Topic: Labour & Workers — Neutral reports only
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[2026-08-12 18:02 UTC+10:00] [Politics / Federal] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Liberal frontbencher Andrew Bragg has challenged his struggling party to capture voters’ attention by slashing taxes, overhauling the GST, and taking on the Trump administration by forcing tech giants to pay local taxes, criticising his own party for contributing to Australia’s economic malaise.
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[2026-08-12 18:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: A new dawn has arrived in Britain. Andy Burnham has replaced Keir Starmer as prime minister. The Labour Party has arrested its seemingly irreversible slump, having learned its lessons, and is ready to resume governing, while addressing the concerns of ordinary people. Faith in politics has been restored.
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[2026-08-12 18:00 UTC+10:00] [Technology] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Robyn Denholm was keeping the books and pumping petrol at her parents’ Milperra service station in Sydney’s south-west before she was 10. Today, the Australian chartered accountant sits between Elon Musk and the largest pay packet in corporate history.
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[2026-08-12 18:00 UTC+10:00] [Business / Workplace] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Food and on-demand delivery drivers in the gig economy will now have a legally enforced minimum wage of $31.30 per hour, after the Fair Work Commission approved a landmark safety net for hundreds of thousands of workers.
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[2026-08-12 17:10 UTC+10:00] [What's the scam?] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Michael West Media
Snippet: Don't pay so you can read it. Pay so everyone can!
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[2026-08-12 16:00 UTC+10:00] [Film] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: A sex worker and a call centre employee forge an ambiguous relationship in a film of strong feelings
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[2026-08-12 15:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Aug. 12 (Yonhap) -- The Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld a lower court ruling ordering Japanese steelmaker Nippon Steel Corp. to pay compensation to the family of a late South Korean forced into labor during Japan's 1910-1945 colonial rule of Korea.
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[2026-08-12 15:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Syrians in the city of Deraa, where the 2011 uprising began, celebrated after a court sentenced Bashar Al Assad to death in absentia. Damascus also sentences his brother Maher, security official Atif Najib and other officials on charges of murder and torture.
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[2026-08-12 15:21 UTC+10:00] [Sport / Rugby Union] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Products & ServicesOpen Products & Services section
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[2026-08-12 15:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Parts of northern Hong Kong including Yuen Long and Ta Kwu Ling surpass 35 degrees before noon
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[2026-08-12 15:08 UTC+10:00] [Observatory] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Parts of northern Hong Kong including Yuen Long and Ta Kwu Ling surpass 35 degrees before noon
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[2026-08-12 14:51 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Hyundai Motor's labor union ramped up pressure on the automaker Wednesday by launching a fourth round of partial strikes, raising concerns that prolonged labor disruptions could undermine the automaker’s efforts to revive domestic sales with new models in the second half of the year.
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[2026-08-12 14:47 UTC+10:00] [Sport / Rugby Union] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: The Wallabies have paid tribute to former Australian rugby and Balmain Tigers star Brian Smith, who has passed away at the age of 59.
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[2026-08-12 14:43 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: The US Federal Bureau of Investigation has found a North Korean IT worker working remotely for a US federal agency, in another case highlighting the growing reach of Pyongyang’s overseas IT worker scheme.
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[2026-08-12 14:12 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Myanmar worker’s payroll records raise questions over extreme hours and labor conditions at major rail project site
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[2026-08-12 14:00 UTC+10:00] [Global development] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Struggling on her meagre pay, Faten Ben Omar El Azizi dreamed of reaching Europe. Then she joined thousands trying to reach a better life in Spain
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[2026-08-12 12:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Aug. 12 (Yonhap) -- The Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld a lower court ruling that ordered the Seoul city government to pay usage fees to the national railway authority for a public park built over a railroad.
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[2026-08-12 12:21 UTC+10:00] [Business / The economy] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Australia’s biggest aluminium smelter is set to receive a major bailout package following long-running crisis negotiations with the federal and NSW governments over ways to keep the plant open and safeguard more than 1000 jobs.
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[2026-08-12 12:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: (ATTN: UPDATES throughout with details)
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[2026-08-12 12:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Agricultural Workers
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[2026-08-12 11:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.
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[2026-08-12 11:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Aug. 12 (Yonhap) -- The Supreme Court on Wednesday ordered Samsung Securities Co. to pay the National Pension Service (NPS) 1.86 billion won (US$1.3 million) in damages over a 2018 dividend error by an accidental stock issuance.
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[2026-08-12 11:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Aug. 12 (Yonhap) -- Unionized workers at SK hynix Inc. are close to launching an integrated labor union with the goal of securing more than half of the company's employees to become a majority union, industry sources said Wednesday.
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[2026-08-12 11:25 UTC+10:00] [Politics / Federal] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: The Coalition will work with One Nation on a legally questionable attempt to ban Australian citizens linked to overseas terrorist groups from returning, as Labor sledges the parties’ cooperation on a bill they say is constitutionally unviable.
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[2026-08-12 11:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: Facebook X More Pinterest Linked in Tumblr Reddit Facebook Messenger Copy URL URL is copied. OK
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[2026-08-12 10:42 UTC+10:00] [Sport / Rugby Union] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Products & ServicesOpen Products & Services section
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[2026-08-12 10:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Last Friday's dismal jobs report (where 23K jobs were lost) had a silver lining: the unemployment rate dropped to 4.1%, the lowest since June 2025, dinging expectations that the AI revolution would lead to a spike in unemployment. There was just one problem: unemployment dropped not because more people found a job, but because the labor force shrank by a whopping 264K, and down more than 2 million since the start of the year.
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[2026-08-12 10:22 UTC+10:00] [Rugby union] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Nonu on Sharks bench after signing for South African side last week
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[2026-08-12 10:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Federal Government
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[2026-08-12 10:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: (ATTN: ADDS details in paras 6, 14, 16-17, last 2 paras, new photo)By Kang Yoon-seung
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[2026-08-12 10:00 UTC+10:00] [Australia] [Factuality: 100]
Source: SBS News
Snippet: Published 12 August 2026 1:09pm
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[2026-08-12 09:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: (ATTN: ADDS details from 7th para)By Kang Yoon-seung
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[2026-08-12 09:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Former All Blacks star Ma'a Nonu (centre) performed the haka against New Zealand while representing the Sharks. (Sky Sports)
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[2026-08-12 09:07 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: South Korea added 108,000 jobs in July from a year earlier, government data showed Wednesday, marking the second consecutive month of gains, while manufacturing employment continued to remain weak.
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[2026-08-12 09:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Aug. 12 (Yonhap) -- South Korea added 108,000 jobs in July from a year earlier, government data showed Wednesday, marking the second consecutive month of gains, while manufacturing employment continued to remain weak.
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[2026-08-12 09:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: Facebook X More Pinterest Linked in Tumblr Reddit Facebook Messenger Copy URL URL is copied. OK
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[2026-08-12 08:55 UTC+10:00] [Sport / Rugby Union] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: The Wallabies backline is set for a shake-up for the rematch against Japan in Townsville, with Joseph-Aukuso Suaalii ruled out with another hamstring injury and Carter Gordon poised to return at five-eighth.
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[2026-08-12 08:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: A Maryland woman has agreed to pay the U.S. government $160,000 to resolve civil allegations that she submitted false claims for payment, following her earlier criminal conviction for defrauding a nonprofit that received USAID funding.
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[2026-08-12 08:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: The EU is pumping €90 billion ($105 billion) into Ukraine without knowing how the burden of the interest-free loan will be distributed among member states, German MEP Fabio De Masi told the Berliner Zeitung, warning that the money will enrich “corrupt oligarchs” in Ukraine.
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[2026-08-12 08:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: The EU is pumping €90 billion ($105 billion) into Ukraine without knowing how the burden of the interest-free loan will be distributed among member states, German MEP Fabio De Masi told the Berliner Zeitung, warning that the money will enrich “corrupt oligarchs” in Ukraine.
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[2026-08-12 07:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Andrea Lucas, nominee to be a member of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, testifies during a Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee hearing, June 18, 2025, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib, File)
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[2026-08-12 06:50 UTC+10:00] [Government] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Michael West Media
Snippet: Don't pay so you can read it. Pay so everyone can!
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[2026-08-12 06:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.
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[2026-08-12 06:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: The City of Yarra has voted to put an affordable housing project at Collingwood Town Hall on hold. (ABC News)
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[2026-08-12 05:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.
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[2026-08-12 05:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: ERROR 404 page not found Click here to go to the home page
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[2026-08-12 05:01 UTC+10:00] [Money / Super & retirement] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The Age
Snippet: When compulsory super was introduced by the Keating Labor government in 1992, few predicted the extraordinary growth of total superannuation savings to the nearly $5 trillion it represents today.
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[2026-08-12 05:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Opposition Leader Angus Taylor has met with Prime Minister Anthony Albanese for a second time to discuss proposed gambling legislation reforms. (ABC News: Ian Cutmore)
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[2026-08-12 05:00 UTC+10:00] [Property / News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Despite a decline in home values, households who have been searching for a house to buy this year will still need a pay rise just to keep up.
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[2026-08-12 04:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: WASHINGTON, Aug. 11 (Yonhap) -- The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is investigating how a North Korean remote information technology (IT) worker got a job at a U.S. federal agency, a report said Tuesday, underscoring the growing risks posed by Pyongyang's IT worker scheme to the U.S. government sector.
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