Topic: Australia — Neutral reports only
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[2026-08-05 17:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Wed 5 Aug 2026 at 5:57pm
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[2026-08-05 17:51 UTC+10:00] [National] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: A radical overhaul of Australia’s breast cancer screening will implement a risk-based approach to detect cancers earlier with new technologies beyond mammograms, replacing the current one-size-fits-all, age-based model.
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[2026-08-05 17:50 UTC+10:00] [Gambling] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Sarah Henderson says bill ignores gambling inducements, uniting parties and independents against controversial legislation
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[2026-08-05 17:46 UTC+10:00] [Consumer affairs] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: In a Choice test of 48 products, the Aldi powder also came out on top for top loaders
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[2026-08-05 17:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Wed 5 Aug 2026 at 5:25pm
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[2026-08-05 17:16 UTC+10:00] [National / Queensland] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Age
Snippet: The Queensland Nurses and Midwives’ Union has called for better working conditions and increased health funding, days after the Queensland government celebrated additional frontline staff, and a video of a nurse taking down an aggressive patient went viral.
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[2026-08-05 17:07 UTC+10:00] [Food] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Age
Snippet: When popular British cook and author Rachel Khoo swapped fashion PR life in London for Le Cordon Bleu culinary school in Paris, little did she know it would lead to a television career that would kick off in Australia – beginning with SBS’s The Little Paris Kitchen back in 2013.
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[2026-08-05 17:07 UTC+10:00] [National / NSW] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Alan Belford Jones stares straight ahead as the man he might once have loved appears supersized on giant screens on either side of the courtroom. The former broadcaster is bright as a parrot in his sky-blue jacket, and his beady eyes are mutinous.
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[2026-08-05 16:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Wed 5 Aug 2026 at 4:46pm
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[2026-08-05 16:25 UTC+10:00] [US midterm elections 2026] [Factuality: 92]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: In this episode of Guardian Australia’s weekly US politics podcast, co-hosts Jonathan Yerushalmy and Reged Ahmad take a look at how the Michigan Senate primaries could decide the future of the Democrats. This is a race that has revealed the civil war raging inside the party, as some seek to take it further to the left, with candidates such as Abdul El-Sayed.
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[2026-08-05 16:22 UTC+10:00] [National] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Products & ServicesOpen Products & Services section
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[2026-08-05 16:13 UTC+10:00] [National / NSW] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: A NSW parliamentary inquiry has condemned the Westpac Rescue Helicopter Service over claims it fostered a wilful disregard for safety, systemic sexism, bullying and harassment, in a series of findings that threaten the future of the iconic emergency helicopter service.
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[2026-08-05 16:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Child Sexual Abuse
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[2026-08-05 16:10 UTC+10:00] [Politics / Queensland] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Queensland Deputy Premier Jarrod Bleijie has batted away questions about his meetings with Australia’s richest woman, stating the pair spoke about the weather, while insisting his government alone made decisions, “not billionaires”.
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[2026-08-05 16:04 UTC+10:00] [National / Queensland] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Two men who savagely bashed a grandmother to death before dumping and burning her body in bushland have been jailed for life for the “senseless and barbaric” murder.
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[2026-08-05 15:59 UTC+10:00] [Environment / Climate change] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Climate and Energy Minister Chris Bowen has said he will use federal power to force the Queensland and Northern Territory governments to fall into line with his plan to require data centres to fully offset their electricity use with investments in renewable energy.
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[2026-08-05 15:54 UTC+10:00] [Independent Commission Against Corruption] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Kellie Sloane says ‘leaking a report is never good’ as Reformer Jean-Claude Perrottet tells inquiry group signed up members to ‘dodgy’ branches
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[2026-08-05 15:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Wed 5 Aug 2026 at 3:54pm
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[2026-08-05 15:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Wed 5 Aug 2026 at 3:48pm
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[2026-08-05 15:36 UTC+10:00] [National / NSW] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The Age
Snippet: A reformed neo-Nazi has told the Royal Commission on Antisemitism how he went from disillusioned young soldier to extremist, before realising the promises of brotherhood, “Volk”, and the Great White Hope were just a pack of lies by angry men.
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[2026-08-05 15:30 UTC+10:00] [Sport / AFL] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The Age
Snippet: When Errol Gulden dislocated his shoulder in the Swans’ second game of the season against Brisbane, Sydney had to learn to live without one of the best midfielders in the AFL. Despite the setback, the Swans won 10 of their next 12 matches, playing a free-flowing game built on rapid handballs.
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[2026-08-05 15:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Emma Lovell and her husband Lee moved to Australia from Suffolk in 2011
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[2026-08-05 15:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: El mexicano Jonathan Aranda abraza al dominicano Junior Caminero, su compañero en los Rays de Tampa Bay, luego de imponerse sobre los Rockies de Colorado el martes 4 de agosto de 2026 (AP Foto/David Zalubowski)
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[2026-08-05 15:09 UTC+10:00] [Business / Companies] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: A scoping study just delivered over its Wynberg gold-copper project by True North Copper has highlighted a low capital development that could generate between $53 million and $87 million in pre-tax cash flow and add a high-value resource to its Cloncurry Copper Project, or “CCP”.
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[2026-08-05 15:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Royal Commissions
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[2026-08-05 15:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Wed 5 Aug 2026 at 3:00pm
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[2026-08-05 14:58 UTC+10:00] [Melbourne Demons] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Want to get this in your inbox every Wednesday afternoon? Sign up for the AFL newsletter here
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[2026-08-05 14:53 UTC+10:00] [National / WA] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: A 16-year-old boy who is alleged to have killed his mother and stabbed his 12-year-old sister would not appear before a magistrate in Perth Children’s Court on Wednesday as it was revealed he was being seen by a psychiatrist on a weekly basis while in custody.
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[2026-08-05 14:50 UTC+10:00] [National / Victoria] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: The man known as “Bike Boy” has been released on bail to a live-in drug rehabilitation centre after being charged with carjacking a mother and her toddlers while wearing only his underwear and a hoodie.
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[2026-08-05 14:38 UTC+10:00] [Sport / NRL] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Tallis Duncan is South Sydney’s next captain, according to veteran Jack Wighton, who believes the rising star should be the Rabbitohs’ top priority as some of their highest-profile players approach the last year of their contracts.
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[2026-08-05 14:36 UTC+10:00] [Indigenous Australians] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: NT government had granted 30-year licence to grow fruit and vegetables but native title holders say it threatened sacred sites and the fragile desert environment
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[2026-08-05 14:35 UTC+10:00] [AFL] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: John Longmire opens up on booing during player’s final years
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[2026-08-05 14:23 UTC+10:00] [Business / Companies] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Forrestania Resources has more than doubled the gold inventory at its British Hill deposit in Western Australia, delivering a massive 131 per cent increase to the project’s mineral resource estimate, which now stands at 126,290 ounces. The Perth-based gold developer tabled a JORC-compliant resource of 2.62 million tonnes grading a solid 1.50 grams per tonne (g/t) gold.
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[2026-08-05 14:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Bobby Witt Jr., de los Reales de Kansas City, es empapado con la hielera por Jac Caglianone, tras la victoria sobre los Mellizos de Minnesota, el martes 4 de agosto de 2026 (AP Foto/Charlie Riedel)
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[2026-08-05 14:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Financial Times
Snippet: Victoria Craig, Rafe Rosner-Uddin and Heba Saleh
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[2026-08-05 14:06 UTC+10:00] [National / NSW] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Products & ServicesOpen Products & Services section
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[2026-08-05 14:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Wed 5 Aug 2026 at 2:04pm
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[2026-08-05 13:56 UTC+10:00] [Politics / Victoria] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: On Wednesday morning, Victoria’s Independent Broad-based Anti-corruption Commission (IBAC) handed down its report into Operation Richmond – an eight-year investigation into dealings between the state government under former premier Daniel Andrews and the United Firefighters Union boss, Peter Marshall.
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[2026-08-05 13:41 UTC+10:00] [Politics / NSW] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: The NSW anti-slavery commissioner has sparked an extraordinary dispute with NSW Nationals leader Gurmesh Singh after alleging the Coffs Harbour politician has “been on notice for a long time” about the exploitation of migrant workers by unscrupulous labour hire firms operating in his electorate.
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[2026-08-05 13:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Wed 5 Aug 2026 at 1:41pm
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[2026-08-05 13:23 UTC+10:00] [Politics / Federal] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Mining billionaire Clive Palmer has failed in a last-ditch effort to classify himself as a foreign investor so he could sue Australia for almost $300 billion.
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[2026-08-05 13:22 UTC+10:00] [Politics / NSW] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: The NSW government will overhaul its response to mental health emergencies and strengthen support for those with complex mental illnesses after accepting all recommendations from the coronial inquest into the Bondi Junction stabbing attack.
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[2026-08-05 13:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: The NSW government has announced it will accept all recommendations directed towards it from the Westfield Bondi Junction coronial inquest, six months after findings were handed down.
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[2026-08-05 13:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Olympic Games Venues
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[2026-08-05 13:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Luis Lara (18), de los Cerveceros de Milwaukee, hace un gesto tras conectar un sencillo productor durante la quinta entrada de un partido de béisbol contra los Piratas de Pittsburgh, el martes 4 de agosto de 2026, en Milwaukee. (Foto AP/Aaron Gash)
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[2026-08-05 13:02 UTC+10:00] [National / Queensland] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: The Olympic-powered upgrade of the Brisbane Showgrounds arena will cost taxpayers $287.5 million, Deputy Premier Jarrod Bleijie revealed on Wednesday, as more imagery of the proposed development was released.
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[2026-08-05 13:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Wed 5 Aug 2026 at 1:02pm
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[2026-08-05 13:00 UTC+10:00] [One Nation] [Factuality: 95]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Exclusive: Warren Pickering told 2025 podcast mass deportations ‘not a reality’ in Australia and suggested politicians over 55 should ‘handball it to the next generation’
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[2026-08-05 12:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Craig Bradshaw of EQ Resources says the tungsten miner has seen a sharp uptick in inquiries since China imposed dual use export controls on the metal. (Nikkei montage/Source photos from EQ Resources)
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[2026-08-05 12:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Wed 5 Aug 2026 at 12:47pm
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