Topic: Australia — Neutral reports only
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[2026-02-19 16:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Rappler
Snippet: Gilas Pilipinas faces a tall order as it hosts New Zealand and Australia in the second window of the FIBA World Cup Asian Qualifiers, games that carry huge implications for its bid to reach the global hoops showdown for the fourth consecutive edition.
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[2026-02-19 13:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Australia veterans led by Sam Kerr have rare second chance to lift a trophy on home soil as well as responsibility to pass down a torch that is still alight
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[2026-02-19 12:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Winter Olympic Games
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[2026-02-19 11:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: One of the Australian women being held in a Syrian refugee camp has been barred from returning home after being given a temporary exclusion order — but the ban may not be as temporary as the name implies.
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[2026-02-19 11:44 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Employment Statistics
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[2026-02-19 11:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Carlos Ezpeleta and Peter Malinauskas at the announcement that the MotoGP will be moved to Adelaide from 2027. (ABC News: Che Chorley)
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[2026-02-19 11:00 UTC+10:00] [Politics] [Factuality: 90]
Source: SBS News
Snippet: Al-Roj camp is one of the detention facilities where thousands of self-proclaimed Islamic State (IS) group members and their families are held in north-eastern Syria. Source: AAP / Baderkhan Ahmad/AP
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[2026-02-19 11:00 UTC+10:00] [Australia] [Factuality: 100]
Source: SBS News
Snippet: A recent report from Road Safety Australia warns that rising fatalities over the past five years have hindered the nation's progress toward its 2030 goal of halving road deaths relative to 2018-2020 levels. Source: Getty, iStockphoto / AaronMcAuley Photography
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[2026-02-19 10:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The billionaire denied knowledge of Epstein’s crimes as US lawmakers pressed him on his decades-long relationship with the late sex offender
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[2026-02-19 10:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Jonathan and Amy had a child via surrogacy in Argentina. They have been stuck there for 12 months, unable to bring their daughter home.
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[2026-02-19 09:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: John Boyle says Corrective Services officers suspected he wanted to harm the man who torched St Patrick's Cathedral in 1996, but the Sydney priest's only intention was to practice what he preached.
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[2026-02-19 06:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Dushan Hemantha’s three wicket haul was vital in beating Australia at the previous group stage match of the ongoing T-20 World Cup. Reflecting on the victory Hemantha said that they wanted to bowl tidy spells putting pressure on batters with more dot balls while not allowing them to go for big shots which was the winning formula for Sri Lanka.
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[2026-02-19 00:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Aside from the first island chain of encirclement against China, much of the other island ‘defence’ chains look more like vassalising the not so ‘lucky country’ among others in the South Pacific
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[2026-02-18 23:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: This is the first known use of a temporary exclusion order introduced in 2019 to prevent high-risk citizens from returning to Australia
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[2026-02-18 21:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: US mining giant Alcoa is forced to pay $55 million after unlawfully clearing parts of a Western Australian native forest to mine bauxite.
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[2026-02-18 09:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: The Parkes Shire Council has formally objected to controversial plans to dispose of some of Sydney's red-bin rubbish on the edge of its biggest town.
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[2026-02-18 06:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: “I had a target to score a hundred in a World Cup and happy to achieve it at this important Australia game,” said Player of the Match Pathum Nissanka after Sri Lanka’s 8 wicket win over Australia in World Cup T-20 game at Pallekele. Nissanka hit 10 fours and 5 sixes and said he enjoyed playing reverse sweep against leg spinners in this match.
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[2026-02-18 06:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Australia captain Mitchell Marsh accepted that his side was outplayed in all three departments by Sri Lanka in the ICC Men’s T-20 World Cup at Pallekele. Well played Sri Lanka; they outplayed us. We know that we can make big scores but just lost our way towards the back end, added Skipper Marsh who played his first game after recovering injury.
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[2026-02-18 00:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Zimbabweans join Sri Lanka as qualifiers and make Super 8s for the first time, the Australians had needed an Irish win to keep hopes alive
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[2026-02-17 22:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The Australian, who had a successful 2025, gets her season under way next week at the HSBC Women’s World Championship in Singapore
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[2026-02-17 21:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Rappler
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[2026-02-17 19:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Investigators recovered 101 Australian reptiles from seized parcels destined for Hong Kong, South Korea, Sri Lanka and Romania
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[2026-02-17 18:26 UTC+10:00] [Politics / Federal] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Seven women and 14 children who have been stuck in Syrian internment camps for years are trying to make their way home. Earlier this month, four women and nine children returned to Australia.
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[2026-02-17 17:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: Australia dała przykład, inne kraje chcą pójść w jej ślady: teraz również w Niemczech nabiera tempa debata na temat ochrony dzieci przed korzystaniem z mediów społecznościowych, dzięki propozycji SPD.
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[2026-02-17 17:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: A janë platformat e mediave sociale të mira për zhvillimin e vajzave dhe djemve? Australia thotë jo. Që nga dhjetori, platformave si TikTok, X, Instagram, YouTube dhe Twitch u është ndaluar të kenë fëmijë dhe adoleshentë si përdorues. Rrjeteve nuk u lejohet më t'u lejojnë australianëve nën moshën 16 vjeç të hapin llogari në kanalet e tyre.
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[2026-02-17 15:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Emergency services rushed to the Merrylands shopping strip after reports that a man had stabbed multiple people before fleeing on foot
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[2026-02-17 11:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: SBS News
Snippet: Kath and Nigel held a "goodbye birthday bash" with close to 60 people in their backyard the day before Nigel's death. Source: Supplied
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[2026-02-17 09:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Australian primary producers say they are concerned about the risk of foreign pests crippling entire industries if overseas fishing boats continue to enter the nation's waters illegally.
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[2026-02-17 06:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Australia Openers Travis Head (56) and Mitchell Marsh (54) stroked superb half centuries to add 104 runs stand while Sri Lanka came back strongly to restrict them to 181 in their T- 20 World Cup cricket fixture played at Pallekele International Cricket Stadium yesterday.
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[2026-02-17 06:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Macktiles has launched Macktiles Australia in Victoria, marking a major milestone for Sri Lankan manufacturing and a strategic entry into one of the world’s most design-aware, specification-led building markets.
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[2026-02-17 02:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Independent writer Murray Hunter said that he believes he was improperly arrested by Thai police for articles he had written about Malaysia in his online newsletter
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[2026-02-17 01:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Vendors say locally designed Hong Kong-themed merchandise drew in customers at Victoria Park’s Lunar New Year fair
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[2026-02-16 22:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Roads surrounding flower market at Victoria Park and connecting tram and bus routes grind to a halt amid crowds seeking last-minute bargains
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[2026-02-16 19:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
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[2026-02-16 18:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The man is accused of stealing a mummy mask, collar, necklace and wooden cat from a museum in Caboolture, Queensland
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[2026-02-16 14:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Australia on Sunday earmarked AU$3.9 billion (US$2.8 billion, €2.3 billion) for the construction of a shipyard that would help deliver nuclear submarines as part of the AUKUS security pact with the United Kingdom and the United States.
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[2026-02-16 12:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Sightings of Antarctic orcas in Australian waters are very rare. A tour group in WA saw what appeared to be a pod of Antarctic type B killer whales muscle in and steal the meal of a local group of orcas.
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[2026-02-16 07:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Sri Lanka led by Dasun Shanaka is expected to continue winning momentum when they meet Australia today in their T-20 World Cup group fixture at the Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, commencing at 7pm.
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[2026-02-15 23:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The vessels, under agreement with the UK and the US, are at the heart of a major strategy to improve long-range strike capabilities
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[2026-02-15 18:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: After a decade away from the sport and battles with drugs and alcohol, Anthony Kim outduels Jon Rahm and Bryson DeChambeau in Australia
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[2026-02-15 11:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: SBS News
Snippet: Korean Australian farmer Sue Glynn creates kimchi using Weet-Bix. Source: SBS News / Leah Hyein Na
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[2026-02-15 07:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: While parts of South Australia celebrate what could be the end of a devastating algal bloom, nearby communities are seeing the effects for the first time.
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[2026-02-15 00:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: For the first time since 2009, Australia won't advance from the group stage of a cricket World Cup and some of the game's greatest ever players are demanding answers.
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[2026-02-14 23:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Connections of Australian import could pay up to put him in the mix for Hong Kong’s most coveted race next month
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[2026-02-14 23:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Commissioner’s office says it summoned representatives from the countries and bloc in Hong Kong to voice ‘strong dissatisfaction’
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[2026-02-14 19:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Bookings projected to surge on new flights, flexible itineraries and ease of payment
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[2026-02-14 11:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: SBS News
Snippet: Dumpling restaurant owner Gary Zhao is proud to offer a new twist on an old favourite. Source: SBS / SBS Chinese / Tianyuan Qu
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[2026-02-14 06:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Paceman Blessing Muzarabani produced career-best figures of 4 for 17 as Zimbabwe stunned Australia with a 23-run victory in their T20 World Cup fixture played at the R. Premadasa International Cricket Stadium yesterday.
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[2026-02-13 17:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) has announced that all tickets for the highly anticipated ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2026 showdown between Sri Lanka and Australia are officially sold out.
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[2026-02-13 06:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Jeewantha Wijenayake produced an even par final-round performance to clinch the Sri Lanka Golf February Ranking Tournament title after three competitive days at the Victoria Golf Resort in Digana, Kandy yesterday.
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