Topic: Australia — Neutral reports only
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[2026-05-05 21:00 UTC+10:00] [National / NSW] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Age
Snippet: “When my grandmother, Lottie Welsh (born 1886), was appointed to Riverstone Public School, she would travel by horse and buggy from her family home in Blacktown,” writes Anne McGregor of Highfields. “When she arrived at the school, the older boys would free the horse which would graze peacefully in the paddock until it was time for the return trip in the afternoon.
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[2026-05-05 20:39 UTC+10:00] [Breaking News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Three people have died, including two volunteer rescuers, after a yacht sank and a rescue boat rolled in choppy conditions off Australia’s New South Wales (NSW) coast.
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[2026-05-05 20:31 UTC+10:00] [National] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Products & ServicesOpen Products & Services section
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[2026-05-05 20:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Adelaide comedian Alex "Shooter" Williamson. (Facebook)
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[2026-05-05 20:11 UTC+10:00] [Australian economy] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: In sobering comments, the RBA governor forecasts economic malaise due to the global fuel shock. Not recession but higher prices, lower growth and wages that don’t keep pace with inflation
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[2026-05-05 20:00 UTC+10:00] [National / Queensland] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Construction of a huge luxury apartment complex in New Farm is set to begin on the site of a demolished aged care facility.
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[2026-05-05 19:55 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 below your letter. No attachments. See here for our rules and tips on getting your letter published.
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[2026-05-05 19:45 UTC+10:00] [National / NSW] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Examine, a free weekly newsletter covering science with a sceptical, evidence-based eye, is sent every Tuesday. You’re reading an excerpt – sign up to get the whole newsletter in your inbox.
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[2026-05-05 19:30 UTC+10:00] [Politics / NSW] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: The premier’s most senior public servant has ordered an investigation into the management and workplace culture of NSW’s greyhound racing regulator, which one NSW MP claimed has a toxic culture.
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[2026-05-05 19:30 UTC+10:00] [Politics / Federal] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is a remarkable world leader, but her blink-and-you-miss-it visit to Australia proved remarkably uneventful.
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[2026-05-05 19:30 UTC+10:00] [National / NSW] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Age
Snippet: A Jewish academic who lodged complaints with Facebook over posts glorifying Hitler and likening the Jews to rats has told the Royal Commission into Antisemitism and Social Cohesion that social media giant Meta failed to act after claiming the content did not “violate community standards”.
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[2026-05-05 19:29 UTC+10:00] [Politics / Victoria] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
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[2026-05-05 19:20 UTC+10:00] [National] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Products & ServicesOpen Products & Services section
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[2026-05-05 19:15 UTC+10:00] [National] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Products & ServicesOpen Products & Services section
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[2026-05-05 19:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Healthcare Facilities
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[2026-05-05 18:52 UTC+10:00] [National / NSW] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Sixteen years after the family of jailed politician Eddie Obeid received a secret payment of $30 million relating to a corrupt coal deal, the all-powerful NSW Crime Commission has finally launched a legal bid in the NSW Supreme Court to seize the proceeds of the crime.
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[2026-05-05 18:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Michael Trimble, owner of Melbourne's Bar 20, says "everyone is hoping that they're not going to be next". (ABC News: Andrew Altree-Williams)
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[2026-05-05 18:44 UTC+10:00] [National / WA] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: The AFL seemingly has high hopes for the Fremantle Dockers this season, with the league applying to trademark a phrase associated with high-pressure moments at the club’s home games.
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[2026-05-05 18:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: John O'Halloran receives the Medal for Gallantry from Chris Dawson. (ABC News: Jasmine Hughes)
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[2026-05-05 18:19 UTC+10:00] [National / Queensland] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Former Queensland premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has cancelled two of her book tour stops, days after her partner, Dr Reza Adib, was charged with rape.
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[2026-05-05 18:17 UTC+10:00] [Food / Good Food Guide (Vic)] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Products & ServicesOpen Products & Services section
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[2026-05-05 18:09 UTC+10:00] [Alan Jones] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Broadcaster’s lawyers say NSW police should reveal which officers accessed or downloaded material from Jones’s phone
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[2026-05-05 18:07 UTC+10:00] [Business / Companies] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: The Australian and US economies are both red-hot, but our respective sharemarkets have diverged sharply.
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[2026-05-05 18:05 UTC+10:00] [National] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Products & ServicesOpen Products & Services section
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[2026-05-05 18:00 UTC+10:00] [National] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Products & ServicesOpen Products & Services section
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[2026-05-05 17:53 UTC+10:00] [Northern Territory] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Lewis, 47, did not appear at first hearing since being charged over death of girl, 5, who was allegedly abducted from an Alice Springs town camp
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[2026-05-05 17:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Australia began public hearings on Monday in an inquiry into the Bondi Beach mass shooting in December, with Jewish Australians giving evidence of their experience of rising domestic antisemitism.
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[2026-05-05 17:44 UTC+10:00] [Interest rates] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Reserve Bank of Australia raises cash rate for third consecutive meeting as governor says increases ‘are not going to do anything for inflation’ in next six months
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[2026-05-05 17:16 UTC+10:00] [Business / Companies] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: While Red Metal Limited believes it is on the cusp of developing an ultra-low-cost processing pathway for its giant Sybella rare earths project near Mount Isa in Queensland, the stars also appear to be lining up, with Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi recently elevating critical minerals cooperation between the two nations.
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[2026-05-05 17:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Australian National University interim vice chancellor Rebekah Brown stepped into the role last year, replacing controversial vice chancellor Genevieve Bell. (ABC News)
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[2026-05-05 17:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Australian jockey buoyed by opportunity to ride overseas contender when he seeks third victory in the Champions and Chater Cup
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[2026-05-05 17:00 UTC+10:00] [Hugh Bowman] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Australian jockey buoyed by opportunity to ride overseas contender when he seeks third victory in the Champions and Chater Cup
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[2026-05-05 16:56 UTC+10:00] [Australia] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: As Meryl Streep, Anne Hathaway and Emily Blunt reunite for The Devil Wears Prada 2, the spotlight is on Anna Wintour’s iconic, real-life assistants
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[2026-05-05 16:45 UTC+10:00] [National / WA] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Eight months pregnant and with her two young children in the back of the car, Rebecca Diane Weir was in the middle of a driving lesson with her partner when he became embroiled in an argument with a fellow road user.
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[2026-05-05 16:42 UTC+10:00] [Business / Companies] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Premier1 is primed to pull the trigger on a reverse circulation (RC) drill campaign at Rochefort, a largely untouched prospect within its Abbotts North project in Western Australia’s Murchison region, 35 kilometres north of Meekatharra.
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[2026-05-05 16:38 UTC+10:00] [Politics / NSW] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: The Minns government has been dealt a severe blow after its most senior upper house member was suspended from parliament for seven days for failing to produce documents relating to a decade-old allegation of sexual harassment against the former NSW Labor general secretary Jamie Clements which he denied.
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[2026-05-05 16:17 UTC+10:00] [Politics / NSW] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: The City of Sydney was warned it likely had no legal grounds to cancel a forum on “why it’s right to say globalise the intifada” from a council-run venue before the lord mayor bowed to community and media pressure and booted the activist group.
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[2026-05-05 16:11 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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[2026-05-05 16:05 UTC+10:00] [National / Victoria] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: The war in the Middle East and resulting surge in fuel prices and interest rates has forced Victoria to downgrade expectations of economic growth over the next four years, further challenging its ability to outgrow a burgeoning debt pile.
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[2026-05-05 15:58 UTC+10:00] [National] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: What the word intifada means to Australian Jews and whether it offends will determine the outcome of a landmark case against two Sydney academics for their social media posts about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, the Federal Court heard on Tuesday.
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[2026-05-05 15:57 UTC+10:00] [Politics / Federal] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: China is intensifying its efforts to expand its influence in the Pacific and stymie a $500 million treaty deal between Australia and Vanuatu as the Albanese government forges ahead with plans to sign a sweeping security pact with Fiji.
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[2026-05-05 15:39 UTC+10:00] [Business / Companies] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Critica Limited has recruited a fresh set of eyes to oversee the development direction of the company’s Mt Lindsay projects in Tasmania, one of the biggest undeveloped tungsten-tin deposits in the world.
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[2026-05-05 15:35 UTC+10:00] [National / Victoria] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Showing undeniable commitment to his business cause, billionaire cardboard king Anthony Pratt has shopped his own wardrobe and recycled an infamous outfit for the world’s most exclusive fashion gala.
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[2026-05-05 15:34 UTC+10:00] [Asia Pacific] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Foreign minister Penny Wong visits Fiji this week to progress the security and economic agreement
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[2026-05-05 15:31 UTC+10:00] [National / Queensland] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: When paramedics found Jonathan Crabtree, he had allegedly been dead for at least three hours.
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[2026-05-05 15:30 UTC+10:00] [National / NSW] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: You have reached your maximum number of saved items.
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[2026-05-05 15:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Popular Australian author Craig Silvey, best known for his children's and young adult fiction books, has pleaded guilty to possessing and distributing child exploitation material.
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[2026-05-05 15:12 UTC+10:00] [National / WA] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Western Australia’s famed Ningaloo Coast is hiding secrets in deep underwater canyons, with researchers discovering species previously unknown to the area in their depths, and others thought to be entirely new to science.
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[2026-05-05 15:08 UTC+10:00] [National / Queensland] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The Age
Snippet: A man allegedly hid from police for more than two hours after being involved in a head-on crash that left a woman dead.
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[2026-05-05 15:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Cameron Smith is one of a number of Australian golfers considering their future. (Getty Images: Hector Vivas)
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