Topic: Australia — Neutral reports only
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[2026-03-17 19:55 UTC+10:00] [National / Queensland] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: A tropical cyclone has developed off Queensland’s far north and was tracking toward the state’s coastline.
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[2026-03-17 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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[2026-03-17 19:51 UTC+10:00] [National / Victoria] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The Age
Snippet: The head of a major Melbourne property development company has been granted bail after being charged with offences relating to an alleged $20 million extortion plot, with a court hearing he used an AI assistant to research the legality of his alleged actions.
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[2026-03-17 19:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Government and Politics
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[2026-03-17 19:42 UTC+10:00] [National] [Factuality: 100]
Source: 9News
Snippet: Auto news: These are Australia's safest roads.
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[2026-03-17 19:42 UTC+10:00] [Reserve Bank of Australia] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Michele Bullock says high inflation hurts everyone, but there still seems to be an extraordinary level of complacency about potential fallout from the US-Israel war on Iran
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[2026-03-17 19:41 UTC+10:00] [National / NSW] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: The federal government has given up funding a planned SBS production hub in western Sydney, ending a years-long, multimillion-dollar bid to move the multicultural broadcaster into one of Australia’s most diverse regions.
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[2026-03-17 19:35 UTC+10:00] [National] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Products & ServicesOpen Products & Services section
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[2026-03-17 19:30 UTC+10:00] [National] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Products & ServicesOpen Products & Services section
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[2026-03-17 19:30 UTC+10:00] [National / Victoria] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: A long-awaited town development project on Melbourne’s south-eastern fringe has stalled, with residents saying their suburb feels stagnant and forgotten.
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[2026-03-17 19:30 UTC+10:00] [National / NSW] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: The technology company behind both last week’s NAPLAN meltdown and the selective school exam chaos that sparked a riot police response has the green light to run both until 2030, and there is no sign the government will abandon its contracts.
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[2026-03-17 19:30 UTC+10:00] [Politics / Federal] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Energy Minister Chris Bowen has moved to assure Australians that fuel will keep flowing into the country for a month, but fears of a shortage within weeks has prompted importers to look to Africa and the US for new sources of supply.
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[2026-03-17 19:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Federal Government
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[2026-03-17 19:20 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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[2026-03-17 19:02 UTC+10:00] [Tax] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Report reveals the Howard-era settings are helping fuel intergenerational inequality in Australia’s housing market
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[2026-03-17 18:54 UTC+10:00] [National / NSW] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: In the weeks before Antony Catalano became swept up in a firestorm of allegations of violence towards a woman, his town planners were preparing fresh documents for a contested multimillion-dollar development at Byron Bay.
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[2026-03-17 18:42 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Products & ServicesOpen Products & Services section
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[2026-03-17 18:39 UTC+10:00] [National / Victoria] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: The vast ballroom in Victoria’s Government House, itself a wonder of the state’s optimistic gold rush period, its tower visible for miles around, is made for royal visits.
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[2026-03-17 18:36 UTC+10:00] [National] [Factuality: 100]
Source: 9News
Snippet: Property News: Australia's most popular suburbs in every capital city.
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[2026-03-17 18:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Police blocked the road after two bodies were found in Belivah, south of Brisbane. (ABC News: Elizabeth Pickering)
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[2026-03-17 18:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Tropical Cyclone Narelle has formed in the Coral Sea off the coast of Far North Queensland, bringing with it the danger of damaging winds and heavy rain.
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[2026-03-17 18:29 UTC+10:00] [Politics / WA] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: The Cook government’s winter health strategy will see the number of women’s mental health beds at the Cockburn Health facility shrink by one-third while they’re diverted to elderly patients.
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[2026-03-17 18:28 UTC+10:00] [Sport / Cricket] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
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[2026-03-17 18:04 UTC+10:00] [Reserve Bank of Australia] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Reserve Bank of Australia’s second consecutive increase lifts cash rate target to 4.1%, back to where it was in February last year
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[2026-03-17 17:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Peter Lusted is a journalist with the ABC News team in Canberra covering news and sport. He has previously worked with ABC Melbourne, ABC NewsRadio and 2UE. You can follow Peter on Twitter: @plusted1
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[2026-03-17 17:51 UTC+10:00] [Business / Companies] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Resource drilling at Pacgold Limited’s Vertigo pit, part of the company’s South Australian White Dam project, 80km east of Broken Hill, is now 95 per cent complete.
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[2026-03-17 17:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Kyle Sandilands says he's considering "many options" when asked about his future with ARN outside his home in Sydney. (ABC News)
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[2026-03-17 17:39 UTC+10:00] [Comment & Analysis] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Michael West Media
Snippet: Don't pay so you can read it. Pay so everyone can!
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[2026-03-17 17:39 UTC+10:00] [National] [Factuality: 100]
Source: 9News
Snippet: Auto news: Public electric car charging cables cut and stolen at shopping centre
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[2026-03-17 17:34 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 100]
Source: 9News
Snippet: Property News: Australia's most popular suburbs in every capital city.
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[2026-03-17 17:00 UTC+10:00] [Sport / AFL] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: We’re sorry, this feature is currently unavailable. We’re working to restore it. Please try again later.
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[2026-03-17 16:59 UTC+10:00] [National / Queensland] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Age
Snippet: A colourful array of clown-costumed protesters filled the typically vacant Brisbane council gallery on Tuesday to patiently mock the city’s elected figures.
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[2026-03-17 16:57 UTC+10:00] [National / Queensland] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: A woman has been charged with the murder of another woman, whose body police say was found after being in an Ipswich home for two weeks.
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[2026-03-17 16:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Steele Wilson has been sentenced after firebombing his former high school in Eden on the NSW South Coast. (ABC South East NSW: Adriane Reardon)
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[2026-03-17 16:50 UTC+10:00] [National] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Products & ServicesOpen Products & Services section
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[2026-03-17 16:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: By Brianna Morris-Grant
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[2026-03-17 16:46 UTC+10:00] [World] [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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[2026-03-17 16:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: The Iranian women's soccer team have begun making their way home to Iran after five players withdrew their claims for asylum in Australia.
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[2026-03-17 16:44 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Perth barrister Alice Rose McShera was found dead in a hotel room at Crown Towers on October 30, 2023. (Supplied)
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[2026-03-17 16:40 UTC+10:00] [Australia news] [Factuality: 95]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Want to get this in your inbox every weekday? Sign up for the Afternoon Update here, and start your day with our Morning Mail newsletter.
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[2026-03-17 16:35 UTC+10:00] [Politics / NSW] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: NSW Labor is facing pressure from crossbench MPs and 120 groups, including the Bar Association, to investigate whether the state needs a human rights act, amid concerns tinkering to antisemitism and LGBTQ hate laws are “Band-Aid solutions”.
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[2026-03-17 16:34 UTC+10:00] [Indigenous Australians] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: The Federation Council in Corowa received 266 submissions from ratepayers opposed to a plan to remove Indigenous flags, and only 44 in favour
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[2026-03-17 16:30 UTC+10:00] [National] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Products & ServicesOpen Products & Services section
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[2026-03-17 16:25 UTC+10:00] [Culture / Art & design] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: NSW Police have been asked to “urgently” investigate incendiary comments allegedly made by a US electronic music producer at the opening night party at White Bay Power Station, which prompted the withdrawal of a leading corporate supporter.
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[2026-03-17 16:24 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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[2026-03-17 16:23 UTC+10:00] [Pauline Hanson] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Exclusive: One Nation leader updates register after questions from the Guardian to include multiple flights courtesy of Rinehart’s company
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[2026-03-17 15:58 UTC+10:00] [National / WA] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: As a prominent Perth lawyer, Alice McShera specialised in family law and restraining orders.
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[2026-03-17 15:57 UTC+10:00] [Indigenous Australians] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: The policy reversal came after a federal court judge asked the government to explain why it had stopped negotiating with Cape York traditional owners
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[2026-03-17 15:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Luka Doncic (77), de los Lakers de Los Ángeles, dispara mientras Amen Thompson (1), de los Rockets de Houston, defiende durante la primera mitad del juego de baloncesto de la NBA, el lunes 16 de marzo de 2026, en Houston. (AP Foto/David J. Phillip)
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[2026-03-17 15:29 UTC+10:00] [Queensland] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Officer caught on body-worn camera making comments, according to lawsuit filed in federal court
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