Topic: Australia — Neutral reports only
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[2026-09-18 17:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Captains Mitch Marsh and Sikandar Raza. (Supplied: Kayo Sports)
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[2026-09-18 17:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Travis Head smashed his eighth ODI ton against Zimbabwe. (AP Photo: Wonder Mashura)
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[2026-09-18 17:17 UTC+10:00] [Politics / NSW] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: A feeling of despair swept over the media room after only half an hour of the much-anticipated evidence of the Everywhere Man of the current inquiry, Sharangan Maheswaran.
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[2026-09-18 17:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:American Football
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[2026-09-18 17:05 UTC+10:00] [Health] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Influenza cases are rising fast and yet to peak, with experts saying it’s not too late to get vaccinated
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[2026-09-18 17:02 UTC+10:00] [National / WA] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: A 16-year-old boy accused of breaking into Perth Zoo last weekend and being involved in the bashing of a crocodile has been living a transient life in care “for a long time” a court has been told, which likely led to repeat alleged offending.
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[2026-09-18 17:00 UTC+10:00] [Australian theatre] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: MTC will also stage a local production of Broadway hit John Proctor is the Villain, as well as plays starring Rachel Griffiths, Kate Mulvany and Sigrid Thornton
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[2026-09-18 17:00 UTC+10:00] [Culture / Theatre] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Age
Snippet: A reimagining of a secret meeting between Bob Hawke, Kerry Packer and cricket legend Clive Lloyd, a solo performance of Richard III by Kate Mulvany, and a new production of War of the Worlds are among the major offerings in Melbourne Theatre Company’s newly unveiled program for 2027.
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[2026-09-18 17:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Rachel Griffiths is both excited and terrified to be returning to theatre next year. (Getty Images: Pascal Le Segretain)
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[2026-09-18 16:57 UTC+10:00] [Sport] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Products & ServicesOpen Products & Services section
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[2026-09-18 16:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.
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[2026-09-18 16:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: ABC Northern Tasmania
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[2026-09-18 16:36 UTC+10:00] [Business / Companies] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: In what can only be described as a red-letter day, Forrestania Resources has delivered a stunning raft of news to the market, including prefeasibility studies (PFS) for its Edna May, British Hill, Tycho and Johnson Range projects in Western Australia. Additionally, the company has unveiled maiden ore reserves for Edna May, Johnson Range and Tycho and reported a monster gold hit at its British Hill project.
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[2026-09-18 16:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: The Attorney General is being urged to create national youth justice standards. (ABC News: Jane Bardon)
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[2026-09-18 16:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Weather Warnings
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[2026-09-18 16:11 UTC+10:00] [Business / The economy] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Reserve Bank governor Michele Bullock has issued a blunt warning that inflation in Australia is too high days before the bank’s board will consider lifting interest rates for the fourth time this year.
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[2026-09-18 16:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Rail Transport Industry
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[2026-09-18 16:01 UTC+10:00] [Business / Companies] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: The firm that maintains Australia’s gambling self-exclusion register has rejected conflict of interest concerns over a director’s roles with major wagering industry businesses, as the company urgently seeks cash to stay afloat amid mounting debt and a missed ATO tax bill.
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[2026-09-18 15:53 UTC+10:00] [Independent Commission Against Corruption] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Sharangan Maheswaran denies message he received about NSW minister was related to work for fugitive property developer
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[2026-09-18 15:49 UTC+10:00] [National / NSW] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Embattled Sydney developer Bathla Group has secured a 12-month extension from the NSW Supreme Court to finalise construction projects, but it is dependent on securing additional funds from lenders.
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[2026-09-18 15:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Influenza notifications remain substantially lower than at the same time in 2025. (Unsplash: Towfiqu Barbhuiya)
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[2026-09-18 15:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Australian Simon Carman was arrested in Thailand in late June. (AP/ViralPress)
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[2026-09-18 15:31 UTC+10:00] [Politics / Queensland] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Queensland Rail has finally struck a pay deal with the last group of workers after months of strikes and industrial action that reduced passenger services across the state’s south-east.
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[2026-09-18 15:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.
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[2026-09-18 15:11 UTC+10:00] [Sport] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Los Angeles coach Sean McVay hopes the Rams never have to play in Australia again after his team suffered a dismal loss to their bitter rivals in Melbourne.
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[2026-09-18 15:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Railton is a small town located about 20 kilometres inland from Devonport, in northern Tasmania. (ABC News: Sandy Powell)
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[2026-09-18 15:00 UTC+10:00] [Australian politics] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Home affairs minister Tony Burke delivered a speech at the National Press Club on Thursday, announcing immigration reforms to achieve Labor’s forecasts for net overseas migration. After being postponed at short notice six weeks ago, Burke’s speech comes in the same week that One Nation announced its policy to significantly cut the number of temporary migrants in Australia.
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[2026-09-18 15:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Based just south of Hobart in Tasmania, Bec Shelley grows and sells flower and vegetable seeds. (Supplied: Veggie & Flower Garden Seeds)
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[2026-09-18 14:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Marcus Bismark went missing on September 12. (Supplied: Queensland Police)
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[2026-09-18 14:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: The man was arrested after nine kilograms of pills were found in his luggage. (Supplied: Melbourne Airport)
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[2026-09-18 14:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: The concept model of a large-scale data centre project that has been proposed for the Western Downs. (Supplied: Urbis)
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[2026-09-18 14:22 UTC+10:00] [National / Queensland] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The Age
Snippet: A man who subjected the Jewish community to a “frightening and disturbing act” has had hate crime allegations dropped due to drug use and mental illness.
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[2026-09-18 14:10 UTC+10:00] [National / NSW] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Warning: Graphic content
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[2026-09-18 14:06 UTC+10:00] [Aukus] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Former prime minister says US would ‘scuttle itself back to San Diego’, leaving Australia to deal with retribution from China
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[2026-09-18 13:44 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Justice Andrew Muller has determined Manfred Uhle did murder his wife, Wanda, in June last year. (ABC News: Nick Haggarty)
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[2026-09-18 13:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Mathew Ryan looks on after Australia's FIFA World Cup defeat to Egypt on July 3. (Getty Images: Robbie Jay Barratt)
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[2026-09-18 13:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Sorrento Beach is in Perth's northern suburbs. (Supplied: Nearmap)
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[2026-09-18 12:44 UTC+10:00] [National / Queensland] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Age
Snippet: The Queensland government took a victory lap of Rockhampton on Friday, celebrating the previous day’s announcement in parliament that the contentious Olympic rowing course had received international sign-off.
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[2026-09-18 12:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: ACT Policing previously said the woman struck five cyclists with her car. (ABC News: Luke Stephenson)
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[2026-09-18 12:23 UTC+10:00] [National / Victoria] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Premier Ben Carroll and Opposition Leader Jess Wilson will lay out their visions for Melbourne’s future at a major public forum held on the eve of a consequential and unpredictable state election.
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[2026-09-18 12:23 UTC+10:00] [National / WA] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The Age
Snippet: A teenage boy who allegedly killed his mother and seriously injured his 12-year-old sister could elect for a Supreme Court trial before a jury.
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[2026-09-18 12:21 UTC+10:00] [Politics / Federal] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Employment Minister Amanda Rishworth has repeatedly failed to say whether Labor modelled the impacts of its new migration plan on wages or the broader economy, despite the government claiming plans proposed by One Nation and the Coalition would damage the Australian economy.
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[2026-09-18 12:18 UTC+10:00] [Politics / NSW] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Former Strathfield Labor councillor and Toplace executive Sharangan Maheswaran worked at Ashlyn Nassif’s law firm, where he was introduced to her disgraced developer father who wanted help to improve his “company structure and processes”.
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[2026-09-18 12:17 UTC+10:00] [Interest rates] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Michele Bullock, the Reserve Bank governor, says ‘upside risks to inflation appear to be materialising’, setting the central bank on course to deliver a fourth interest rate hike later this month. ‘Inflation is too high,’ Bullock told a parliamentary economics committee. The governor said at the RBA board’s last meeting they were worried that inflation would come in hotter than hoped, and it looked like that was happening, despite the slowing economy.
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[2026-09-18 12:17 UTC+10:00] [Australia rugby union team] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: As Australia prepare for a monumental clash with the world No 1 Springboks the coach is taking heart from this side’s belief and resilience
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[2026-09-18 12:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: The federal government is seeking feedback on the future of AI training and large data centres in Australia. (ABC News: Kylie Silvester)
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[2026-09-18 12:07 UTC+10:00] [Australian immigration and asylum] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: The home affairs minister, Tony Burke, has proposed changes to visa rules to stop international students from automatically bringing family members to Australia. Speaking at the National Press Club, Burke said exceptions would apply to students from Pacific and Asean nations and those undertaking certain courses, including PhDs. Families already in Australia on a student visa would not be separated under the changes, he said
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[2026-09-18 12:06 UTC+10:00] [Sydney] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: ‘Disposal of the body in this case was as thorough as it was brutal,’ justice Peter Hamill said when sentencing 55-year-old Nirmeen Noufl
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[2026-09-18 12:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Mamdouh Noufl's body has not been found. (Supplied: AFP)
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[2026-09-18 12:00 UTC+10:00] [Australian politics] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: The minister for home affairs, immigration and citizenship, Tony Burke, delivered a speech at the National Press Club on Thursday this week – announcing changes to help achieve the government’s forecasts for net overseas migration. After being postponed at short notice six weeks ago, the speech comes in the same week that One Nation announced its policy to significantly cut the number of temporary migrants in Australia.
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