Topic: Australia — Neutral reports only
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[2026-03-24 18:10 UTC+10:00] [Politics / Federal] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: A breakthrough free trade agreement with Europe will boost the Australian economy by $10 billion a year and cut prices for local shoppers, but angry farmers have accused the Albanese government of failing to drive a hard enough bargain to secure expanded access to Europe’s 450 million consumers.
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[2026-03-24 18:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Narelle viewed off WA's northern coast on Tuesday afternoon. (Supplied: Bureau of Meteorology)
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[2026-03-24 17:59 UTC+10:00] [Food / Eating out (Syd)] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The Age
Snippet: The chef who once built a menu entirely out of emojis is coming to Australia for the first time, with Gaggan Anand set to host a series of special dining experiences at Crown Sydney and Crown Melbourne.
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[2026-03-24 17:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: SYDNEY, Australia — A magnitude 7.6 earthquake struck off the Pacific island nation of Tonga on Tuesday, the United States Geological Survey said.
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[2026-03-24 17:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: La presidenta de la Comisión Europea, Ursula von der Leyen, a la izquierda, y el primer ministro de Australia, Anthony Albanese, se estrechan la mano tras firmar una declaración conjunta durante una ceremonia en Canberra, el martes 24 de marzo de 2026. (Lukas Coch/AAP Image via AP)
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[2026-03-24 17:48 UTC+10:00] [National] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Products & ServicesOpen Products & Services section
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[2026-03-24 17:33 UTC+10:00] [National] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Products & ServicesOpen Products & Services section
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[2026-03-24 17:29 UTC+10:00] [National / WA] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: A Perth man accused of stealing fuel from a petrol station and then running over an attendant with his car has he fled will spend the next fortnight behind bars.
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[2026-03-24 17:28 UTC+10:00] [National] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Products & ServicesOpen Products & Services section
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[2026-03-24 17:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Businesses and motorists are grappling with rising fuel costs, but the bigger concern for many is ongoing supply. (ABC News: Abbey Haberecht)
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[2026-03-24 17:25 UTC+10:00] [Baking] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: To take part in Cake Picnic, bakers must observe a number of rules. Cakes must be a minimum of 20cm wide and 7.5cm tall. They must be clearly labelled with all the ingredients, including any major allergens. Only cakes are allowed: no cupcakes, no babkas, no madeleines. And the most important rule: no cake, no entry.
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[2026-03-24 17:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Leeanne Eatts's (pictured in 2019) sons Jhulio Sariago and Barak Austral drowned in a Townsville river. (ABC North Qld: Sofie Wainwright)
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[2026-03-24 17:10 UTC+10:00] [Business / Companies] [Factuality: 92]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Advance Metals appears to be rapidly turning its Happy Valley project in Victoria into a system-scale gold story, with maiden regional drilling at the Queen of the Hills prospect confirming that high-grade mineralisation extends well beyond the project’s historic core.
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[2026-03-24 17:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: The European Union and Australia agreed to a sweeping trade deal on Tuesday, the latest move by U.S. allies to rethink their economic ties amid deepening global geopolitical uncertainty.
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[2026-03-24 17:04 UTC+10:00] [National / Queensland] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Gold Coast mayor Tom Tate has declared the Trump Organisation paid for his accommodation at Mar-a-Lago where he met with the US president in February.
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[2026-03-24 17:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Liberal Party of Australia
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[2026-03-24 17:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Brazilian national Marcelo Peres-Colhado, who is accused of being a part of a "criminal enterprise" that stole dozens of Toyota LandCruisers and Prados around Brisbane, has been denied bail.
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[2026-03-24 16:52 UTC+10:00] [National / Queensland] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: The psychologist who helped establish Queensland’s first children’s gender clinic has aired plans to resign following the Crisafulli government’s ban on hormone therapies for kids, citing fears she can no longer provide evidence-based healthcare or fulfil her professional duties.
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[2026-03-24 16:47 UTC+10:00] [National / Queensland] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: The struggling Cleveland Bowls Club has been thrown a lifeline in the form of a takeover by a leagues club that plans to transform the venue.
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[2026-03-24 16:47 UTC+10:00] [National / WA] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Angry parents of children enrolled at a council-run daycare in Bassendean say the release of documents aimed at shining light on the decision-making behind its attempted sale has muddied the waters even further.
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[2026-03-24 16:35 UTC+10:00] [National] [Factuality: 100]
Source: 9News
Snippet: Property News: Australia's most popular suburbs in every capital city.
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[2026-03-24 16:33 UTC+10:00] [National / Victoria] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The Age
Snippet: A former Victorian police officer who preyed on vulnerable victims he met through work for sex could face years behind bars for exploiting his position to contact a string of women.
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[2026-03-24 16:32 UTC+10:00] [National / WA] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Western Australia is bracing for impact from Tropical Cyclone Narelle as it redevelops off the coast, with predictions Perth could be in the firing line over the weekend.
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[2026-03-24 16:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Unrest, Conflict and War
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[2026-03-24 16:05 UTC+10:00] [Politics / Federal] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Petrol prices have hit a record high of $2.38 a litre, as Australia’s fuel supplies are set to hit a cliff by the end of April when the Asian refineries that deliver 80 per cent of Australia’s supply exhaust their inventories due to the Iran war oil crisis.
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[2026-03-24 16:01 UTC+10:00] [National] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Products & ServicesOpen Products & Services section
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[2026-03-24 15:56 UTC+10:00] [New South Wales] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Peter Achterstraat says protections are essential as apartments increasingly become ‘the only place people can afford to buy’
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[2026-03-24 15:49 UTC+10:00] [Politics / Federal] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Europe’s defacto leader came to celebrate a seemingly good news story - the signing of a sweeping free trade deal with Australia - but there was no avoiding the dire state of global affairs when Ursula von der Leyen visited Canberra on Tuesday.
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[2026-03-24 15:47 UTC+10:00] [Australian Broadcasting Corporation] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Triple J will air without presenters while ABC News Breakfast is not expected to air as staff walk off the job to protest pay and conditions
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[2026-03-24 15:46 UTC+10:00] [Business / Companies] [Factuality: 92]
Source: The Age
Snippet: H3 Energy has flicked the switch on a fresh technical push to chase helium across its sprawling Alinya project in South Australia’s Officer Basin, adding a potentially lucrative twist to its already sizeable gas play.
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[2026-03-24 15:43 UTC+10:00] [Business / Companies] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Oil and gas giant Santos has been forced to suspend shipments from a key Australian gas-export terminal just as the war in the Middle East is driving a global energy crisis and igniting the sharpest price rises in years.
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[2026-03-24 15:42 UTC+10:00] [News] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Michael West Media
Snippet: March 24, 2026 15:42 | News
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[2026-03-24 15:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Ursula von der Leyen is the first female world leader to address Australia's federal parliament. (ABC News: Matt Roberts)
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[2026-03-24 15:30 UTC+10:00] [Environment / Conservation] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: High rainfall in 2025 filled Australia’s inland rivers and lakes and infused the landscape with green across much of the continent, with notable exceptions for drought-stricken areas on the border of NSW, Victoria and South Australia and in western Tasmania.
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[2026-03-24 15:30 UTC+10:00] [Sport / Tennis] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Talia Gibson wasn’t deflated after losing her second-round match to Diana Shnaider at the Australian Open in January.
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[2026-03-24 15:30 UTC+10:00] [Politics / Victoria] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: A western suburbs council is in internal revolt over new secrecy and media policies likened to “Big Brother” state oversight.
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[2026-03-24 15:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Denise Hampton works to help return ancestral land to Aboriginal people in NSW. (ABC News: Blair Wise)
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[2026-03-24 15:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Staff at the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) will go on strike on Wednesday for the first time in 20 years, after rejecting a pay rise offer.
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[2026-03-24 15:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Shadrach Button, Sanaisha Warren, and Lani Khan playing in the water at Marree. (Supplied: Dean Koopman Photography)
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[2026-03-24 15:15 UTC+10:00] [US-Israel war on Iran] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Speaking after signing trade agreement in Canberra, the European Commission president warns ‘situation is critical’ for global energy supply
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[2026-03-24 15:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Chloe-Jean Vincent in The Diary of Anne Frank. (Supplied: Amanda Humphries)
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[2026-03-24 15:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Kristian Silva is a court reporter with ABC News in Melbourne. He has been a journalist since 2011, and previously worked in newsrooms in regional Victoria and Brisbane. Follow him on Twitter: @kristian_silva
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[2026-03-24 15:11 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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[2026-03-24 15:03 UTC+10:00] [Petrol prices] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Vehicle numbers on key Sydney and Melbourne roads have held steady, as calls grow for free or cheaper public transport to encourage people to drive less
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[2026-03-24 15:00 UTC+10:00] [National / Queensland] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Plans to reroute and dredge Rockhampton’s Fitzroy River for the Brisbane Olympic and Paralympic would require ongoing major expense that would extend well beyond 2032 to maintain it as an elite competition venue, according to a high-level expert in river flows.
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[2026-03-24 14:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: The Queensland Department of Primary Industries says anyone doing the wrong thing will held accountable. (ABC News: Kristy O'Brien)
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[2026-03-24 14:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Georgia Voll has hit the third fastest T20 international century ever scored by an Australian woman. (Getty Images: Jason McCawley)
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[2026-03-24 14:32 UTC+10:00] [National] [Factuality: 100]
Source: 9News
Snippet: About three million Australians could earn $2465 more each year under a new proposal floated ahead of the annual wage review.The Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) has called for a 5 per cent increase to the minimum wage when the Fair Work Commission reviews and renews rates for July 1.This would lift the full-time minimum wage hourly rate from $24.95 to $26.19 and the annual rate from $49,296 to $51,761.READ MORE: Brutal truth in Sydney mum's video as cost
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[2026-03-24 14:29 UTC+10:00] [Australia women's cricket team] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Australia 211-7; West Indies 61-3 | Australia win by 40 runs (DLS)
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[2026-03-24 14:24 UTC+10:00] [Australia news] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Australian manufacturers can call their wares parmesan and kransky, but terms like feta, romano and gruyere will be eventually phased out
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