Topic: Australia — Neutral reports only
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[2026-04-21 05:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Thousands of students across Queensland are writing to veterans ahead of Anzac Day. (ABC News: Luke Bowden)
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[2026-04-21 05:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Arianna is a multi-platform reporter and producer in the ABC Brisbane newsroom. She joined the ABC in 2019 working in Sydney, Coffs Harbour and Orange. She was previously the News Breakfast reporter for Sydney. You can email her at levy.arianna@abc.net.au or find her on twitter at @ariannnalevy.
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[2026-04-21 05:38 UTC+10:00] [General Features] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Perhaps you have seen it before: a serene Bikkhu, hand resting in a bowl, rendered in soft pastel tones. The print often hangs slightly off-centre at the family shrine in an ancestral home. That familiar image is Sivali Maha Thera painted by Master M. Sarlis. Today it is remembered as a devotional icon, reproduced endlessly across the island.
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[2026-04-21 05:32 UTC+10:00] [National] [Factuality: 100]
Source: 9News
Snippet: Property News: Suburbs where house values rose most in the past 12 months.
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[2026-04-21 05:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Opener Sanjana Kavindi and leg spinner Limansa Thillekaratne were the top batter and bowler in the recently concluded T-20 tri series which was won by Sri Lanka Under 19’ women’s played at Brisbane and Gold Coast in Australia recently .
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[2026-04-21 05:29 UTC+10:00] [National] [Factuality: 100]
Source: 9News
Snippet: The phrase 'kitty flipping' might conjour up playful furballs or racy sex acts, depending on your turn of mind, but the reality is far more perilous.The term refers to combining the party drugs ketamine and MDMA (ecstasy) - and new research shows it's on the rise in Australia.A new Australia-wide study of our wastewater has revealed that ketamine use has more than doubled in just four-and-a-half years.MONEY: Millions of Australian workers to get instant $1000 tax deduction'Kitty flipping' has grown
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[2026-04-21 05:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Mining and Metals Industry
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[2026-04-21 05:00 UTC+10:00] [National / NSW] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
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[2026-04-21 05:00 UTC+10:00] [National / NSW] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: In the days after Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 was shot down over Ukraine, Stephen Dametto grappled with the scale of the tragedy. By then a seasoned organised crime and counter-terrorism investigator with the Australian Federal Police, Dametto had spent years preparing for worst-case scenarios.
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[2026-04-21 05:00 UTC+10:00] [National / NSW] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: A Sydney council has come under fire for its long-delayed plans to replace an upper north shore grass oval with a synthetic sports field as new figures show that project costs have blown out from $3.3 million to $20.2 million.
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[2026-04-21 05:00 UTC+10:00] [National / Victoria] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Zoos Victoria welcomes a lot of babies each year – from elephant calves to meerkat litters and hordes of butterflies. Two months ago, two lion cubs born at Werribee Open Range Zoo also joined the list.
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[2026-04-21 05:00 UTC+10:00] [Business / Companies] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The Age
Snippet: The most popular peptides being bought illegally in Australia are yet to attract serious attention from big pharmaceutical companies, who believe they would not be lucrative or safe enough products to bring to the legitimate market.
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[2026-04-21 05:00 UTC+10:00] [Food / Eating out (Syd)] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Age
Snippet: It has been more than 60 years since Antonio Colosi first laid eyes on the Sydney Harbour Bridge. He arrived in Australia on a passenger liner transporting post-war migrants from Italy, and went on to open a restaurant in Leichhardt in 1999 with son Charlie Colosi. They named it Grappa, after the pressed grapeskin digestif Antonio liked so much.
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[2026-04-21 05:00 UTC+10:00] [National / Victoria] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Age
Snippet: April 21, 2026 — 5:00am
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[2026-04-21 04:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: A new report has found cash use has increased in Australia for the first time in decades. (ABC News: Giulio Saggin)
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[2026-04-21 04:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Foreign Correspondent
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[2026-04-21 04:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Foreign Correspondent
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[2026-04-21 04:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: It appears the export giants are going to great lengths to avoid a repeat of the price gouging from three years ago. (AAP: Lukas Coch)
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[2026-04-21 04:44 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Amber Davis speaks through tears as she describes the overwhelming emotion of being diagnosed with ADHD as an adult.
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[2026-04-21 03:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Slovakia’s Prime Minister Robert Fico gestures during joint statements with Romanian counterpart Ilie Bolojan, at the Victoria Palace, the Romanian government headquarters in Bucharest, Romania, Friday, March 27, 2026. (AP Photo/ Vadim Ghirda)
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[2026-04-21 02:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: McLaren driver Oscar Piastri of Australia leads the field at the start of the Japanese Formula One Grand Prix at Suzuka in central Japan, Sunday, March 29, 2026. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)
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[2026-04-21 02:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: An Australian woman, dubbed the “unbothered queen” by fans on social media, has gone viral after ignoring Prince Harry and Meghan Markle during their surprise visit to Bondi Beach last Friday.
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[2026-04-21 01:01 UTC+10:00] [Consumer affairs] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Exclusive: Insurance complaints are at record levels as Australian industry struggles with delays on ‘everyday’ claims
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[2026-04-21 01:01 UTC+10:00] [Housing] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: The strange and lonely death of Bikram Lama exposes a glaring gap in homelessness services. Reged Ahmad speaks with Guardian Australia’s chief investigations correspondent, Christopher Knaus, about what hopes and dreams brought Lama to Australia, and what went wrong
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[2026-04-21 01:00 UTC+10:00] [National disability insurance scheme] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Review recommends better use of NDIS data to identify repeat rorters and a requirement for providers to register with the government
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[2026-04-21 01:00 UTC+10:00] [Environment] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: River ecologist says ‘classic bureaucratic tangle’ led to government agency stopping flows to Gwydir wetlands region in March
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[2026-04-21 01:00 UTC+10:00] [Consumer affairs] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Vinegar, Tim Tams and baby rice are among the products to be scrutinised in the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission’s case
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[2026-04-21 01:00 UTC+10:00] [Recycling] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Kerbside wheelie bins have been used in Australia since the 1980s but the recycling rate is stuck at 44%. Will another recycling bin make a difference?
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[2026-04-20 23:33 UTC+10:00] [National] [Factuality: 100]
Source: 9News
Snippet: Shaky watermarked footage from inside a shipping container doesn't normally produce this sort of reaction.But when that metal box is the last known hiding place of Australia's most wanted man, who was killed just outside in a hail of bullets following months on the run, there's an audience for every little detail.These images, shot by a YouTuber and now subject to investigation following a report of trespass, are the first the general public has seen from inside the shipping container
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[2026-04-20 23:00 UTC+10:00] [Retail industry] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Ex-Mattel boss behind Barbiemania pivots retailer towards more premium fashion after reopening UK stores
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[2026-04-20 21:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has been pressed on his relationship with the United States and President Donald Trump on 7.30.
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[2026-04-20 20:48 UTC+10:00] [National / Queensland] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: An expansion of youth crime laws, the scrapping of the state’s drug diversion program and new police powers to crack down on “anti-social behaviour” are among changes set out in a bill to be debated when parliament returns this week.
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[2026-04-20 20:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Claims by Rebel Wilson that a young Australian actress was sexually harassed by a producer but then hid it to better her career are "malicious concoctions", a Sydney court has heard on the first day of a defamation case against the Hollywood star.
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[2026-04-20 20:10 UTC+10:00] [National / Victoria] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Sitting on a dusty wooden table inside a shipping container are two vitamin bottles – one of odourless wild fish oil, the other magnesium.
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[2026-04-20 20:07 UTC+10:00] [National / Queensland] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Queensland has secured four huge machines worth hundreds of millions of dollars to keep the state’s power system stable when it transitions to renewable energy and avoid the chaotic delays forced on the planned shutdown of the Eraring generator in NSW.
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[2026-04-20 20:06 UTC+10:00] [National / Queensland] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Welcome to Brisbane Times’ Queensland public sector column, Public Circus. This week: department boss disclosures, a CFMEU probe doc of interest, appointment watch, and a bureaucrat only bar.
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[2026-04-20 20:00 UTC+10:00] [National / Victoria] [Factuality: 90]
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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[2026-04-20 19:42 UTC+10:00] [Western Australia] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: The 82-year-old was accused of abusing girls in the 1960s but was acquitted in Perth despite judge finding the alleged victim was probably telling the truth
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[2026-04-20 19:30 UTC+10:00] [National / NSW] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The Age
Snippet: A student barks at a teacher for an answer without raising a hand or asking “please”. On the bus home, a teenager sprawls across two seats as an elderly woman stands.
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[2026-04-20 19:30 UTC+10:00] [National / Victoria] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Hundreds of government schools across Victoria will shut for half a day at a time during May and June as educators walk off the job again as part of their fight for a better deal on pay and working conditions.
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[2026-04-20 19:19 UTC+10:00] [Business / Companies] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Foreign airlines are already cancelling flights and reducing schedules to Australia, raising the prospect of more disruption if the fuel shock from the US-Israel war on Iran is not resolved by May.
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[2026-04-20 19:11 UTC+10:00] [Australian politics] [Factuality: 95]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Draft legislation for treasurer Jim Chalmers’ new instant tax deduction policy lands just over a year after Labor proposed the change in the run-up to the 2025 election
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[2026-04-20 19:06 UTC+10:00] [Chris Minns] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Greens criticise premier’s ‘extraordinary attack’ on judiciary and urge him to accept he ‘got it wrong’
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[2026-04-20 19:00 UTC+10:00] [Lifestyle / Life & relationships] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The Age
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[2026-04-20 18:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: There are two things crucial to modern farming - synthetic fertiliser and diesel. So what happens when both of these commodities increase massively in price, but the crops they're used to grow remains the same price? That's precisely the dilemma facing Australian farmers as they prepare to plant their winter crops for this year.
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[2026-04-20 18:43 UTC+10:00] [National / Victoria] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Teachers at one of Melbourne’s most expensive girls’ schools fighting for higher pay say their working conditions fail to support female educators.
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[2026-04-20 18:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Stephen Fane Noga (right) and the State of Tasmania have been jointly ordered to pay more than a million dollars to the plaintiff. (ABC News: Monty Jacka)
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[2026-04-20 18:11 UTC+10:00] [National / Victoria] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Volkan Aksoy had big dreams for the future, a love for movies and TV shows, and planned to travel to Japan with friends from high school this year.
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[2026-04-20 18:10 UTC+10:00] [National / Queensland] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: A Brisbane childcare worker accused of sexually abusing children had allegedly played a game called ‘doctors’ with multiple kids, before a mother walked in on one incident, a jury has heard.
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[2026-04-20 18:00 UTC+10:00] [Politics / Federal] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Donald Trump’s popularity in Australia has plunged to its lowest level of his second term as US president due to the war in Iran, as most Australians remain unconvinced the nation’s military should play a role in helping to keep the Strait of Hormuz open.
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