Topic: Australia — Neutral reports only
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[2026-06-04 17:11 UTC+10:00] [National / Queensland] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: The Queensland government has announced an inquiry into how the complaints of squabbling local councillors should be dealt with, as the state deals with roughly 1000 complaints each year and some councillors deem the system broken entirely.
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[2026-06-04 17:04 UTC+10:00] [National] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Products & ServicesOpen Products & Services section
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[2026-06-04 16:52 UTC+10:00] [National] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: A controversial program designed to save $250 million through cutting hundreds of jobs at the Australian National University could not be justified by the state of the institution’s finances, according to a damning report released late on Thursday.
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[2026-06-04 16:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Performing Arts
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[2026-06-04 16:40 UTC+10:00] [National] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Products & ServicesOpen Products & Services section
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[2026-06-04 16:39 UTC+10:00] [Child protection] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: The state’s commissioner for children and young people raised the alarm about cycles of ineffective referrals to voluntary services and closed reports in 35 cases of children who died after interactions with the system
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[2026-06-04 16:38 UTC+10:00] [National] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Products & ServicesOpen Products & Services section
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[2026-06-04 16:15 UTC+10:00] [National] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Products & ServicesOpen Products & Services section
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[2026-06-04 16:14 UTC+10:00] [Politics / Queensland] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Queensland’s major forced adoption service provider has warned the government it must consider the lifelong consequences of adoption as it forms its response to a major inquiry.
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[2026-06-04 16:13 UTC+10:00] [Politics / NSW] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: The cracks appeared all at once. Seven months after being sacked as chief executive of the Parramatta Council, after nearly four weeks of public anti-corruption hearings dredging through years of messages and emails that showed her at her most unguarded, it took less than three hours for Gail Connolly to break down at the ICAC.
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[2026-06-04 16:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Thu 4 Jun 2026 at 4:04pm
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[2026-06-04 16:02 UTC+10:00] [Australian police and policing] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: NSW police appeal after comprehensive class action loss in 2025 when force admitted music festival search of Raya Meredith was unlawful and unjustified
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[2026-06-04 15:59 UTC+10:00] [Politics / Federal] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Pauline Hanson says she is not sure if she will pitch herself for prime minister at the next election, downplaying the notion after saying she could do the job as she admitted One Nation had shut down party branches she said were “infiltrated by extremists”.
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[2026-06-04 15:54 UTC+10:00] [National / Victoria] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: A second Melbourne arts institution is investigating a data breach, in which the personal information of almost 26,000 people has been exposed, days after the data of thousands of Melbourne International Film Festival customers was compromised.
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[2026-06-04 15:53 UTC+10:00] [Lifestyle / Fashion] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Age
Snippet: For decades the long-running Australian store wars have focused on a battle to the death between Myer and David Jones, but a name that once rivalled their fluctuating glory has rejoined the fray.
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[2026-06-04 15:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Thu 4 Jun 2026 at 3:42pm
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[2026-06-04 15:35 UTC+10:00] [Business / Companies] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Ardea Resources has received another official government nod for its Kalgoorlie nickel project’s (KNP) Goongarrie Hub, this time at the State level, after being awarded Lead Agency Status by the Western Australian government to streamline project approvals.
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[2026-06-04 15:30 UTC+10:00] [CSIRO] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Light from nearly 4m galaxies measured as it twisted and travelled through intergalactic space
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[2026-06-04 15:30 UTC+10:00] [World / North America] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The Age
Snippet: What a difference a year makes.
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[2026-06-04 15:30 UTC+10:00] [Sport / Rugby Union] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: A pair of giant young Australian props based in the academies of French clubs are set to be included in the Junior Wallabies squad later this month, in a major shift in strategy by Rugby Australia.
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[2026-06-04 15:30 UTC+10:00] [Sport / NRL] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: They will never admit it publicly, but in recent weeks the Sydney Roosters have begun asking whose idea it was to let Ethan Strange swap Bondi for the warm embrace of Ricky Stuart in Canberra.
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[2026-06-04 15:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.
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[2026-06-04 15:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Emma Johnson is a reporter for ABC News in Brisbane. Emma joined the ABC in 2024 and has experience working across radio, television and online platforms. She can be contacted at johnson.emma@abc.net.au
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[2026-06-04 15:20 UTC+10:00] [Australian Capital Territory (ACT)] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: High court dismisses organisation’s injunction attempt against designation as a hate group
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[2026-06-04 15:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Thu 4 Jun 2026 at 3:18pm
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[2026-06-04 15:12 UTC+10:00] [Politics / Federal] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: A senior Coalition frontbencher has defended her decision to allow a senior adviser to write a newspaper article urging Australians not to “walk away” from Ben Roberts-Smith, exposing tensions inside the opposition over how to respond to the Victoria Cross recipient’s looming war crimes trial.
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[2026-06-04 15:11 UTC+10:00] [Politics / NSW] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: The NSW Coalition will oppose the Minns government’s plans to implement a three-strike system for medicinal cannabis users, arguing the policy is “premature” and unsupported by sound evidence.
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[2026-06-04 14:56 UTC+10:00] [News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Michael West Media
Snippet: June 4, 2026 14:56 | News
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[2026-06-04 14:48 UTC+10:00] [Australia news] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Silenced, a documentary about violence against women, opened the Sydney film festival on Wednesday
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[2026-06-04 14:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Thu 4 Jun 2026 at 2:47pm
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[2026-06-04 14:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Thu 4 Jun 2026 at 2:46pm
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[2026-06-04 14:39 UTC+10:00] [National / Victoria] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: A top official leading the clean-up of Victoria’s scandal-ridden construction sector will step aside from his role in August, leaving the state without a key figure in the fight against corruption and worker exploitation in the building industry.
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[2026-06-04 14:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Thu 4 Jun 2026 at 2:37pm
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[2026-06-04 14:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Transport Accidents and Incidents
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[2026-06-04 14:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Thu 4 Jun 2026 at 2:10pm
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[2026-06-04 13:53 UTC+10:00] [Fiji] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Government rejects offshore rubbish being shipped to Fiji and burned after opposition from traditional landowners and tourism operators
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[2026-06-04 13:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Thu 4 Jun 2026 at 1:47pm
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[2026-06-04 13:08 UTC+10:00] [Australia news] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Commonwealth’s barrister tells federal court they will return diary to former political staffer but it must be declassified first
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[2026-06-04 13:05 UTC+10:00] [National / Queensland] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Age
Snippet: The daughter of a missing US citizen allegedly killed by her boyfriend says her mother became distant and later completely stopped responding to messages, including about the death of her grandmother, raising alarm bells.
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[2026-06-04 13:01 UTC+10:00] [Culture / Art & design] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: The legendary Australian radio broadcaster with the golden tonsils is the man with the golden gavel in death.
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[2026-06-04 12:30 UTC+10:00] [National] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Products & ServicesOpen Products & Services section
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[2026-06-04 12:29 UTC+10:00] [Politics / Victoria] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Dozens of children have died over a six-year period despite the state’s protection services receiving an average of eight reports per child about the dangers they were facing at home, a new inquiry has found.
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[2026-06-04 12:17 UTC+10:00] [National] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Products & ServicesOpen Products & Services section
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[2026-06-04 12:10 UTC+10:00] [National] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Products & ServicesOpen Products & Services section
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[2026-06-04 12:06 UTC+10:00] [National / Queensland] [Factuality: 92]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Two fugitives and the pilot who took them on a “black flight” from Far North Queensland to a remote part of Indonesia could be free within the month, after being handed seven-month sentences by an Indonesian court.
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[2026-06-04 12:01 UTC+10:00] [National / Queensland] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The Age
Snippet: If you were casting an actor to play the city of Brisbane you could do no better than Brenton Thwaites. He’s good-looking; great for raising kids (he has five); is sunny and upbeat; and despite everything still flies a bit under the radar.
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[2026-06-04 12:00 UTC+10:00] [Australia] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: When does the football start? Who’s in Australia’s group? How can you watch? All the answers are in our handy guide to the tournament
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[2026-06-04 12:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Thu 4 Jun 2026 at 12:00pm
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[2026-06-04 11:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: SYDNEY — Australia's prime minister said Thursday there was "ideological disagreement" over tariffs with the United States, which has proposed a new levy on the country's goods.
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[2026-06-04 11:36 UTC+10:00] [National / Victoria] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Participants play rugby in a muddy rice field in Fujimi, Saitama Prefecture, Japan. Teams competed in the event, with the winner determined by the combined scores of all matches. Four-player rugby matches held in rice fields before the planting season have been gaining popularity in Japan as a form of community engagement and regional revitalisation.Credit:Tomohiro Ohsumi/Getty Images
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