Topic: Australia — Neutral reports only
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[2026-07-24 05:30 UTC+10:00] [Culture / Books] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: A Short History of Longans is a historical novel that spans two centuries and follows the twisted branches of an Irish-Chinese family in Australia. Mirandi Riwoe’s latest book, her sixth, explores similar themes tackled in her previous works: cross-cultural identities, interracial relationships, immigration, racism and colonial history.
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[2026-07-24 05:10 UTC+10:00] [World / North America] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Washington: Billions of dollars of additional funding for the US defence industrial base have not improved the production rate of Virginia-class submarines, a top Pentagon official says, casting further doubt on whether Australia will receive its AUKUS subs on schedule.
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[2026-07-24 05:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:State and Territory Parliament
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[2026-07-24 05:00 UTC+10:00] [Politics / NSW] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: NSW Families and Communities Minister Kate Washington ordered her department to pay a Catholic not-for-profit $40,000 to drop legal action against a Hunter foster carer with Labor links.
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[2026-07-24 04:13 UTC+10:00] [Politics / Federal] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Labor’s faithful gathered in Adelaide to celebrate its 50th National Conference, a record haul of federal seats and an election victory that gave Anthony Albanese political capital few prime ministers have enjoyed.
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[2026-07-24 03:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: El volante croata Luka Modric celebra la victoria ante Panamá en el partido del Group L del Mundial, el martes 23 de junio de 2026, en Toronto. (AP Foto/Olivia White)
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[2026-07-24 03:00 UTC+10:00] [National / WA] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Perth’s cheapest petrol station chain is suing its landlords, alleging they tried to kick the business out of five sites around the state.
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[2026-07-24 01:00 UTC+10:00] [Winter] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: The best part of my day was sliding into that boiling bed! But then I’d wake at 1am like a piece of lasagne that is burnt on one side and frozen on the other
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[2026-07-24 01:00 UTC+10:00] [Pauline Hanson] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: In a fortnight of rolling blunders, the One Nation leader digs deep into the Trump playbook of blame-shifting
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[2026-07-24 00:36 UTC+10:00] [Sport / AFL] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Adelaide: Collingwood champion Scott Pendlebury says the Adelaide Oval crowd’s booing of Isaac Quaynor on Thursday night says more about those fans than it does about his teammate.
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[2026-07-24 00:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: SALÓNICA, Grecia (AP) — Una corte de apelaciones griega denegó una solicitud australiana para extraditar a un hombre buscado bajo sospecha de un homicidio ocurrido en 1999 en un club nocturno, porque el plazo de prescripción del delito ya venció, informó el jueves el abogado del fugitivo.
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[2026-07-23 23:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Australia currently hold the Ashes after a 4-1 win over England during the 2025-26 series
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[2026-07-23 23:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: 1 of 21 David and Victoria Beckham unwind aboard their luxury yacht in Ibiza. BACKGRID 2 of 21 Jenni “JWoww” Farley and husband Zack Clayton honeymoon in Switzerland. jwoww/Instagram 3 of 21 Hudson Williams and girlfriend Katelyn cuddle up on vacation in Greece. hudsonwilliamsofficial/Instagram 4 of 21 Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson performs during the “Fightland” Season One Premiere in NYC.
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[2026-07-23 22:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Federal Government
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[2026-07-23 22:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: La atleta australiana Emma McKeon (izquierda) y Andrew Liveris, presidente del comité organizador de los Juegos Olímpicos de Brisbane 2032, posan durante la presentación del reloj con la cuenta regresiva a seis años de las justas, el jueves 23 de julio de 2026, en Brisbane, Australia. (Darren England/AAP Image vía AP)
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[2026-07-23 21:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: THESSALONIKI, Greece (AP) — A Greek appeals court denied an Australian request to extradite a man wanted on suspicion of a 1999 nightclub killing because the statute of limitations on the crime has run out, the fugitive’s lawyer said Thursday.
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[2026-07-23 21:38 UTC+10:00] [Politics / Victoria] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Decision makers from politics and across a swath of business sectors spruced up for Victoria’s business gala of the year, the Melbourne Ball, on Thursday evening – but two big names were missing.
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[2026-07-23 21:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Foreign Affairs
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[2026-07-23 21:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Thu 23 Jul 2026 at 9:25pm
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[2026-07-23 21:21 UTC+10:00] [Food / Eating out (Bris)] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: What a difference a decade makes – particularly with a pandemic tossed in the middle.
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[2026-07-23 21:18 UTC+10:00] [National] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Products & ServicesOpen Products & Services section
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[2026-07-23 21:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Commonwealth Games
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[2026-07-23 21:14 UTC+10:00] [Commonwealth Games 2026] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Having stepped in when Victoria deemed the event ‘a waste of taxpayer money’, organisers are bullish about the future
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[2026-07-23 21:00 UTC+10:00] [National / NSW] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Being ensconced in Midsomer, UK, and struggling to find meaning in a pressure cooker (C8) indicates that Jo Rainbow isn’t exactly home on the range, but the explainers have come thick and fast. Representing the positive is Jane Page of Cromer: “I loved my pressure cooker. It made the best pea and ham soup using the ham bone left over from Christmas as well as delicious porcupine meat balls.
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[2026-07-23 20:00 UTC+10:00] [National / Victoria] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: John Setka is set to be expelled from the union he led for 12 years and a powerful Victorian organiser has been summarily removed from the CFMEU in a dramatic effort by the union’s new administrator to reassert control of the rogue Victorian branch.
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[2026-07-23 20:00 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. No attachments, please include your letter in the body of the email. See here for our rules and tips on getting your letter published.
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[2026-07-23 20:00 UTC+10:00] [National / Queensland] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Underused land including the space under the rail line at South Brisbane would be transformed with skate parks, climbing walls, public art and pickleball courts, under a Brisbane City Council vision for the Olympics legacy unveiled on Thursday.
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[2026-07-23 20:00 UTC+10:00] [National / Queensland] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The Age
Snippet: A system to reward Brisbane residents who already contribute to the community and want to volunteer at the 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games has been announced by the lord mayor.
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[2026-07-23 19:30 UTC+10:00] [National / NSW] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: One of Sydney’s oldest private schools has unveiled plans to spend $173.5 million on a major redevelopment as it prepares to become fully co-educational, but the ambitious expansion has triggered a backlash from neighbours who fear it will worsen traffic, parking and congestion in the surrounding heritage precinct.
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[2026-07-23 19:30 UTC+10:00] [Technology] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Two OpenAI models broke out of a locked-down testing environment this month, made their way onto the open internet and hacked a real company. Australian security experts say the same capability, in less careful hands, could be aimed at the systems running the electricity grid, banks, telcos and key government systems such as My Health Record.
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[2026-07-23 19:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: LONDON (AP) — Trent Bridge in Nottingham will host the first 2027 men’s Ashes test between England and holder Australia.
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[2026-07-23 19:19 UTC+10:00] [Politics / Victoria] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: A powerful new agency targeting organised crime and informed by Australia’s best criminal intelligence would be established within Victorian Police under the state government’s latest response to the Building Bad corruption scandal and amid mounting pressure on Premier Jacinta Allan.
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[2026-07-23 19:12 UTC+10:00] [Sport / Racing] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Former small-time breeder Bill Cockram has accused the Melbourne Racing Club of stripping his family name from the organisation’s history books because he “stood up” to former chairman John Kanga last year.
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[2026-07-23 19:07 UTC+10:00] [National / Victoria] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: It’s been a local fixture for 87 years, providing accommodation for young men, free after-school, weekend and holiday programs for hundreds of kids a week, an affordable venue for birthday parties, a pool, basketball courts, table tennis and trampolines.
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[2026-07-23 19:04 UTC+10:00] [National / WA] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: The defence lawyer for the former Bishop of Broome has launched a scathing attack on the credibility of a man who accused the senior Catholic cleric of abusing him from when he was just 16 years old.
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[2026-07-23 19:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: England will be trying to regain both the men's and women's Ashes from Australia
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[2026-07-23 18:56 UTC+10:00] [National] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Products & ServicesOpen Products & Services section
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[2026-07-23 18:38 UTC+10:00] [National / Victoria] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Victoria’s powerful education union has kept alive the prospect of further strike action as its leadership pushes its message that the battle with the government is not just about pay but improved funding for state school students.
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[2026-07-23 18:37 UTC+10:00] [National] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Products & ServicesOpen Products & Services section
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[2026-07-23 18:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Thu 23 Jul 2026 at 6:37pm
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[2026-07-23 18:19 UTC+10:00] [National / Queensland] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: A helicopter pilot in a fatal midair collision during a theme park scenic flight was likely impaired by cocaine, alcohol and little sleep in the days prior, a coroner has heard.
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[2026-07-23 18:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Thu 23 Jul 2026 at 6:11pm
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[2026-07-23 18:08 UTC+10:00] [Labor party] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Criticism comes as prime minister frames unity as point of difference to political opponents, saying ALP chooses ‘progress over protest’
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[2026-07-23 17:58 UTC+10:00] [National / NSW] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Judges will be warned to investigate rehabilitation centres before they allow accused criminals to be released there on bail, after the Herald revealed criminal activity, poor supervision and inadequate health services at one controversial centre run by a pastor.
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[2026-07-23 17:53 UTC+10:00] [National / Victoria] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: A Malvern East man was arrested following a three-hour siege after he allegedly smashed several cars, assaulted a driver and threatened police with a chainsaw before barricading himself inside his house.
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[2026-07-23 17:18 UTC+10:00] [Hacking] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Hackers access Australian customers’ names, addresses, dates of birth, phone numbers and some bank account details, company says
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[2026-07-23 17:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Thu 23 Jul 2026 at 5:17pm
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[2026-07-23 17:17 UTC+10:00] [National / Victoria] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Boarders at a prestigious regional school at the centre of a “strapping” scandal were pressured to keep quiet about the claims, an independent investigation has found.
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[2026-07-23 17:10 UTC+10:00] [Northern Territory] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: NT minister for trade and business Robyn Cahill makes scientifically inaccurate claims while pushing to make territory ‘datacentre capital of the globe’
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[2026-07-23 17:00 UTC+10:00] [Birds] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Miles Phillips’ hit has been viewed 1.5m times and played on the radio. The seven-year-old was inspired after feeding birds and realising one ‘main bird stood out’
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