Topic: Australia — Neutral reports only
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[2026-05-18 01:00 UTC+10:00] [AFL] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: This isn’t the dead cat bounce of a new coach. They smashed Hawthorn in every facet of the game to show they are a serious AFL team
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[2026-05-18 01:00 UTC+10:00] [Health] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Cigarettes kill 66 Australians every day, coalition says, criticising MPs who heard evidence from Philip Morris in secret
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[2026-05-18 01:00 UTC+10:00] [Supermarkets] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Analysis shows in some cases the switch from promotional to full price happens almost simultaneously in Australia’s two biggest supermarkets
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[2026-05-18 01:00 UTC+10:00] [Housing] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Underquoting is rife across the country with Melbourne the only capital where more properties sell below the guide than above
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[2026-05-18 01:00 UTC+10:00] [New South Wales] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: At the turn of last century, an ambitious young solicitor caused a scandal in a high-profile murder case. Years later he was a political leader in a new nation. How did he do it?
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[2026-05-18 01:00 UTC+10:00] [Environment] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Amid soaring fuel prices, the government announced $3.2bn to store a billion more litres of diesel and jet fuel. What about just using less of it?
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[2026-05-18 01:00 UTC+10:00] [Coles] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Australian retailers are on notice after the federal court handed down a landmark judgment against the nation’s second-largest supermarket chain. Coles was found to have misled shoppers by promoting discounts that were not real after the Australian consumer watchdog launched legal action in 2024.
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[2026-05-18 01:00 UTC+10:00] [Fracking] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Labor moves to overturn moratorium on fracking in groundwater-dependent region two years earlier than planned and just weeks after state election
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[2026-05-17 23:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: He saved her life — now her mission is to save his legacy. Nikki Goldstein doesn’t remember the first time she met Rabbi Eli Schlanger in September 2022. She was comatose in a Sydney, Australia, ICU, battling pneumonia and failing lungs. Doctors didn’t think the 57-year-old would live to see the next day.
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[2026-05-17 21:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: HGTV star Alison Victoria thinks a single slip of the tongue may have cost her a return to Battle on the Beach.
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[2026-05-17 21:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Previous slideNext slide Singer Delta Goodrem, representing Australia with the song 'Eclipse', performs during the final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2026 at Wiener Stadthalle in Vienna, Austria. AFPInfo Protesters clash with police during an operation to clear a roadblock in Achica Arriba, Bolivia. EPAInfo People block a road in El Alto, Bolivia, during a protest to demand the reversal of Paz Pereira's resignation and the restoration of his presidency.
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[2026-05-17 21:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Previous slideNext slide Singer Delta Goodrem, representing Australia with the song 'Eclipse', performs during the final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2026 at Wiener Stadthalle in Vienna, Austria. AFPInfo Protesters clash with police during an operation to clear a roadblock in Achica Arriba, Bolivia. EPAInfo People block a road in El Alto, Bolivia, during a protest to demand the reversal of Paz Pereira's resignation and the restoration of his presidency.
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[2026-05-17 21:00 UTC+10:00] [National / NSW] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Age
Snippet: The roundabout conundrum (C8) is far-reaching. Bill Leigh of West Pennant Hills recalls: “Travelling into London with my parents, we approached a massive roundabout at a Thames tunnel entrance where the traffic was swirling around in a virtual vortex. With gritted teeth dad clenched the wheel, and we entered the vortex, in the wrong lane.
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[2026-05-17 20:51 UTC+10:00] [National] [Factuality: 90]
Source: 9News
Snippet: Auto news: Will Australians spend over $100,000 on a Chinese car?
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[2026-05-17 20:00 UTC+10:00] [National / Victoria] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: To submit a letter to The Age, email letters@theage.com.au. Please include your home address and telephone number. No attachments, please include your letter in the body of the email. See here for our rules and tips on getting your letter published.
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[2026-05-17 19:49 UTC+10:00] [National] [Factuality: 100]
Source: 9News
Snippet: Six people stuck in a Perth quarantine centre after a deadly hantavirus outbreak on their cruise ship have discovered they're not infected.The four Australian citizens, one permanent resident and a New Zealand national quarantining for three weeks in Western Australia's Bullsbrook Centre for National Resilience received their blood test results today.The federal Health Department confirmed they were well and would only be retested if they developed symptoms.READ MORE: Wife's heartbreaking tribute after Aussie dad killed in shark attackThe group of
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[2026-05-17 19:40 UTC+10:00] [Sport / AFL] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Midway through the last quarter and Blake Howes ran for a ball punted forward without a plan by Josh Battle. Connor McDonald, head swinging faster than his legs, ran after Howes who appeared to consider the idea that McDonald would catch him as unlikely as McDonald did.
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[2026-05-17 19:30 UTC+10:00] [National / Victoria] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
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[2026-05-17 19:30 UTC+10:00] [National / NSW] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Peter Robertson is studying his second year of medicine for a second time.
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[2026-05-17 19:30 UTC+10:00] [National] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: One of Australia’s top former medical advisers has called for tobacco tax cuts, labelling the emergence of a multibillion-dollar black market controlled by organised crime a “whole of government policy failure”.
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[2026-05-17 19:14 UTC+10:00] [National] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Products & ServicesOpen Products & Services section
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[2026-05-17 18:51 UTC+10:00] [National] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Products & ServicesOpen Products & Services section
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[2026-05-17 18:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: ERROR 404 page not found Click here to go to the home page
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[2026-05-17 17:44 UTC+10:00] [Sport / Rugby Union] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: At almost $2000, it is comfortably the most expensive single ticket in Australian footy history.
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[2026-05-17 17:38 UTC+10:00] [Tax] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: ‘He’s having a great time with his new 47% equity,’ one entrepreneur jokes, warning that some startups may leave Australia behind
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[2026-05-17 17:04 UTC+10:00] [Politics / Victoria] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Products & ServicesOpen Products & Services section
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[2026-05-17 16:53 UTC+10:00] [Australia news] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Steven Mattaboni, 38, was a ‘one-of-a-kind gentleman’ and devoted father of two young daughters, his wife Shirene said
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[2026-05-17 16:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Sun 17 May 2026 at 4:45pm
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[2026-05-17 16:30 UTC+10:00] [National / Victoria] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: On the tenth floor of a building in the Chinese port city of Tianjin sits the City of Melbourne’s most far-flung outpost.
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[2026-05-17 16:00 UTC+10:00] [National / Queensland] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Queensland Labor figures say they’re humbled by a sharp decline in the party’s primary support in a heartland seat, but leader Steven Miles has the backing of the party room and will not face an imminent challenge.
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[2026-05-17 15:46 UTC+10:00] [New South Wales] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Outcry follows release of previously secret documents naming Wollongong suburb as preferred east coast Aukus base
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[2026-05-17 15:13 UTC+10:00] [National] [Factuality: 100]
Source: 9News
Snippet: The man killed in a shark attack while spearfishing off Rottnest Island has been identified as father-of-two Steven Mattaboni.The 38-year-old died on Saturday after he was attacked by what's believed to be a white shark near Horseshoe Reef, off the island near Perth.Mattaboni, from Perth, had been in the water with friends when the shark attacked about 20 metres from their boat.READ MORE: Beaches remain open on Rottnest Island after man killed in shark attackSteven Mattaboni, his wife, Shirene, 33,
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[2026-05-17 15:06 UTC+10:00] [National / Victoria] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: When Carl’s father Sverre Benjaminsen passed away, he left behind a folder on his desk. Inside, yellowing with age, were stacks of old newspaper clippings from the brazen armed robbery that had defined much of his life.
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[2026-05-17 14:44 UTC+10:00] [Qantas] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Flight from Melbourne to Dallas forced to land in Tahiti due to man’s alleged disruptive behaviour
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[2026-05-17 14:34 UTC+10:00] [Culture / TV & radio] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Soaring into the sky in a shower of fire and golden sunlight, Australian singer-songwriter Delta Goodrem delivered a career-defining performance that became the talk of Eurovision. To be fair, it was a tough field, but even competition-hardened Eurovision expert Graham Norton tipped it as this year’s competition-winning performance.
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[2026-05-17 14:27 UTC+10:00] [Culture / Music] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: The 70th Eurovision Song Contest has come to a close with a resounding Bangaranga. Bulgaria took home the win, thus squashing Australia’s hopes that Delta Goodrem would eclipse the competition.
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[2026-05-17 14:23 UTC+10:00] [National / WA] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The Age
Snippet: A Kalgoorlie barber shop is the first store in the state to be ordered to close under tough new laws aimed at cracking down on illegal tobacco and vapes came into effect.
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[2026-05-17 14:15 UTC+10:00] [National / WA] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Products & ServicesOpen Products & Services section
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[2026-05-17 14:10 UTC+10:00] [National / NSW] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Norway’s Princess Ingrid Alexandra has shed her anonymous student life to make her first official public appearance in Australia since becoming a University of Sydney student last year.
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[2026-05-17 13:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Andrew Williams is a multi-platform journalist based in Esperance, Western Australia.He started with the ABC South West WA team in 2024 while he finished his journalism degree at Curtin University.
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[2026-05-17 13:30 UTC+10:00] [Middle East] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: With help from InvestHK, ClearVue and mainland partner choose city as base for effort to make power-producing glass for building facades
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[2026-05-17 13:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: With help from InvestHK, ClearVue and mainland partner choose city as base for effort to make power-producing glass for building facades
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[2026-05-17 13:00 UTC+10:00] [Friendship] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: For years, I polished the brass plaques in front of my apartment dedicated to a Jewish mother and daughter who were murdered by the Nazis. Then a message out of the blue connected me to a surviving child …
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[2026-05-17 12:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Sun 17 May 2026 at 12:54pm
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[2026-05-17 12:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: AP News
Snippet: WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Former Canada women’s soccer coach Bev Priestman has tasted immediate success on her return from a one-year ban over a drone-spying scandal at the 2024 Olympics, guiding the Wellington Phoenix women to the final of the Australian A-League.
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[2026-05-17 12:33 UTC+10:00] [National / WA] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: A man who died after he was bitten by a shark off the coast of Rottnest Island at the weekend has been identified as prolific spearfisher and father-of-two Steven Mattaboni.
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[2026-05-17 12:07 UTC+10:00] [Australian music] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Prime minister says ‘all Australians are proud of Delta’ as Bulgaria soars to unexpected maiden win
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[2026-05-17 11:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Road Accidents and Incidents
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[2026-05-17 11:26 UTC+10:00] [Sport / NRL] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Canterbury captain Stephen Crichton is set to retain his place in the NSW Blues side despite featuring in a misfiring Bulldogs team that has lost five games in a row.
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[2026-05-17 11:16 UTC+10:00] [A-League Men] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Sky Blues claim semi-final on penalties and will face Auckland FC in decider
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