Topic: Australia — Neutral reports only
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[2026-05-21 19:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: As the superstar Australian approaches a historic milestone, the SCMP takes a look back at his rise in Hong Kong
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[2026-05-21 19:00 UTC+10:00] [Hong Kong] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: As the superstar Australian approaches a historic milestone, the SCMP takes a look back at his rise in Hong Kong
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[2026-05-21 19:00 UTC+10:00] [Politics / Victoria] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Victorian Labor members will press the Allan government to permanently waive public transport fares, fully fund public schools and scrap council rate caps at the party’s final state conference before moving into election mode.
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[2026-05-21 18:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Thu 21 May 2026 at 6:42pm
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[2026-05-21 18:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Thu 21 May 2026 at 6:37pm
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[2026-05-21 18:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Sexual Offences
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[2026-05-21 18:25 UTC+10:00] [National] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Products & ServicesOpen Products & Services section
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[2026-05-21 18:16 UTC+10:00] [National / Victoria] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Former Melbourne Rebels president Paul Docherty never expected rugby’s governing body to take over the financially troubled club until it had reduced its debts, a court has heard.
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[2026-05-21 18:07 UTC+10:00] [National / Victoria] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Products & ServicesOpen Products & Services section
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[2026-05-21 17:47 UTC+10:00] [National / Victoria] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: When Natasha Tualau walked into a clinic owned by one of Australia’s largest cosmetic dental chains, she claims she was looking for a simple fix for a discoloured front tooth.
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[2026-05-21 17:40 UTC+10:00] [National / WA] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: CCTC cameras have captured the moment a truck was split in two by a train after it failed to clear a railway crossing in Guildford in Perth’s east on Wednesday.
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[2026-05-21 17:21 UTC+10:00] [National / WA] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Conservation groups have lined up to give Premier Roger Cook brickbats after he remarked that WA could be forced to start fracking the Kimberley region if Woodside’s Browse gas project was not developed.
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[2026-05-21 17:20 UTC+10:00] [National / WA] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Federal Treasurer Jim Chalmers has acknowledged growing concerns that changes to capital gains tax could impact Western Australia’s mining industry – particularly mineral exploration, which has been labelled as the nation’s “original startup”.
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[2026-05-21 17:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:State and Territory Government
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[2026-05-21 17:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Thu 21 May 2026 at 5:04pm
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[2026-05-21 16:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: An Australian man was arrested on Wednesday for the theft of Bondi Beach massacre victim and event photographer Peter Meagher’s camera in the aftermath of the attack, the New South Wales Police announced on Thursday.
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[2026-05-21 16:31 UTC+10:00] [National] [Factuality: 100]
Source: 9News
Snippet: The federal health minister has thrown millions of dollars at trying to get the worst outbreak of diphtheria in Australia's recorded history under control.Mark Butler confirmed there have been 230 cases of the rare bacterial disease reported so far this year, with about 60 per cent being in the Northern Territory and the remaining in Western Australia, South Australia and Queensland.Almost half of the cases are occurring in adults aged between 25 and 44.
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[2026-05-21 16:31 UTC+10:00] [National] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Products & ServicesOpen Products & Services section
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[2026-05-21 16:29 UTC+10:00] [National / Victoria] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Journalists from The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald have been named among the finalists for the nation’s most prestigious journalism awards.
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[2026-05-21 16:12 UTC+10:00] [Business / Workplace] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: A Sydney mother has beaten back an attempt to force her into the office twice a week, after the Fair Work Commission ruled she was allowed her to work from home all but one day a fortnight, when she is allowed to arrive late to let her drop her children at school.
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[2026-05-21 16:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Thu 21 May 2026 at 4:07pm
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[2026-05-21 16:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Public Transport
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[2026-05-21 15:55 UTC+10:00] [National / NSW] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: The financial crimes watchdog has ordered the state’s second most profitable club to appoint an external auditor to assess whether it has left itself open to criminal infiltration, as it broadens its crackdown on money laundering in suburban clubs.
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[2026-05-21 15:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Scams and Fraud
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[2026-05-21 15:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Scams and Fraud
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[2026-05-21 15:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Local Government
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[2026-05-21 15:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Melbourne's Avalon Airport was partially shut down for several hours on Thursday after a laser hair removal device and a hot chocolate container sparked a bomb scare.
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[2026-05-21 15:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Thu 21 May 2026 at 3:34pm
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[2026-05-21 15:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Electric Vehicles
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[2026-05-21 15:31 UTC+10:00] [Culture / Art & design] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: It arose out of a need for a short-cut across the narrow peninsula that straddled The Rocks and Millers Point.
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[2026-05-21 15:30 UTC+10:00] [Giro d'Italia] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Ben O’Connor, Jai Hindley, Michael Storer and Chris Harper are flying the flag with hopes for an overall podium finish, or even a grander prize
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[2026-05-21 15:30 UTC+10:00] [Sport] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Commonwealth Sport officials are confident the 2026 Games in Glasgow can succeed with an Australian audience despite Victoria’s abandonment of the Games costing state taxpayers $200 million and forcing event organisers to halve the number of sports on offer.
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[2026-05-21 15:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Thu 21 May 2026 at 3:26pm
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[2026-05-21 15:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Scientific Organisations
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[2026-05-21 15:11 UTC+10:00] [National / NSW] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Junior doctors at a Sydney hospital are furious after receiving a memo from their bosses that they characterise as a thinly veiled threat to their careers, and the suggestion that they’re not tough enough to work in the state’s healthcare system.
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[2026-05-21 15:04 UTC+10:00] [National / NSW] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Almost two months before he was shot dead in Sydney’s south-west in 2023, Marvin Oraiha was kidnapped and held for ransom, police allege.
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[2026-05-21 14:58 UTC+10:00] [National / NSW] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Former City of Parramatta chief executive Gail Connolly was investigated by the local government watchdog in 2024 over allegations of misconduct and had council staff use their personal email addresses to co-ordinate a response to the probe, the ICAC has heard.
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[2026-05-21 14:49 UTC+10:00] [World / Middle East] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Newcastle mother Joanne Jaworowski was informed by this masthead this morning that consular officials from Australia’s Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade will be visiting her son, who is detained in Israel, for a welfare check today.
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[2026-05-21 14:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Alzheimer's and Dementia
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[2026-05-21 14:32 UTC+10:00] [National] [Factuality: 90]
Source: 9News
Snippet: Auto news: Will Australians spend over $100,000 on a Chinese car?
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[2026-05-21 14:15 UTC+10:00] [Queensland politics] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Mander has been under intensifying political pressure over the enrolment claims and revelations over his relationship with a fellow minister
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[2026-05-21 14:12 UTC+10:00] [National / Victoria] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: A teenage boy accused of attempting to hijack a Jetstar aircraft stopped off at Hungry Jack’s shortly before sneaking onto a plane wearing a high-vis disguise and carrying a bag containing weapons and a teddy bear.
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[2026-05-21 14:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Road Accidents and Incidents
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[2026-05-21 14:02 UTC+10:00] [Business / Companies] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Fresh off a string of high-grade drill hits and stellar metallurgical results, Advance Metals has moved to consolidate its ownership of the high-grade Myrtleford and Beaufort gold projects in Victoria’s goldfields.
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[2026-05-21 13:55 UTC+10:00] [Sport / AFL] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Collingwood coach Craig McRae and his Sydney counterpart Dean Cox have expressed opposing views about bench etiquette after McCrae’s in-game comment to Swans ruckman Brodie Grundy.
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[2026-05-21 13:51 UTC+10:00] [Australian immigration and asylum] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: The idea that Australia is being mobbed by selfish foreigners is both entirely untrue and impossible
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[2026-05-21 13:50 UTC+10:00] [Unemployment] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Surprise rise in jobless rate will give Reserve Bank more reason to delay another interest rate hike at June meeting
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[2026-05-21 13:50 UTC+10:00] [Technology] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Australian eSafety legal notice issued to US-based company for failing to provide information on how it was tackling online child abuse material
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[2026-05-21 13:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Thu 21 May 2026 at 1:16pm
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[2026-05-21 13:07 UTC+10:00] [National / Victoria] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Bar owners targeted in a spate of firebombings across Melbourne have begun receiving extortion demands for $10,000 a month as the city’s so-called bar wars continue to rage.
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