Topic: Australia — Neutral reports only
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[2026-08-31 18:10 UTC+10:00] [AFL] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Podcast host expresses discomfort at attending medal ceremony
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[2026-08-31 18:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Loy Yang power station, in Gippsland's Latrobe Valley. (ABC News: Madeleine Stuchbery)
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[2026-08-31 18:04 UTC+10:00] [World / Asia] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Dhading/Sydney: Five missing Australians were eating breakfast in a six-storey Nepalese hotel when it was hit by catastrophic flooding last week, according to the founder and chief executive of the company running their tour, while another 10 were on their way to the Tibetan border.
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[2026-08-31 17:31 UTC+10:00] [Business / Companies] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: A decision to greenlight the eastern seaboard’s largest wind farm in more than two years has provided a much-needed boost to Australia’s renewable energy ambitions, helping to break an investment drought that has stalled the rollout of wind turbines and threatened the nation’s 2030 climate targets.
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[2026-08-31 17:25 UTC+10:00] [National / WA] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Western Australia continues to top the nation in resources exploration, with new data revealing the state is spending more than all others combined – with a particular focus on gold and iron ore.
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[2026-08-31 16:59 UTC+10:00] [National] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Products & ServicesOpen Products & Services section
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[2026-08-31 16:50 UTC+10:00] [National] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Products & ServicesOpen Products & Services section
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[2026-08-31 16:46 UTC+10:00] [National / NSW] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Warning: Graphic content
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[2026-08-31 16:45 UTC+10:00] [Environment / Climate change] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Extravagant displays of magnolias in bloom once signalled the start of spring in Sydney, but in recent years they have come in earlier and earlier as winters fail to produce the days of deep cold and attendant frost. This year they arrived almost a month early, says Royal Botanic Garden Sydney chief scientist Professor Brett Summerell.
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[2026-08-31 16:39 UTC+10:00] [National] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Products & ServicesOpen Products & Services section
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[2026-08-31 16:32 UTC+10:00] [Nepal-Tibet flood disaster] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: As families await news after the catastrophe, community members appeal for compassion in the face of hateful rhetoric
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[2026-08-31 16:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Khaled Malas went missing following a dispute in which he was allegedly shot. (Supplied)
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[2026-08-31 15:56 UTC+10:00] [Food / Eating out (Syd)] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Historic Newtown pub The Carlisle Castle will reopen on Friday with $1 oyster specials, Sunday roasts and jazz nights, under the custodianship of the hospitality team behind the successful 2024 revival of The Bat & Ball Hotel in Redfern.
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[2026-08-31 15:55 UTC+10:00] [Politics / Federal] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: AI glasses will continue to flood into Australia despite the federal government acknowledging serious concerns that nefarious actors are using the wearable technology to covertly film unsuspecting victims.
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[2026-08-31 15:49 UTC+10:00] [Independent Commission Against Corruption] [Factuality: 95]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Perrottet disagrees when counsel assisting Peggy Dwyer SC claims brother of former NSW premier is not truthful and ‘constructing evidence’
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[2026-08-31 15:48 UTC+10:00] [Sydney] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Police urge mother to attend hospital after baby’s body discovered in Harrow Road in Auburn
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[2026-08-31 15:42 UTC+10:00] [Sport / NRL] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Broncos chief Dave Donaghy has not given up hope of one day luring Payne Haas back to Brisbane, as the champion enforcer prepares to play his final game for the club.
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[2026-08-31 15:31 UTC+10:00] [National / NSW] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Commuters will have to wait at least another four weeks before the Minns government reveals the date for the opening of the final stretch of Sydney’s $30 billion M1 metro line as intrusions by wildlife along the rail corridor complicate the testing of driverless trains.
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[2026-08-31 15:12 UTC+10:00] [National / WA] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Western Australia’s newest MP Luke Herdegen says One Nation has its sights on government at the next state election in three years’ time.
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[2026-08-31 15:08 UTC+10:00] [Pauline Hanson] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: One Nation leader also calls for taxpayer funding to keep coal-fired Loy Yang power station operating as part of ‘diversity’ of power
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[2026-08-31 15:06 UTC+10:00] [National / Queensland] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Deputy Premier Jarrod Bleijie ruled out a preference deal or forming a coalition with One Nation, after Labor attempted to tie the state government to Pauline Hanson and Gina Rinehart.
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[2026-08-31 15:06 UTC+10:00] [Business] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Administrators will be forced to close the business if it fails to secure additional funding, revealing hundreds of staff have not been paid for weeks
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[2026-08-31 15:05 UTC+10:00] [Sport / NFL] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Even multimillion-dollar NFL earners are flinching at the prices of flights to Australia ahead of next week’s game at the MCG.
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[2026-08-31 15:01 UTC+10:00] [Australia news] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Leah Stewart, who was bitten while swimming at Coogee beach, says she asked herself ‘which limb am I willing to lose’ as she fought back
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[2026-08-31 14:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Police have established a crime scene at Auburn and are urging the new mother to come forward. (ABC News: Floss Adams)
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[2026-08-31 14:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: By Chantelle Al-Khouri
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[2026-08-31 14:36 UTC+10:00] [Business / Companies] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Great Southern Mining has struck shallow gold 200m north of its 100 per cent-owned Mon Ami project, 12km south of Laverton in Western Australia. The results raise the prospect of a northern extension to its 1.56-million-tonne resource grading 1.11 grams per tonne (g/t) gold for 55,500 ounces.
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[2026-08-31 14:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Agricultural Workers
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[2026-08-31 14:12 UTC+10:00] [National / Queensland] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: A former contestant on My Kitchen Rules has had rape and other historical abuse charges dropped, and has been released into the community after pleading guilty to cruelty to children.
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[2026-08-31 14:00 UTC+10:00] [Australia news] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Justice Natalie Adams says she is troubled by expert evidence about rape allegations in slain woman’s police statement
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[2026-08-31 13:36 UTC+10:00] [National / NSW] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Administrators tasked with saving Sydney developer Bathla have warned the company has until Thursday to secure millions in funding to pay staff and suppliers, or it will be liquidated, becoming one of the largest real estate collapses in Australian history.
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[2026-08-31 13:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Renee Spry is one of 43 Australians missing after the deadly floods last week. (Supplied)
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[2026-08-31 13:06 UTC+10:00] [National] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Thousands of staff at the University of Sydney are set to go on strike on Wednesday, partly over an impasse between workers and management over artificial intelligence.
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[2026-08-31 12:58 UTC+10:00] [Basketball] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Basketball Australia refers proposed rule changes to Fiba
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[2026-08-31 12:57 UTC+10:00] [Culture / Art & design] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: A formal misconduct investigation is under way into “serious” allegations involving two executives of the Powerhouse Museum, NSW Arts Minister John Graham has disclosed, as he defended his oversight of the billion-dollar project following the sudden departure of the museum’s chief executive.
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[2026-08-31 12:50 UTC+10:00] [National] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Products & ServicesOpen Products & Services section
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[2026-08-31 12:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: ABC Mildura-Swan Hill
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[2026-08-31 12:07 UTC+10:00] [Business / Companies] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Profitable, multi-asset gold producer Kaiser Reef, with operations on both sides of the Bass Strait, has fired up an underground diamond drill rig at its Union Hill gold mine in Victoria, kicking off a campaign to test the potential of one of Australia’s highest-grade historical goldfields.
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[2026-08-31 12:07 UTC+10:00] [Pacific Islands Forum] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Climate change is the greatest threat to the Pacific, with fuel shortages and missile tests also on the agenda as Anthony Albanese heads to Palau
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[2026-08-31 11:57 UTC+10:00] [Politics / NSW] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Follow the hearing live
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[2026-08-31 11:53 UTC+10:00] [Sport / Boxing] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Warning: This story contains images and the name of a deceased Indigenous person.
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[2026-08-31 11:49 UTC+10:00] [Sport / NRL] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Cronulla will argue that the permutations of the NRL finals draw – which will have them hosting either North Queensland or South Sydney in week one – leaves Ocean Protect Stadium as their only viable home ground option, regardless of how many fans are locked out of the 15,000-capacity venue.
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[2026-08-31 11:40 UTC+10:00] [Property / News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: A family home in a premium Brisbane street sparked one of the nation’s biggest bidding battles at the weekend – selling for $3.05 million to a local mum supported by her son.
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[2026-08-31 11:30 UTC+10:00] [National / Victoria] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Pre-sold developments already under construction are facing fresh assessments by Melbourne Water after sweeping changes to flood mapping pushed the properties into flood zones.
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[2026-08-31 11:10 UTC+10:00] [National / WA] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Finals. It’s where footy fantasies are made and broken.
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[2026-08-31 11:04 UTC+10:00] [Victoria] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Inmates would take over ‘basic’ road maintenance duties, allowing skilled crews to focus on fixing 500,000 potholes
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[2026-08-31 10:44 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Leah Stewart was mauled by a shark at Sydney's Coogee Beach in June
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[2026-08-31 10:15 UTC+10:00] [Sport / NRL] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Hours after he hobbled from the field during Wests Tigers’ loss to North Queensland on Saturday night, Jarome Luai flew to Port Moresby to join good friend and PNG Prime Minister James Marape at a golf tournament.
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[2026-08-31 09:36 UTC+10:00] [Water] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Successful legal challenge raises questions about hundreds of floodplain harvesting licences issued by former Coalition government
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[2026-08-31 09:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Shark attack survivor Leah Stewart has spoken about her experience on 60 Minutes. (Supplied: Nine)
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