Topic: Australia — Neutral reports only
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[2026-05-12 19:40 UTC+10:00] [Politics / NSW] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: The federal government’s investment in state infrastructure will leave NSW with less road funding per person than Queensland, Western Australia and South Australia.
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[2026-05-12 19:40 UTC+10:00] [National / Queensland] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: The Albanese government has unveiled a daring overhaul of property tax to slug investors and help more first homebuyers enter the market – a move likely to be felt most acutely by Queenslanders.
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[2026-05-12 19:40 UTC+10:00] [Australian budget 2026] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: NDIS changes foreshadowed by health minister Mark Butler will drastically reduce access to the scheme, with nearly 700 staff positions to go at NDIA
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[2026-05-12 19:35 UTC+10:00] [Australian budget 2026] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Labor’s ambitious and politically risky tax reform aims to help first home buyers and foster intergenerational fairness
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[2026-05-12 19:35 UTC+10:00] [Australian budget 2026] [Factuality: 92]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Jim Chalmers, determined not to miss his reform moment more than four years into government, has backed the largest change to Australia’s sclerotic tax system since the Howard era
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[2026-05-12 19:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: The language of generational change is everywhere in this budget. (ABC News: Matt Roberts)
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[2026-05-12 19:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Jean Adrien Nathaneal Luckoo, 24, allegedly crashed his car into a tree in Perth's north-east, killing his two young daughters.
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[2026-05-12 19:10 UTC+10:00] [National] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Products & ServicesOpen Products & Services section
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[2026-05-12 19:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: The Indigenous traditional owners of land in north-western Australia have been awarded a record A$150.1 million ($108.3m; £79.9m) payout after a court ruled one of the country's most well-known billionaires mined their land without permission.
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[2026-05-12 18:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Andre Langos and Sam Smith will be sentenced in South Australia's District Court next month. (ABC News: Che Chorley)
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[2026-05-12 18:44 UTC+10:00] [National / NSW] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: A senior City of Parramatta executive directly appointed a former colleague to a position she created in unusual circumstances despite a council recruitment panel finding she was not qualified, the ICAC has heard.
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[2026-05-12 18:21 UTC+10:00] [Gambling] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: The government’s response to the Murphy report is hardly dynamite. Harm advocates, gambling operators and advertisers are all waiting to see whether Labor’s rhetoric will be matched by action
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[2026-05-12 18:15 UTC+10:00] [New South Wales politics] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Parliamentary committee into 2023 electorate funding allocation program finds MP John Graham misled parliament
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[2026-05-12 18:04 UTC+10:00] [Australia news] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Federal court found miner’s Solomon Hub iron ore mine caused cultural and social harm, including the destruction of 140 heritage sites
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[2026-05-12 18:00 UTC+10:00] [Sport] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Australia will have a challenger for the world’s oldest international sporting trophy for the first time since the turn of the century, with retail rich-lister John Winning Jr backing a bid for the America’s Cup next year.
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[2026-05-12 17:50 UTC+10:00] [Sport / AFL] [Factuality: 92]
Source: The Age
Snippet: The lobby of Brisbane’s Sofitel is a sprawling area of armchairs, small coffee tables and beige carpet. When Michael Voss told Chris Davies he wanted to chat around midday on Friday the pair found themselves the quietest corner they could.
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[2026-05-12 17:46 UTC+10:00] [News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Michael West Media
Snippet: May 12, 2026 17:46 | News
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[2026-05-12 17:14 UTC+10:00] [National / WA] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: A Federal court judge has awarded the Yindjibarndi people of Western Australia’s Pilbara region around $150 million dollars for cultural loss in their 18-year-long battle for compensation with Andrew Forrest’s mining company Fortescue.
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[2026-05-12 17:09 UTC+10:00] [National / NSW] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Triple murderer Julian Ingram’s body was so decomposed when it was discovered by police that investigators suspect the 37-year-old had been alive no more than a few days after his killing rampage in the NSW Central West.
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[2026-05-12 17:05 UTC+10:00] [National / Queensland] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: The Commission of Inquiry into the CFMEU has heard a union “hit squad” flew from Brisbane to Cairns to intimidate workplace health and safety officers, who also faced internal pressure from Brisbane-based Workplace Health and Safety Queensland officials to do the union’s bidding.
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[2026-05-12 17:01 UTC+10:00] [Lifestyle] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Products & ServicesOpen Products & Services section
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[2026-05-12 17:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Mauritian jockey and Australian trainer are looking to continue their hot streaks when they pair up in Wednesday’s feature
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[2026-05-12 17:00 UTC+10:00] [The French May Trophy] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Mauritian jockey and Australian trainer are looking to continue their hot streaks when they pair up in Wednesday’s feature
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[2026-05-12 17:00 UTC+10:00] [Australia news] [Factuality: 95]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Want to get this in your inbox every weekday? Sign up for the Afternoon Update here, and start your day with our Morning Mail newsletter
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[2026-05-12 16:45 UTC+10:00] [National] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Products & ServicesOpen Products & Services section
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[2026-05-12 16:42 UTC+10:00] [National / WA] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Age
Snippet: The 2026-27 state budget has been labelled as reckless by the West Australian opposition, who have claimed it showed inflation was “made in WA” and strategies to address rising living costs were unsophisticated.
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[2026-05-12 16:41 UTC+10:00] [National] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Products & ServicesOpen Products & Services section
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[2026-05-12 16:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Bradley Fletcher has been found guilty of manslaughter for killing Bradley Evennett after a backyard sparring session in March 2024. (Facebook)
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[2026-05-12 16:36 UTC+10:00] [National] [Factuality: 100]
Source: 9News
Snippet: Auto news: These are Australia's safest roads.
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[2026-05-12 16:15 UTC+10:00] [National / Victoria] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
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[2026-05-12 16:14 UTC+10:00] [New South Wales] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Body of alleged triple murderer, who police suspect died by suicide, was found 50km from where Sophie Quinn, her boyfriend and her aunt were killed
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[2026-05-12 16:14 UTC+10:00] [Business / Companies] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Larvotto Resources has chalked up a genuine “red letter” project development moment at its Hillgrove antimony-gold project near Armidale in New South Wales, with first ore from its Metz underground mine now hauled to a surface stockpile.
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[2026-05-12 16:10 UTC+10:00] [Indigenous Australians] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Labor introduced condolence motions in parliament on Tuesday to honour the five-year-old who was allegedly murdered in Alice Springs last month
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[2026-05-12 16:03 UTC+10:00] [Queensland politics] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Tuesday’s question time seemed more suited to prime time; full of sordid allegations, only the cast seems far less likable
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[2026-05-12 16:03 UTC+10:00] [National / NSW] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: A Sydney childcare worker allegedly hid a camera in the bathroom of an outside school hours care centre, which he is accused of using to film child abuse material.
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[2026-05-12 16:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Beef Cattle Feedlots
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[2026-05-12 15:49 UTC+10:00] [National / NSW] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The Age
Snippet: A Sydney public school is urging parents to reconsider letting children walk to school after an attempted abduction on Monday.
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[2026-05-12 15:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Royal Commissions
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[2026-05-12 15:30 UTC+10:00] [National / NSW] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Australians aged 18 to 34, university students and “supporters of left wing causes” are more likely to agree with negative statements about Jews or Israel, leading racism and ethnic relations academic Andrew Markus has told the Royal Commission into Antisemitism and Social Cohesion.
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[2026-05-12 15:24 UTC+10:00] [National] [Factuality: 100]
Source: 9News
Snippet: Property News: Australia's most expensive streets, and how much it costs to live in them.
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[2026-05-12 15:16 UTC+10:00] [Renewable energy] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: State and federal energy ministers said investments in new renewable generation and energy storage should “fully offset” new data centres’ energy needs
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[2026-05-12 15:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Marine Transport Industry
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[2026-05-12 15:01 UTC+10:00] [Sport / Racing] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: The racing future of 2024 Golden Slipper winner Lady Of Camelot is in doubt after she was injured in a freak stingray attack on a Brisbane beach.
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[2026-05-12 14:49 UTC+10:00] [Australian Capital Territory (ACT)] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Seventeen-year-old, previously charged over alleged extremist material, now faces additional charges relating to allegedly preparing for an attack
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[2026-05-12 14:47 UTC+10:00] [National / Victoria] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: The year 7 student seriously injured after being trapped under a train at North Melbourne station on Monday fell onto the tracks after his school bag became snared on the carriage.
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[2026-05-12 14:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: The 17-year-old appeared in the ACT Childrens Court on Tuesday, charged with planning a terrorist attack. (ABC News: Matt Roberts)
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[2026-05-12 14:43 UTC+10:00] [Business / Companies] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: True North Copper has checked off another key box on the road to a 2026 pre-feasibility study, completing its latest drilling campaign at the company’s Cloncurry copper project in northwest Queensland.
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[2026-05-12 14:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Local Government
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[2026-05-12 14:31 UTC+10:00] [National / WA] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: The federal budget is set to be handed down on Tuesday evening, with major promises for Western Australia including big spending on infrastructure and housing already announced.
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[2026-05-12 14:31 UTC+10:00] [Food / Eating out] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: The Michelin Guide is coming to South Australia to publish its first Australian edition next year, after the state government brokered a multimillion-dollar deal that Tourism Australia twice declined.
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