Topic: Australia — Neutral reports only
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[2026-05-25 20:01 UTC+10:00] [National / Queensland] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Welcome to Brisbane Times’ Queensland public sector column, Public Circus. This week: a funding funeral march, who wants to be an Ombudsman heir, the teacher helming a new political party, and more.
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[2026-05-25 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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[2026-05-25 19:49 UTC+10:00] [National / Victoria] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: It was the same courtroom, same day and same coroner, but there were huge differences between the twin coronial hearings for murdered police officers Neal Thompson and Vadim de Waart-Hottart and, later, that of their killer Dezi Freeman.
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[2026-05-25 19:45 UTC+10:00] [National] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Products & ServicesOpen Products & Services section
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[2026-05-25 19:41 UTC+10:00] [National] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Products & ServicesOpen Products & Services section
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[2026-05-25 19:39 UTC+10:00] [Sport / Tennis] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: It is the appointment that took the Australian tennis community by surprise.
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[2026-05-25 19:34 UTC+10:00] [National] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Products & ServicesOpen Products & Services section
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[2026-05-25 19:30 UTC+10:00] [National / NSW] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Age
Snippet: May 25, 2026 — 7:30pm
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[2026-05-25 19:30 UTC+10:00] [National / NSW] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Three-hour HSC exams should be substantially shortened, education leaders have said, because making students sit up to 15 hours of tests is unnecessary and may be hindering their academic performance.
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[2026-05-25 19:30 UTC+10:00] [Sport / NRL] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Canberra coach Ricky Stuart famously – and correctly – predicted Ethan Strange would be picked for Australia’s Ashes’ tour of England at the end of last year.
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[2026-05-25 19:28 UTC+10:00] [National / WA] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: West Australian exporters could be forced to lift the amount of gas kept in reserve for the domestic market under a new framework set out by the federal government.
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[2026-05-25 19:23 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 90]
Source: 9News
Snippet: Auto news: Will Australians spend over $100,000 on a Chinese car?
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[2026-05-25 19:12 UTC+10:00] [Gaza] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Activists detained by Israel after attempting to deliver aid to Gaza as part of Global Sumud Flotilla arrive in Australia
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[2026-05-25 18:51 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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[2026-05-25 18:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Electricity Production and Distribution
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[2026-05-25 18:51 UTC+10:00] [National] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Products & ServicesOpen Products & Services section
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[2026-05-25 18:40 UTC+10:00] [National / Victoria] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Eleven of the biggest infrastructure projects in Victoria – including the multibillion-dollar Suburban Rail Loop and North East Link – are now the subject of 56 separate allegations of fraud, corruption, theft and criminal behaviour after a rise in reports of suspect conduct.
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[2026-05-25 18:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Mon 25 May 2026 at 6:29pm
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[2026-05-25 18:28 UTC+10:00] [National / Victoria] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: As Detective Leading Senior Constable Neal Thompson lay unmoving inside the converted bus that was Dezi Freeman’s home in regional Victoria, one of his eight colleagues who was sheltering behind nearby sheds and cars yelled out to his friend: “Can you hear us, Thomo?”
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[2026-05-25 18:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Antisemitism in Australia was left unchecked after the October 2023 outbreak of the Israel-Hamas war, fueling violence against Jewish people, the country's spy chief told an inquiry into the Bondi Beach mass shooting on Monday.
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[2026-05-25 18:14 UTC+10:00] [National / NSW] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Age
Snippet: A senior City of Parramatta staff member has admitted to helping three friends secure jobs at the council through a “charade” application process that involved rewriting CVs, sending interview questions in advance, scripting answers, and giving examples of draft tasks.
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[2026-05-25 18:05 UTC+10:00] [National / NSW] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: For some time, the two sporting streams in which Peter V’landys swims have delivered radically divergent fortunes.
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[2026-05-25 18:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: National Rugby League CEO Andrew Abdo speaks about his resignation in Sydney, Australia, Monday, May 25, 2026. (Robbie Stephenson/AAP Image via AP)
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[2026-05-25 17:52 UTC+10:00] [National / NSW] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: NSW Police did no risk assessment of the Chanukah By The Sea festival and refused entreaties to post officers at Bondi Beach during the event, even after a Jewish security group warned an attack was “likely”, the royal commission on antisemitism has heard.
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[2026-05-25 17:50 UTC+10:00] [National / NSW] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Two men have been arrested over the assassination of Sydney organised crime figure Lorenzo Laemalu gunned down outside a restaurant in Vietnam.
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[2026-05-25 17:47 UTC+10:00] [National] [Factuality: 100]
Source: 9News
Snippet: A mass power shutdown across Melbourne's CBD triggered by a burst water main has caused peak-hour chaos in the heart of the city.Around 10,000 customers in the city's south-east were impacted and dozens of traffic lights in the area went dark after the water flooded a carpark on Little Collins Street, a Citipower spokesperson has confirmed.The water entered a substation in the basement, resulting in the power being cut in the CBD for safety reasons.NATIONAL: 'Surprise attack': Bondi probe hears
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[2026-05-25 17:47 UTC+10:00] [National] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Products & ServicesOpen Products & Services section
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[2026-05-25 17:43 UTC+10:00] [Birds] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: The feathered friend was recorded in half of the 153,000 surveys in BirdLife Australia’s Aussie Bird Count
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[2026-05-25 17:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Federal Government
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[2026-05-25 17:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.
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[2026-05-25 17:05 UTC+10:00] [Politics / Federal] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Australia will spend nearly $150 million on Climate Change Minister Chris Bowen’s side role as president of negotiations at the United Nations’ next climate conference, as well as on supporting Pacific nations to participate in the global event.
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[2026-05-25 16:55 UTC+10:00] [National] [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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[2026-05-25 16:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Mon 25 May 2026 at 4:52pm
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[2026-05-25 16:51 UTC+10:00] [National] [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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[2026-05-25 16:44 UTC+10:00] [Australian politics] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Labor’s pre-election promise of a $1,000 standard tax deduction and $250 ‘working Australians tax offset’ will be included in the draft laws
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[2026-05-25 16:44 UTC+10:00] [National / Queensland] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: A jury will visit the expansive rural home where a former Royal Australian Air Force pilot allegedly killed his wife and staged it to look like a lawnmower accident, a court has heard.
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[2026-05-25 16:30 UTC+10:00] [National Anti-Corruption Commission] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Brereton says ‘ongoing focus on matters relating to me personally’ were ‘drawing attention away from the commission’s core purpose’
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[2026-05-25 16:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Mon 25 May 2026 at 4:09pm
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[2026-05-25 16:06 UTC+10:00] [Business / Consumer affairs] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Australia faces a race against time to avoid another fuel price shock, as analysts watch to see if the latest breakthrough to end the Iran war can deliver cuts to the cost of oil before the Albanese government’s 26¢ excise relief expires at the end of June.
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[2026-05-25 16:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Mon 25 May 2026 at 4:02pm
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[2026-05-25 15:53 UTC+10:00] [Politics / Federal] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Australia’s anti-corruption watchdog has been thrown into turmoil after the resignation of its founding commissioner, ending a contentious opening chapter for the integrity body ahead of a looming review of its performance.
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[2026-05-25 15:45 UTC+10:00] [National / Victoria] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Victorians with a gun licence will not be restricted on how many weapons they own after the Allan government rejected a key recommendation from a former police chief commissioner as part of a review into the state’s firearms laws.
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[2026-05-25 15:41 UTC+10:00] [Politics / NSW] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Labor councillors in Chris Minns’ electorate of Kogarah have urged the state government to do more to address the billions spent on pokies each year by introducing mandatory cashless gaming and stronger caps on the number of machines.
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[2026-05-25 15:35 UTC+10:00] [Australian politics] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: From blocking freedom of information requests to tabling documents when no one is looking, promises of an upfront approach to power are in rough shape
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[2026-05-25 15:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: People attend a ceremony to mark the National Day of Reflection for victims and survivors, at Bondi Beach in Sydney, Sunday, Dec. 21, 2025, following the Bondi shooting on Dec. 14. (AP Photo/Mark Baker,File)
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[2026-05-25 15:26 UTC+10:00] [Sport / AFL] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Neale Daniher, the champion VFL footballer who coached Melbourne and became the courageous figurehead of the battle against motor neurone disease, has died.
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[2026-05-25 15:21 UTC+10:00] [National / WA] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: The runner who died during the HBF Run for a Reason event in the Perth CBD on Sunday has been identified as father-of-two Luke Prehn.
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[2026-05-25 15:20 UTC+10:00] [Culture] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Thousands of drones lit up the sky in a choreographed performance of light and sound at this year's Vivid Sydney festival. The spectacle marks Vivid's first drone show in two years after fears of a crowd crush in 2024 saw drones briefly axed from the program. Titled Star-Bound, the drone show runs every Sunday to Wednesday at 7.30pm and 9.30pm above Darling Harbour during the festival.
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[2026-05-25 15:12 UTC+10:00] [National / NSW] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Although Joanne Teterin was mixing with some of Newcastle’s shadier characters in 2000, she had a strict system in place. Anyone looking to score drugs from the 37-year-old was to call ahead of time and announce their planned visit; there were to be no surprise call-ins.
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[2026-05-25 15:06 UTC+10:00] [Politics / Federal] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has addressed public calls for a meeting from Australian activists who say they were abused and mistreated while in Israeli custody after their Gaza-bound flotilla was intercepted in international waters last week.
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