPENDENT CITIES AND MARINE ZONES
CLEARED FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND TORNADO WATCHES.
$$

STATUS REPORT #3 ON WW 477

VALID 292155Z – 292240Z

SEVERE WEATHER THREAT CONTINUES RIGHT OF A LINE FROM 35 S LSE TO
35 WSW OSH TO 25 NE MTW.

..THOMPSON..06/29/25

ATTN…WFO…ARX…GRB…MKX…

&&

STATUS REPORT FOR WS 477

SEVERE WEATHER THREAT CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS

WIC015-021-023-025-027-039-043-045-047-049-065-071-103-111-
292240-

WI
. WISCONSIN COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE

CALUMET COLUMBIA CRAWFORD
DANE DODGE FOND DU LAC
GRANT GREEN GREEN LAKE
IOWA LAFAYETTE MANITOWOC
RICHLAND SAUK
$$

LMZ543-292240-

CW

. ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS INCLUDED ARE

TWO RIVERS TO SHEBOYGAN WI

$$
THE WATCH STATUS MESSAGE IS FOR GUIDANCE PURPOSES ONLY. PLEASE
REFER TO WATCH COUNTY NOTIFICATION STATEMENTS FOR OFFICIAL
INFORMATION ON COUNTIES…INDEPENDENT CITIES AND MARINE ZONES
CLEARED FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND TORNADO WATCHES.
$$

STATUS REPORT #2 ON WW 477

VALID 292025Z – 292140Z

SEVERE WEATHER THREAT CONTINUES RIGHT OF A LINE FROM 20 NNE VOK
TO 30 S ESC.

FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION SEE MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 1512.

..MARSH..06/29/25

ATTN…WFO…ARX…GRB…MKX…

&&

STATUS REPORT FOR WS 477

SEVERE WEATHER THREAT CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS

WIC001-009-015-021-023-025-027-029-039-043-045-047-049-057-061-
065-071-077-081-083-087-097-103-111-115-123-135-137-139-
292140-

WI
. WISCONSIN COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE

ADAMS BROWN CALUMET
COLUMBIA CRAWFORD DANE
DODGE DOOR FOND DU LAC
GRANT GREEN GREEN LAKE
IOWA JUNEAU KEWAUNEE
LAFAYETTE MANITOWOC MARQUETTE
MONROE OCONTO OUTAGAMIE
PORTAGE RICHLAND SAUK
SHAWANO VERNON WAUPACA
WAUSHARA WINNEBAGO
$$

LMZ521-522-541-542-543-292140-

CW

. ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS INCLUDED ARE

GREEN BAY SOUTH OF LINE FROM CEDAR RIVER TO ROCK ISLAND PASSAGE
AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM OCONTO WI TO LITTLE STURGEON BAY WI

GREEN BAY SOUTH OF LINE FROM OCONTO WI TO LITTLE STURGEON BAY WI

ROCK ISLAND PASSAGE TO STURGEON BAY WI

STURGEON BAY TO TWO RIVERS WI

TWO RIVERS TO SHEBOYGAN WI

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INFORMATION ON COUNTIES…INDEPENDENT CITIES AND MARINE ZONES
CLEARED FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND TORNADO WATCHES.
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STATUS REPORT #1 ON WW 477

VALID 291945Z – 292040Z

THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT CONTINUES ACROSS THE ENTIRE WATCH AREA.

..GRAMS..06/29/25

ATTN…WFO…ARX…GRB…MKX…

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STATUS REPORT FOR WS 477

SEVERE WEATHER THREAT CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS

WIC001-009-015-021-023-025-027-029-039-043-045-047-049-057-061-
065-071-075-077-078-081-083-087-097-103-111-115-123-135-137-139-
292040-

WI
. WISCONSIN COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE

ADAMS BROWN CALUMET
COLUMBIA CRAWFORD DANE
DODGE DOOR FOND DU LAC
GRANT GREEN GREEN LAKE
IOWA JUNEAU KEWAUNEE
LAFAYETTE MANITOWOC MARINETTE
MARQUETTE MENOMINEE MONROE
OCONTO OUTAGAMIE PORTAGE
RICHLAND SAUK SHAWANO
VERNON WAUPACA WAUSHARA
WINNEBAGO
$$

LMZ521-522-541-542-543-292040-

CW

. ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS INCLUDED ARE

GREEN BAY SOUTH OF LINE FROM CEDAR RIVER TO ROCK ISLAND PASSAGE
AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM OCONTO WI TO LITTLE STURGEON BAY WI

GREEN BAY SOUTH OF LINE FROM OCONTO WI TO LITTLE STURGEON BAY WI

ROCK ISLAND PASSAGE TO STURGEON BAY WI

STURGEON BAY TO TWO RIVERS WI

TWO RIVERS TO SHEBOYGAN WI

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CLEARED FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND TORNADO WATCHES.
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MIL OSI USA News –

June 30, 2025
MIL-OSI USA: SPC Severe Thunderstorm Watch 478 Status Reports

Source: US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Watch 478 Status Reports

STATUS REPORT #4 ON WW 478

VALID 300150Z – 300240Z

SEVERE WEATHER THREAT CONTINUES RIGHT OF A LINE FROM 55 NNW BVO
TO 20 S CNU TO GMJ.

FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION SEE MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 1517

..THOMPSON..06/30/25

ATTN…WFO…ICT…SGF…TSA…

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STATUS REPORT FOR WS 478

SEVERE WEATHER THREAT CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS

KSC015-019-035-049-099-125-173-191-205-300240-

KS
. KANSAS COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE

BUTLER CHAUTAUQUA COWLEY
ELK LABETTE MONTGOMERY
SEDGWICK SUMNER WILSON
$$

OKC035-037-041-097-105-113-115-117-131-143-145-147-300240-

OK
. OKLAHOMA COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE

CRAIG CREEK DELAWARE
MAYES NOWATA OSAGE
OTTAWA PAWNEE ROGERS
TULSA WAGONER WASHINGTON
$$

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STATUS REPORT #3 ON WW 478

VALID 300005Z – 300140Z

SEVERE WEATHER THREAT CONTINUES RIGHT OF A LINE FROM 30 S EMP TO
25 SE GMJ.

..THOMPSON..06/30/25

ATTN…WFO…ICT…SGF…TSA…

&&

STATUS REPORT FOR WS 478

SEVERE WEATHER THREAT CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS

KSC019-049-099-125-205-300140-

KS
. KANSAS COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE

CHAUTAUQUA ELK LABETTE
MONTGOMERY WILSON
$$

OKC035-105-115-300140-

OK
. OKLAHOMA COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE

CRAIG NOWATA OTTAWA
$$

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STATUS REPORT #2 ON WW 478

VALID 292210Z – 292340Z

SEVERE WEATHER THREAT CONTINUES RIGHT OF A LINE FROM 25 N CNU TO
15 NNW JLN TO 20 ENE SGF.

..THOMPSON..06/29/25

ATTN…WFO…ICT…SGF…TSA…

&&

STATUS REPORT FOR WS 478

SEVERE WEATHER THREAT CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS

KSC019-021-037-049-099-125-133-205-207-292340-

KS
. KANSAS COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE

CHAUTAUQUA CHEROKEE CRAWFORD
ELK LABETTE MONTGOMERY
NEOSHO WILSON WOODSON
$$

MOC009-043-077-097-109-119-145-209-213-292340-

MO
. MISSOURI COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE

BARRY CHRISTIAN GREENE
JASPER LAWRENCE MCDONALD
NEWTON STONE TANEY
$$

OKC035-105-115-292340-

OK
. OKLAHOMA COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE

CRAIG NOWATA OTTAWA
$$

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CLEARED FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND TORNADO WATCHES.
$$

STATUS REPORT #1 ON WW 478

VALID 292030Z – 292140Z

THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT CONTINUES ACROSS THE ENTIRE WATCH AREA.

FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION SEE FORTHCOMING MESOSCALE DISCUSSION
1513.
..GRAMS..06/29/25

ATTN…WFO…ICT…SGF…TSA…

&&

STATUS REPORT FOR WS 478

SEVERE WEATHER THREAT CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS

KSC001-011-019-021-037-049-099-125-133-205-207-292140-

KS
. KANSAS COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE

ALLEN BOURBON CHAUTAUQUA
CHEROKEE CRAWFORD ELK
LABETTE MONTGOMERY NEOSHO
WILSON WOODSON
$$

MOC009-011-039-043-057-077-085-097-109-119-145-167-185-209-213-
217-292140-

MO
. MISSOURI COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE

BARRY BARTON CEDAR
CHRISTIAN DADE GREENE
HICKORY JASPER LAWRENCE
MCDONALD NEWTON POLK
ST. CLAIR STONE TANEY
VERNON
$$

OKC035-105-115-292140-

OK
. OKLAHOMA COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE

CRAIG NOWATA OTTAWA
$$

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CLEARED FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND TORNADO WATCHES.
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MIL OSI USA News –

June 30, 2025
MIL-OSI USA: SPC Severe Thunderstorm Watch 479 Status Reports

Source: US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Watch 479 Status Reports

STATUS REPORT #4 ON WW 479

VALID 300140Z – 300240Z

SEVERE WEATHER THREAT CONTINUES RIGHT OF A LINE FROM 25 SE DGW TO
25 E CDR.

..SPC..06/30/25

ATTN…WFO…BOU…CYS…LBF…UNR…

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STATUS REPORT FOR WS 479

SEVERE WEATHER THREAT CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS

COC001-005-013-014-031-039-069-073-075-087-095-115-121-123-
300240-

CO
. COLORADO COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE

ADAMS ARAPAHOE BOULDER
BROOMFIELD DENVER ELBERT
LARIMER LINCOLN LOGAN
MORGAN PHILLIPS SEDGWICK
WASHINGTON WELD
$$

NEC005-007-013-031-033-045-049-069-075-091-105-117-123-157-161-
165-300240-

NE
. NEBRASKA COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE

ARTHUR BANNER BOX BUTTE
CHERRY CHEYENNE DAWES
DEUEL GARDEN GRANT
HOOKER KIMBALL MCPHERSON
MORRILL SCOTTS BLUFF SHERIDAN
SIOUX
$$

SDC007-300240-

SD
. SOUTH DAKOTA COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE

BENNETT
$$

WYC015-021-031-300240-

WY
. WYOMING COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE

GOSHEN LARAMIE PLATTE
$$

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CLEARED FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND TORNADO WATCHES.
$$

STATUS REPORT #3 ON WW 479

VALID 300005Z – 300140Z

THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT CONTINUES ACROSS THE ENTIRE WATCH AREA.

..SPC..06/30/25

ATTN…WFO…BOU…CYS…LBF…UNR…

&&

STATUS REPORT FOR WS 479

SEVERE WEATHER THREAT CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS

COC001-005-013-014-031-039-069-073-075-087-095-115-121-123-
300140-

CO
. COLORADO COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE

ADAMS ARAPAHOE BOULDER
BROOMFIELD DENVER ELBERT
LARIMER LINCOLN LOGAN
MORGAN PHILLIPS SEDGWICK
WASHINGTON WELD
$$

NEC007-013-033-045-049-069-105-123-157-161-165-300140-

NE
. NEBRASKA COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE

BANNER BOX BUTTE CHEYENNE
DAWES DEUEL GARDEN
KIMBALL MORRILL SCOTTS BLUFF
SHERIDAN SIOUX
$$

SDC007-033-047-071-081-093-102-103-300140-

SD
. SOUTH DAKOTA COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE

BENNETT CUSTER FALL RIVER
JACKSON LAWRENCE MEADE
OGLALA LAKOTA PENNINGTON
$$

WYC011-015-021-027-031-045-300140-

WY
. WYOMING COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE

CROOK GOSHEN LARAMIE
NIOBRARA PLATTE WESTON
$$

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CLEARED FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND TORNADO WATCHES.
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STATUS REPORT #2 ON WW 479

VALID 292240Z – 292340Z

THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT CONTINUES ACROSS THE ENTIRE WATCH AREA.

..SPC..06/29/25

ATTN…WFO…BOU…CYS…LBF…UNR…

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STATUS REPORT FOR WS 479

SEVERE WEATHER THREAT CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS

COC001-005-013-014-031-039-069-073-075-087-095-115-121-123-
292340-

CO
. COLORADO COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE

ADAMS ARAPAHOE BOULDER
BROOMFIELD DENVER ELBERT
LARIMER LINCOLN LOGAN
MORGAN PHILLIPS SEDGWICK
WASHINGTON WELD
$$

NEC007-013-033-045-049-069-105-123-157-161-165-292340-

NE
. NEBRASKA COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE

BANNER BOX BUTTE CHEYENNE
DAWES DEUEL GARDEN
KIMBALL MORRILL SCOTTS BLUFF
SHERIDAN SIOUX
$$

SDC007-033-047-071-081-093-102-103-292340-

SD
. SOUTH DAKOTA COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE

BENNETT CUSTER FALL RIVER
JACKSON LAWRENCE MEADE
OGLALA LAKOTA PENNINGTON
$$

WYC011-015-021-027-031-045-292340-

WY
. WYOMING COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE

CROOK GOSHEN LARAMIE
NIOBRARA PLATTE WESTON
$$

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CLEARED FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND TORNADO WATCHES.
$$

STATUS REPORT #1 ON WW 479

VALID 292030Z – 292140Z

THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT CONTINUES ACROSS THE ENTIRE WATCH AREA.

..GRAMS..06/29/25

ATTN…WFO…BOU…CYS…LBF…UNR…

&&

STATUS REPORT FOR WS 479

SEVERE WEATHER THREAT CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS

COC001-005-013-014-031-039-069-073-075-087-095-115-121-123-
292140-

CO
. COLORADO COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE

ADAMS ARAPAHOE BOULDER
BROOMFIELD DENVER ELBERT
LARIMER LINCOLN LOGAN
MORGAN PHILLIPS SEDGWICK
WASHINGTON WELD
$$

NEC007-013-033-045-049-069-105-123-157-161-165-292140-

NE
. NEBRASKA COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE

BANNER BOX BUTTE CHEYENNE
DAWES DEUEL GARDEN
KIMBALL MORRILL SCOTTS BLUFF
SHERIDAN SIOUX
$$

SDC007-033-047-071-081-093-102-103-292140-

SD
. SOUTH DAKOTA COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE

BENNETT CUSTER FALL RIVER
JACKSON LAWRENCE MEADE
OGLALA LAKOTA PENNINGTON
$$

WYC011-015-021-027-031-045-292140-

WY
. WYOMING COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE

CROOK GOSHEN LARAMIE
NIOBRARA PLATTE WESTON
$$

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June 30, 2025
MIL-OSI USA: SPC Severe Thunderstorm Watch 480 Status Reports

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MIL OSI USA News –

June 30, 2025
MIL-OSI USA: SPC Severe Thunderstorm Watch 480

Source: US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

WW 480 SEVERE TSTM KS NE 300450Z – 301100Z

URGENT – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 480
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
1150 PM CDT Sun Jun 29 2025

The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of
Northern Kansas
Western and Central Nebraska

* Effective this Sunday night and Monday morning from 1150 PM
until 600 AM CDT.

* Primary threats include…
Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible
Isolated very large hail events to 2 inches in diameter possible

SUMMARY…Various forecast guidance suggests that storms should
intensify, expand, and linearly organize into the overnight as they
progress southeastward, potentially into an MCS with wind
damage/some hail possible.

The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 85
statute miles north and south of a line from 30 miles north
northwest of Mccook NE to 30 miles southeast of Hastings NE. For a
complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline
update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU0).

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

REMEMBER…A Severe Thunderstorm Watch means conditions are
favorable for severe thunderstorms in and close to the watch area.
Persons in these areas should be on the lookout for threatening
weather conditions and listen for later statements and possible
warnings. Severe thunderstorms can and occasionally do produce
tornadoes.

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AVIATION…A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to
2 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 60 knots. A
few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 550. Mean storm motion vector
30025.

…Guyer

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MIL OSI USA News –

June 30, 2025
MIL-OSI USA: Senator Marshall: This is $1,000 a Month for Hard-Working Kansans

US Senate News:

Source: United States Senator for Kansas Roger Marshall
Senator Marshall Joins NewsNation to Discuss The Republican Reconciliation Bill
Washington – On Sunday morning, U.S. Senator Roger Marshall, M.D. (R-Kansas), joined Chris Stirewalt on NewsNation’s The Hill Sunday to discuss the current state of the Republican reconciliation bill as the Senate seeks to hold a vote early tomorrow morning and specifically address the rumors circulating from the fake news media.
Click HERE or on the image above to watch Senator Marshall’s full remarks.
On the home stretch of the reconciliation bill and getting it across the finish line:
“Well, I think if it weren’t for President Trump and John Thune and John Barrasso, [it] would be next to impossible. Vice President also came in and got involved as well, JD Vance. So, I think it’s constantly listening, it’s pushing, it’s the art of the deal. Both sides are saying they’re unhappy – we’re probably right over the target.”
On the need for more cuts down the road:
“Look, I think we have significant commitments from the White House and from leadership to continue to address this. Look, I actually think this bill will help shrink the debt. I think it’s going to grow the economy so much, just like it did under President Kennedy, President Reagan, President Clinton, and then again, under President Trump 45. I think it’ll grow the economy, shrink the debt. This is phase one. It’s not the end-all; we have a lot of work to do.
“I think what your listeners need to understand … is we’re extending this debt limit. If we don’t do that, it could help, it would hurt us, or on our debt, our bond rating. And number three is the Democrats will extract a pound of flesh to give that to us, because whoever’s in power gets blamed for it, right?”
On whether or not ‘unpopular’ cuts will get removed:
“I don’t. I think that’s only affecting one person. There are too many great things in this bill to vote for. We’re going to prevent the largest tax increase in history – this is the extension of President Trump’s legacy. If you supported President Trump, you should support this bill. We voted for him to secure the border. He’s going to run out of money soon. This bill is going to fund border security for four years, 2000 miles of barriers along with it, and tax cuts for everybody. This will mean $1,000 a month to hard-working Kansans back home.”
On how Medicaid is actually being strengthened and preserved:
“I’m not sure there’s ever a good time to cut anything up here. But I want to emphasize, we’re not cutting spending. We are actually increasing spending on Medicaid over the next years, at a rate higher than inflation. We’re gonna end up spending $200 billion more per year than what we are right now. We’re going to protect and preserve it for those who need it the most, for seniors in nursing homes, for people with disabilities, pregnant women, and children. So we need to protect and preserve it – make it financially solvent.
“But I’m so proud of what we did on this bill, $25 billion for rural hospitals and community health centers. Look, only 5% of Medicaid dollars end up in rural hospitals – the urban hospitals take 95% of that money. So we have $25 billion to help make those rule hospitals solvent. I think it’s an incredible solution. I compliment Susan Collins and Rick Scott on their work on that as well. They’ve done a great job helping get that across the finish line.”
On the major wins for Kansans:
“Look, you need to laser focus the message here. What you didn’t show is that if you address these one title at a time, it actually polls positively. So you need to go back home – I’m talking to union workers in Wichita, I talk about no tax on overtime. If I’m talking to farmers, there’s this 199A pass-through, crop insurance, 45Z. So you have to tailor your message if you do them one at a time.
“Talking to hardcore conservatives like me, we talk about President Trump’s legacy, that we’re securing the border. The left media has done an incredible job of labeling this bill bad, Trump bad, bill bad, but what we have to do is focus on the real message here: how much this is going to help Americans. This is the start of a new golden era for the Americans.”

MIL OSI USA News –

June 30, 2025
MIL-OSI Submissions: Australia – Inspiring Aussies share their stories of doubt in new CommBank campaign – CBA

Source: Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA)

Hear how Australians from sport, entertainment and social enterprise turned doubt into action – as part of CommBank’s refreshed brand platform championing everyone to fulfil their personal potential.

Doubt is something we all face, but it’s how we respond that defines us.

CommBank’s new campaign, Doubt Never Did, shares the real stories of Australians from all walks of life who have faced self-doubt, setbacks and uncertainty – and kept going. From personal reinvention to pushing through rejections, doubt is part of the turning point that helped them succeed.

Jo Boundy, CommBank Chief Marketing Officer, said: “Doubt can hold us back – whether it’s taking the first steps to start a business or savings goal, or hitting a roadblock further along in your journey. This campaign shows Australians they’re not alone, and that doubt can be a powerful turning point. Back yourself and know that with CommBank in your corner, you can.”

Meet the Australians who turned doubt into something more

From elite sport to the stage and kitchen, the inspiring Australians who feature in the national campaign have each faced down their own moments of doubts. Hear conversations with:

Mary Fowler, CommBank Matilda’s superstar – who rose from Cairns to the world stage, overcoming pressure and expectation to become one of the most exciting talents in global football;
Zoe Karatzovalis, Yellow Wiggle, inclusivity champion and business owner of inclusive dance studio, Infinite Abilities Performance Arts; and
Shaun Christie-David, social entrepreneur, Founder of Plate it Forward and Colombo Social;

From today, see these stories on billboards across the country with QR codes to listen to the full audio interviews hosted by podcaster Matty J.

https://youtu.be/81FiIPeJerk

Mary Fowler, CommBank Matildas superstar, said: “Doubt has been a constant presence in my journey.”

Mary grew up in Cairns and quickly made her mark on football, playing professional overseas while still a teenager. But even as her career accelerated, self-doubt followed – especially during setbacks and injury.

“Sometimes the situations we’re in and the problems that we’re facing… they feel so big to overcome that it seems like there’s no way through them.”

Now, Mary is focused on flipping the mindset. “I really hate the idea of being a victim… As much as I can, I just try to flip the perspective on a lot of these things. That actually helps me see a lot more positives in what I’m doing and makes it a bit easier to get through it without feeling sorry for myself.”

Mary’s advice? “Everyone experiences doubt. I think it’s a normal part of our journey. The thing to try change is not doubt itself, but the way you react to it and how quickly you can counter it. Don’t let doubt hold you back and keep believing in yourself.”

Zoe Karatzovalis, Yellow Wiggle and Founder of Infinite Abilities Performance Arts, said: “I doubted myself more than everyone did. I think everyone believed in me more than I did… I just didn’t really know what I was doing.”

Zoe grew up in Port Lincoln, where her passion for dance started early. But it was her brother, Costa, who shaped her purpose. “My brother, Costa, he’s on the autism spectrum… we always connected through music and dance. He was a big inspiration in my life… I really wanted to be the change and to inspire others too.”

After moving to Sydney to pursue a professional dance career, Zoe faced pressure and rejection. “I felt like I was this small fish in this huge pond… I struggled to make fri

MIL OSI – Submitted News –

June 30, 2025
China’s weak factory activity maintains pressure for more stimulus as tariff risks weigh

Source: Government of India

Source: Government of India (4)

China’s manufacturing activity shrank for a third straight month in June, though at a slower pace, as increases in new orders, purchasing volumes and supplier delivery times signalled that policy support rolled out since late last year is taking effect.

But business sentiment remains subdued, Monday’s survey showed, with employment, factory gate prices and new export orders still languishing, and keeping alive calls for even more stimulus as authorities deal with U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariff onslaught and chronic weakness in the property sector.

The National Bureau of Statistics purchasing managers’ index (PMI) rose to 49.7 in June from 49.5 in May, matching the median forecast in a Reuters poll but remaining below the 50-mark that separates growth from contraction.

“Two months of successive improvement, that’s a decent reading given June was the first full month without Trump’s prohibitive 100%-plus tariffs,” said Xu Tianchen, senior economist at the Economist Intelligence Unit.

“There is still evidence of frontloading in trade, but the tariffs are lower now and manufacturers are preparing to ship holiday season goods,” he added.

The new export orders sub-index remained in contraction for a 14^th straight month in June, inching up to 47.7 from 47.5 in May, while employment diverged from other indicators by deteriorating further. However, new domestic orders rose to 50.2 from 49.8, and purchasing volumes jumped from 47.6 to 50.2 — offering policymakers some hope that domestic demand may be starting to recover.

Zichun Huang, China economist at Capital Economics, said the PMIs suggested the world’s second-largest economy had regained some momentum over the past month, but warned tensions with the West would continue to squeeze its exports and there were still signs of deflationary pressures.

The non-manufacturing PMI, which includes services and construction, grew to 50.5 from 50.3.

Activity in the food and beverages, travel, hospitality and logistics sectors fell this month, NBS senior statistician Zhao Qinghe said in a statement. However, this drag was offset by a pickup in the construction PMI, which rose to a 3-month high of 52.8, Capital Economics’ Huang said.

“Fiscal support looks to have continued to support infrastructure spending,” Huang added, but cautioned that “a fading fiscal tailwind is likely to slow activity in the second half of the year.”

MORE STIMULUS

Uncertainty also lingers among factory owners, as the business outlook index – which normally moves in line with the headline PMI – dropped in June and suggested producers were waiting on a more durable trade deal to a fragile framework agreed between Beijing and Washington earlier this month.

That puts pressure on policymakers to roll out more support measures, as the government cannot afford for China’s vast manufacturing sector to stagnate or shrink, if its ambitious 2025 growth target of “around 5%” is to be met.

Profits at China’s industrial firms swung sharply back into decline in May, which officials attributed to weak demand and falling industrial product prices.

Policymakers are confident they can push ahead with reforms launched late last year to transition China’s economy from a manufacturing-led model to a consumer-driven one, Premier Li Qiang told delegates at World Economic Forum and Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank meetings last week.

Such a shift in the engines of growth, which economists say is crucial to securing China’s future, could be progressed while maintaining strong growth, Li said.

But economists say the transition could take years, and that reform typically comes at the cost of a more subdued economy in the short term.

“Exports are expected to decelerate in the second half of the year, and domestic deflationary pressures will intensify,” said Dan Wang, China director at Eurasia Group, who expects more stimulus in coming months.

“Household consumption cannot be a real short-term driver, but fiscal spending in things like infrastructure can deliver the kind of growth required to hit this year’s target.”

(Reuters)

June 30, 2025

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