Topic: Australia — Neutral reports only
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[2026-08-15 11:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: The alleged victim did not drink the coffee and reported it to Tasmania Police. (Unsplash: Ross Varette)
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[2026-08-15 11:07 UTC+10:00] [New South Wales] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Fresh search teams to scour Nattai national park for Lily Hooper, 18, who failed to return home from a bushwalk
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[2026-08-15 10:24 UTC+10:00] [National / NSW] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: The search for a missing teenager in dense Southern Highlands bushland has entered its fourth day as rescue helicopter, drone and ground crews failed to find any sign of the experienced hiker.
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[2026-08-15 10:20 UTC+10:00] [Australia cricket team] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Updates as the Test at Marrara Cricket Ground continues
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[2026-08-15 10:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Australia begins day three in Darwin well behind the eight ball, in need of quick wickets to bring Bangladesh's first innings to a close.
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[2026-08-15 10:00 UTC+10:00] [Recycling] [Factuality: 95]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: With so many bins, and ever more complex packaging, recycling in Australia can be complicated and confusing. Here’s what not to do
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[2026-08-15 10:00 UTC+10:00] [National / NSW] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Age
Snippet: There were many moments in his life where Dr Aniss Chami believed his father had lost his mind.
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[2026-08-15 10:00 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 100]
Source: SBS News
Snippet: Published 15 August 2026 10:31am
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[2026-08-15 10:00 UTC+10:00] [Australia] [Factuality: 100]
Source: SBS News
Snippet: Published 15 August 2026 7:12pm
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[2026-08-15 09:50 UTC+10:00] [National / NSW] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Age
Snippet: When tactical police raided a house in the north-west Sydney suburb of Dural they found Bilal Bou-Melhem bloodied, bound and held captive for a half-million dollar ransom.
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[2026-08-15 09:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: The lizards were transported by air and sea in special containers. (Supplied: Parks Australia)
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[2026-08-15 09:29 UTC+10:00] [Sport / Swimming] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Irvine: The hopes of Australia’s Lani Pallister securing victory in the women’s 400m freestyle at the Pan Pacific Championships have received a major boost after a disastrous heat swim from Summer McIntosh saw the world record holder miss the final.
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[2026-08-15 09:27 UTC+10:00] [National / NSW] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Powerhouse Parramatta will officially open to the public on Saturday, November 7 in what the government is celebrating as the most significant cultural infrastructure project since the Sydney Opera House.
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[2026-08-15 09:00 UTC+10:00] [Lifestyle / Fashion] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Thirty-five years ago, a 19-year-old Claudia Karvan was wandering through Sydney’s Paddington markets when she stumbled upon the stall for a fledgling Australian label, started by two sisters who were only a few years older than she was.
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[2026-08-15 08:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Libraries, Museums and Galleries
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[2026-08-15 08:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: The driver of the allegedly stolen car was extracted from the vehicle by emergency services. (ABC News)
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[2026-08-15 08:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Caitlin Maloney is a multi-platform reporter based in Canberra. She joined the ABC in 2026 as the Antony Green News Cadet.
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[2026-08-15 07:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Mining Accidents and Incidents
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[2026-08-15 07:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Rail Accidents and Incidents
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[2026-08-15 07:30 UTC+10:00] [National] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Products & ServicesOpen Products & Services section
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[2026-08-15 07:23 UTC+10:00] [National] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Products & ServicesOpen Products & Services section
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[2026-08-15 07:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Housing Construction Industry
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[2026-08-15 07:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Small theatre companies are using every available means to find ways to thrive in the local market. (ABC News: Erin Byrnes)
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[2026-08-15 06:44 UTC+10:00] [Australia] [Factuality: 100]
Source: SBS News
Snippet: Published 15 August 2026 6:44am
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[2026-08-15 06:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Alain Mukungu (centre) and his family of eight moved to the regional NSW town of Orange. (ABC News: Lani Oataway)
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[2026-08-15 06:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Showers are expected to be most frequent in South-East Queensland over the weekend. (ABC Gold Coast: Dominic Cansdale)
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[2026-08-15 05:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Tyrone Dalton has been with ABC News since 2019. He is a journalist in Bendigo, Victoria, filing stories for TV, radio, and online. He has worked in a number of regional newsrooms across Victoria. He tweets from: @tyronedalton
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[2026-08-15 05:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: The Hockeyroos and Kookaburras are both eyeing off podium finishes at their respective World Cups. (Supplied: Hockey Australia)
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[2026-08-15 05:00 UTC+10:00] [Property / News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: China’s billionaire software king Wang Wenjing and his wife Sonia Yan Song have put their waterfront home in Sydney’s Mosman on the market and could double their money.
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[2026-08-15 05:00 UTC+10:00] [Business / Companies] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
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[2026-08-15 05:00 UTC+10:00] [Food / Eating out (Syd)] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Ah, Sydney’s boulevard of broken dreams. Parramatta Road is not the easiest place to start a business, but despite six hurtling lanes of traffic and the serious lack of parking, some places have made it work. Others are pulling queues out the door.
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[2026-08-15 05:00 UTC+10:00] [Food / Eating out (Mel)] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The Age
Snippet: “It’s paaacked,” pings a text from my mate, who’s uncharacteristically early for our Sunday sundowners at Northcote’s new Community Wine House. On an unseasonably balmy winter arvo, of course everyone else has had the same idea. And I mean everyone.
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[2026-08-15 05:00 UTC+10:00] [National / Victoria] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: The construction company building a James Packer-backed luxury Toorak apartment project has paid more than half a million dollars to gangland figure Mick Gatto to allegedly buy CFMEU support, with payments made as recently as last September.
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[2026-08-15 05:00 UTC+10:00] [National / NSW] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Everything came creeping. The professional relationship that broke into friendship on the long drive to Fitzroy Falls, the slide of its expression from formal handwritten letters to text message banter, the early days of eviscerating dress-downs that were somehow replaced by terms of endearment and declarations of love.
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[2026-08-15 05:00 UTC+10:00] [Travel / Travel news] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Age
Snippet: For those who think the Sydney Airport taxi scams are over, I have to disappoint you (but you may have a giggle at the same time). After arriving in Sydney from Brisbane recently, we got into a taxi. Greetings and a little small talk followed, which distracted me from my one job: keeping an eye on the meter because I’ve been scammed so many times at Sydney Airport.
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[2026-08-15 05:00 UTC+10:00] [Food / Eating out (Syd)] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: When Harvey’s Hot Sandwiches opens at Pitt Street Mall in November, it will feature the sort of luxe interior associated more with licensed restaurants than sandwich shops. With a $3.5 million design-and-build price tag, the fit-out is a far cry from the local deli installing a few bains-marie and a meat slicer to service sandwich-hungry lunch crowds.
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[2026-08-15 05:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Indigenous Australians
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[2026-08-15 04:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Sean Dorney was a familiar face on Australian TV screens for three decades.
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[2026-08-15 04:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Stephen Borg's life changed when he was diagnosed with HIV in 2007. (ABC News: Jeremy Story Carter)
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[2026-08-15 04:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Rose Kerr is a science producer based in Perth. She produces All in the Mind for ABC Radio National's science team.
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[2026-08-15 02:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Australian drivers' switch to electric vehicles has accelerated since fuel prices started climbing due to the U.S.-Iran war. (AAP Image)
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[2026-08-15 01:00 UTC+10:00] [Afghanistan] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Five years after the fall of Kabul, the former Afghan soldier is stuck in the middle of a new American war
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[2026-08-15 01:00 UTC+10:00] [Australian politics] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: From Maga to Hungary’s Fidesz and Australia’s One Nation, politics is returning to its oldest question: what makes a life worth living? And liberalism needs a credible answer
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[2026-08-15 01:00 UTC+10:00] [GST] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: The Productivity Commission has picked apart Scott Morrison’s 2018 GST deal that gives Western Australia an outsized share of revenue. But there is no prospect of government action
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[2026-08-15 01:00 UTC+10:00] [Australia news] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: ‘High coral cover is evidence of recovery and resilience, not evidence that the disturbances causing mortality didn’t happen,’ scientist says
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[2026-08-15 01:00 UTC+10:00] [Bird flu] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Experts say the H5N1 bird flu virus’s risk to humans is low, but fear an impeding decimation of seal populations after tens of thousands of deaths in South America and Antarctica
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[2026-08-15 01:00 UTC+10:00] [NRL] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: The Tigers are closing in on Gold Coast Titans as the worst-performing club of the 21st century after seven straight defeats in a rollercoaster campaign
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[2026-08-15 01:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Barrie Cassidy and Tony Barry look at Liberal senator Andrew Bragg’s speech this week in which he outlined his plan to solve the housing crisis – a plan that doesn’t have the support of his own party.
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[2026-08-15 01:00 UTC+10:00] [Mark Butler] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Cabinet colleagues say the veteran politician’s carriage of the NDIS firestorm shows his political judgement and collaborative style
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[2026-08-15 01:00 UTC+10:00] [Tattoos] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: While some of the event’s 5,000 attenders arrive sporting full bodysuits and ready to compete, others are gearing up for their first tattoo
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