Topic: Labour & Workers — Neutral reports only
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[2026-06-19 01:42 UTC+10:00] [Liz Truss] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Ex-PM reveals Andy Burnham wants to return to Westminster to challenge Keir Starmer to become PM. Who knew?
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[2026-06-19 01:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: A health worker disinfects the area around a treatment center under construction at the General Hospital in Bunia, Congo, Monday, June 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Moses Sawasawa)
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[2026-06-19 01:33 UTC+10:00] [Housing] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Data shows that the increase in at-home living stems from high housing costs rather than labor market conditions
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[2026-06-19 01:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: On Wednesday night Britain's most notorious anti-Islam activist was hosted at the Oxford Union by a Palestinian student from Gaza who said she was upholding his right to free speech, before roundly defeating him in a debate on Islam.
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[2026-06-19 01:00 UTC+10:00] [Tax] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Do the concessions undermine the original objective of helping young Australians buy their own home? No
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[2026-06-19 00:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: On Wednesday night Britain's most notorious anti-Islam activist was hosted at the Oxford Union by a Palestinian student from Gaza who said she was upholding his right to free speech, before roundly defeating him in a debate on Islam.
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[2026-06-19 00:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.
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[2026-06-18 23:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.
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[2026-06-18 23:40 UTC+10:00] [Drug shortages] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: BRUSSELS — The European Parliament backed a conservative push Thursday to pause parts of the EU’s wastewater cleanup law, over fears that making drugmakers pay to remove micropollutants could fuel medicine shortages.
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[2026-06-18 23:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Scott Ritter is a former US Marine Corps intelligence officer and author of 'Disarmament in the Time of Perestroika: Arms Control and the End of the Soviet Union.' He served in the Soviet Union as an inspector implementing the INF Treaty, in General Schwarzkopf’s staff during the Gulf War, and from 1991-1998 as a UN weapons inspector.
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[2026-06-18 23:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy meets with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and European Council President Antonio Costa at the G7 summit in Evian-les-Bains, France, Tuesday, June 16, 2026. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)
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[2026-06-18 23:05 UTC+10:00] [World news] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: View image in fullscreenMoscow, RussiaBlack smoke rises from the Gazprom Neft oil refinery in Moscow after a drone attack by UkrainePhotograph: AFP/Getty ImagesShareView image in fullscreenVersailles, FranceDonald Trump receives a tour of the Château de Versailles from Emmanuel Macron after the conclusion of the G7 summit in ÉvianPhotograph: Anna Moneymaker/AFP/Getty ImagesShareView image in fullscreenWigan, UKA voter speaks to a police officer outside a polling station in Makerfield, Wigan, as voting gets under way in the byelection triggered by the Labour
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[2026-06-18 23:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: BOSTON, United States — They can mix cocktails, run marathons and fold laundry. But humanoid robots are still a long way from doing lots of different jobs on command, whatever the marketing says.
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[2026-06-18 23:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Peter Wilson also goes to the village where Xi Jinping spent years in hard labour during Cultural Revolution
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[2026-06-18 23:00 UTC+10:00] [Cultural Revolution] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Peter Wilson also goes to the village where Xi Jinping spent years in hard labour during Cultural Revolution
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[2026-06-18 22:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: A hiring sign is seen outside of a company in Wheeling, Ill., Monday, June 8, 2026. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)
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[2026-06-18 22:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: LONDON — A former London healthcare worker has been given a formal criminal caution, Britain's data watchdog said Wednesday, after Princess Catherine's private medical records were offered for sale.
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[2026-06-18 21:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Israel's foreign minister has launched an extraordinary attack on the European Union's top diplomat, accusing her of "acting obsessively and with blatant unfairness toward the State of Israel" and severing all ties with her.
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[2026-06-18 20:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: A GameStop shareholder has taken the company to court in an effort to delay a July vote on Ryan Cohen's proposed $35 billion pay package, arguing investors aren't getting the full story before being asked to approve it, according to Yahoo Finance.
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[2026-06-18 20:38 UTC+10:00] [Sport / Rugby Union] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Queensland enforcer Lukhan Salakaia-Loto is set to be a shock omission when Joe Schmidt names his final Wallabies squad on Friday morning.
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[2026-06-18 20:20 UTC+10:00] [Politics] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Andy Burnham hopes a successful byelection will mean he can encourage Keir Starmer to step aside as prime minister
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[2026-06-18 20:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: A sign advertises for help The Goldenrod, a popular restaurant and candy shop, Wednesday, June 1, 2022, in York Beach, Maine. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty, File)
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[2026-06-18 19:30 UTC+10:00] [Business / Companies] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Grill’d is facing worker demands to retract and apologise for a suggestive new advertising campaign that has been accused of sexualising women and putting female staff at risk of harassment.
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[2026-06-18 18:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Local Spain
Snippet: Cruise ship passengers that stay less than 12 hours in Barcelona or elsewhere in Catalonia will soon be forced to pay up to €30 in tourist taxes for their short visit, the Catalan Parliament has decided.
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[2026-06-18 17:55 UTC+10:00] [Business / Banking & finance] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Global banking giant HSBC has agreed to pay a $35 million penalty to settle a landmark court case after admitting members of its executive team knew the bank was failing to protect its customers from scam phone calls and did nothing about it.
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[2026-06-18 17:54 UTC+10:00] [BUSINESS] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The Japan Times
Snippet: The Group of Seven industrial nations this week pledged an ambitious target to diversify away from China, adding momentum to the European Union’s own push to counter a growing trade imbalance with the world’s biggest export engine.
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[2026-06-18 17:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Hello, this is Kenji in Tokyo, your host this week for the latest edition of #techAsia.
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[2026-06-18 17:49 UTC+10:00] [National / Victoria] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Deakin University has scrapped plans for a shake-up that would have put almost a third of its total workforce in doubt after a groundswell of opposition.
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[2026-06-18 17:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: An Israeli labor union warned Social Equality Minister May Golan (Likud) on Wednesday that her ministry’s reported decision to stop funding municipal LGBTQ+ coordinators could lead to layoffs and reduce services for vulnerable communities across the country.
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[2026-06-18 17:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: A meme criticised the fans who often avoid doing unpaid labour such as cleaning and childcare at home
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[2026-06-18 17:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: A meme criticised the fans who often avoid doing unpaid labour such as cleaning and childcare at home
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[2026-06-18 17:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: Several hundred protesters gathered in central Oxford on 17 June as far-right activist Tommy Robinson arrived to take part in a debate at the Oxford Union. Demonstrators assembled outside the historic debating society, carrying placards and chanting slogans against Robinson, whose real name is Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, as security kept watch around the venue.
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[2026-06-18 16:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Andy Burnham looks to return to Westminster via the Makerfield by-election, paving the way for a potential Labour leadership challenge
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[2026-06-18 16:58 UTC+10:00] [Andy Burnham] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Andy Burnham looks to return to Westminster via the Makerfield by-election, paving the way for a potential Labour leadership challenge
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[2026-06-18 16:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: The number of people starting new jobs has fallen to its lowest level in five years, according to new figures, as the number of vacancies continues to fall.
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[2026-06-18 16:40 UTC+10:00] [Pauline Hanson] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Union calls for journalists to stand with colleagues when they are targeted by politicians as Anthony Albanese says media organisations play ‘vital roles in our democracy’
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[2026-06-18 16:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: State Council plan also prioritises stabilisation of employment in labour-intensive industries
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[2026-06-18 16:02 UTC+10:00] [Chinese Academy of Social Sciences] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: State Council plan also prioritises stabilisation of employment in labour-intensive industries
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[2026-06-18 16:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Young people seek ‘the most perfect effect effortlessly’ for half the price they would pay for similar service at home
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[2026-06-18 16:00 UTC+10:00] [China] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Young people seek ‘the most perfect effect effortlessly’ for half the price they would pay for similar service at home
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[2026-06-18 16:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: The Alternative for Germany (AfD) continues to run away from its main rival, the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and its sister party, the Christian Socialist Union (CSU) in a new poll, which shows the AfD nine points ahead.
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[2026-06-18 15:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: The UK government is "urgently" reviewing a system used to keep young and vulnerable people safe after a BBC investigation revealed how a nursery worker arrested for downloading indecent images of children was able to get another childcare job.
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[2026-06-18 13:47 UTC+10:00] [National / WA] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Earthworks began on the Burswood peninsula for a controversial $217.5 million racetrack before Labor had even secured an agreement with the nation’s premier car racing organisation, a new report reveals.
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[2026-06-18 13:22 UTC+10:00] [Comment & Analysis] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Michael West Media
Snippet: Don't pay so you can read it. Pay so everyone can!
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[2026-06-18 13:18 UTC+10:00] [National] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Products & ServicesOpen Products & Services section
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[2026-06-18 12:28 UTC+10:00] [Australian politics] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Startups and testamentary trusts to receive carve outs after criticism of Labor’s CGT changes
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[2026-06-18 12:12 UTC+10:00] [Australian theatre] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Union Theatre, UMAC, MelbourneThe Ibsen and Gold Lion-winning company has brought back their most audacious play. The timing couldn’t be better – or more terrifying
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[2026-06-18 12:00 UTC+10:00] [Brexit] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: ASHTON-IN-MAKERFIELD, England — The future leadership of the British government will be shaped in the next 24 hours by just a few thousand voters living in a cluster of former mining communities who hate nothing more than getting stuck, as they often do, in a traffic jam.
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[2026-06-18 11:58 UTC+10:00] [Politics / Federal] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Labor’s contentious tax hikes on capital gains and trusts have been wound back, following a sustained attack on the measures and drops in the polls, as Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announces expanded exemptions for small businesses with a turnover of up to $10 million.
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[2026-06-18 11:30 UTC+10:00] [World / Europe] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: London: Britain’s data watchdog said on Wednesday a healthcare professional at the private hospital where Catherine, the Princess of Wales, had surgery in 2024 had tried to sell “highly sensitive personal information”, believed to be her medical records.
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