Topic: Labour & Workers — Neutral reports only
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[2026-08-03 11:56 UTC+10:00] [Politics / NSW] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The Age
Snippet: A key member of the right-wing religious group the Reformers moaned that Robert Assaf was paid a $135,000 salary at Catholic Schools NSW to do factional Liberal Party work, text messages shown to a corruption hearing have revealed.
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[2026-08-03 11:17 UTC+10:00] [Business] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Rappler
Snippet: Already have Rappler+? Sign in to listen to groundbreaking journalism.
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[2026-08-03 11:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Federal Government
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[2026-08-03 08:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:State of Origin
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[2026-08-03 07:20 UTC+10:00] [Australia news] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Fuel excise cut, which was imposed after outbreak of Iran conflict, ended at midnight on Monday. Follow today’s news live
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[2026-08-03 06:37 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: South Korea’s government has recently raised its economic growth forecast for this year sharply to 3 percent from 2 percent, citing booming semiconductor exports and the effects of an earlier supplementary budget. If realized, the economy would record its strongest annual expansion since the post-COVID-19 pandemic rebound in 2021, when gross domestic product grew by 4.7 percent.
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[2026-08-03 06:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Mon 3 Aug 2026 at 6:30am
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[2026-08-03 06:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Government and Politics
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[2026-08-03 06:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Yamato Transport promises high pay and lots of benefits regardless of experience, gender, or education in the critically understaffed transport sector. (Photo by Mike Birt)
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[2026-08-03 05:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — Sen. Erwin Tulfo on Sunday urged electric companies to cooperate in removing system loss charges from the electric bills, saying that it is unfair to make consumers pay for electricity they never used.
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[2026-08-03 05:00 UTC+10:00] [National / NSW] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: There will be up to twice the number of planned homes in Parramatta’s CBD over the next two decades under the state government’s “ad hoc” housing shortlist process, prompting the council to warn Sydney’s second CBD will end up squeezed for commercial space and miss out on jobs.
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[2026-08-03 05:00 UTC+10:00] [Sport / Rugby Union] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: It is now a common occurrence: the Wallabies running out for a Test match and finding one or two Australian-raised players in the opposing team.
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[2026-08-03 04:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: It is early morning and children as young as 10 are already at work.
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[2026-08-03 04:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Most of the 60,000 migrants who swam, scrambled and later charged into the tiny Spanish enclave of Ceuta in North Africa this week had walked back to Morocco by Sunday, officials said.
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[2026-08-03 03:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Cellphone footage captures people running away from an In-N-Out restaurant in Twin Falls, Idaho, during a shooting. Authorities in southern Idaho say a shooting resulted in multiple people dead and others injured.
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[2026-08-03 02:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: NEW YORK — Here he goes again. US President Donald Trump is increasing and decreasing tariffs willy-nilly, violating international agreements that he himself signed and almost surely violating federal law. The only difference this time is that he has a new pretext for abusing tariffs: stopping forced labor.
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[2026-08-02 23:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.
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[2026-08-02 22:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: The European Union has called an emergency meeting after about 60,000 migrants entered Spain’s North African territory of Ceuta over a few days.
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[2026-08-02 22:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: London Mayor Sadiq Khan has been reported to a standards watchdog following his recent public remarks concerning Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
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[2026-08-02 22:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Parched fields and meadows in Finedon, Northamptonshire
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[2026-08-02 19:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.
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[2026-08-02 19:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: In journalism, war correspondents are often seen as having the most exciting jobs. They get to cover the literally explosive news events on the frontlines of combat, as well as behind the scenes.
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[2026-08-02 15:33 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: SK hynix, whose profit-linked bonus formula helped trigger similar demands across South Korean industry, is now testing whether mandatory stock compensation could become the next model to spread.
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[2026-08-02 15:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: India's youth unemployment crisis has become one of the biggest vulnerabilities for Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government, exposing the gap between the country's economic ambitions and the reality facing millions of young graduates.
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[2026-08-02 12:54 UTC+10:00] [National / WA] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: The state government has announced it will build and open a new train station in Perth’s outer suburbs as it fights to keep its hold on Secret Harbour ahead of the upcoming byelection.
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[2026-08-02 12:39 UTC+10:00] [National / NSW] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Age
Snippet: NSW Premier Chris Minns has waved away any benefits Labor may gain from the week’s explosive ICAC revelations into dealings within the NSW Liberal Party.
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[2026-08-02 11:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Ezekiel Alladoh scored the winner in the 97th minute, one minute after Neil Pierre equalized the match, as the Philadelphia Union rallied from two goals down to beat Atlanta United 3-2 on Saturday in stoppage time.
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[2026-08-02 11:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: ‘Poverty is a mindset, not a status,’ resonates as a powerful mantra often heard echoing through the FQ training camps
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[2026-08-02 11:54 UTC+10:00] [China] [Factuality: 95]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: ‘Poverty is a mindset, not a status,’ resonates as a powerful mantra often heard echoing through the FQ training camps
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[2026-08-02 10:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:State and Territory Government
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[2026-08-02 09:31 UTC+10:00] [Australia news] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Meanwhile, cut to fuel excise to due end at midnight. Follow updates
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[2026-08-02 09:30 UTC+10:00] [Sport / Rugby Union] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Ryan Lonergan doesn’t mind chipping away on a long-term project. Take the 1974 HQ Holden gathering dust in a shed on the family farm in Williamsdale, south of Canberra.
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[2026-08-02 08:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: A new survey by Israeli recruiting firm GotFriends, seen by Globes, reports that while many tech companies continue to reduce employees and slow hiring, as part of streamlining adjustments for AI adoption, defense-tech startups are aggressively expanding their workforce. The number of new jobs in the defense-tech industry increased 20% in 2026 compared with the same period last year, and wages are climbing by about 8%.
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[2026-08-02 08:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.
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[2026-08-02 07:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Sun 2 Aug 2026 at 7:00am
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[2026-08-02 06:39 UTC+10:00] [California] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Gavin Newsom says new pay floor of $17.40, set to become highest of any US state, will go into effect on 1 January
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[2026-08-02 06:00 UTC+10:00] [Health] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Labor’s national conference voted to repeal the ban but the PM fears it could undermine medical safeguards. We look at the debate shaping up
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[2026-08-02 04:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: LONDON (AP) — Brentford has paid a club-record fee to sign Mamadou Sangaré from Lens, the Premier League club said on Saturday.
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[2026-08-02 03:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Authored by Ken Buck via The Epoch Times,
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[2026-08-02 03:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: This was one of those nights. One of the “Steph Curry-esque-type shooting performances,” as Mark Byington called it, when each time the ball left Tyler Nickel’s hand, the Vanderbilt head coach sensed it was going in. He hit eight 3s for the Commodores during their Dec. 21 win over Wake Forest, including three in the first four minutes and six by halftime.
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[2026-08-02 02:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: PRESIDENT Ferdinand Marcos Jr. made the Pax Silica hub the centerpiece of his artificial intelligence (AI) pitch on Monday. He did not say who would govern its data. In his fifth State of the Nation Address (SONA), he called it an ecosystem “that will have AI at its core,” one that would bring quality jobs and revitalize the economy, and placed it within the Luzon Economic Corridor.
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[2026-08-02 02:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: THE apparent highlight of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s State of the Nation Address (SONA) last Monday, July 27, was his directive to Congress to eliminate the system loss charge and the value-added tax (VAT) levied on it from consumer electric bills. As I explained in part 1 of this column on Thursday (July 30), removing the VAT is relatively easy, and there are already bills in Congress that intend to do exactly that.
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[2026-08-02 01:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: English Premier League club beaten following 1-1 draw at Kai Tak Stadium as new boss begins reign
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[2026-08-02 01:15 UTC+10:00] [Nicolo Barella] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: English Premier League club beaten following 1-1 draw at Kai Tak Stadium as new boss begins reign
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[2026-08-02 01:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.
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[2026-08-02 00:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Local Spain
Snippet: The European Union will from Sunday have the power to enforce landmark artificial intelligence rules and hit any companies breaking the law with fines.
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[2026-08-01 23:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Western Union CFO Matt Cagwin quietly acknowledged in yesterday’s earnings call that fewer border crossings under the Trump admin are chipping away at the remittance behemoth’s profits:
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[2026-08-01 22:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Local Spain
Snippet: Three wildfires that broke out within days of each other in Spain and France this month are among the 15 largest recorded in the European Union since 2016.
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[2026-08-01 19:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: France and Italy bolstered border controls on Saturday after about 60,000 people crossed into Spain's enclave in North Africa, sparking one of the largest migrant crises for the European Union in recent years.
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[2026-08-01 19:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: The consistent message of the opinion polls since the new prime minister walked into Downing Street almost a fortnight ago is that Labour is enjoying a "Burnham bounce". And this has now been confirmed by the party's convincing victory in Thursday's Greater Manchester Mayoral by-election.
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