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ABC News Top Stories delivers the biggest breaking news and headlines from Australia and around the world, updated throughout the day.
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Oct 05, 2026 |
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Cockpit doors keep threats out, but what if the threat is within?
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Oct 05, 2026 |
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Could Democrats take control of US Congress next month?
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Oct 04, 2026 |
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What we know about the flydubai pilot and his Australian links
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Oct 04, 2026 |
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How Newcastle united amid elation and heartbreak
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Oct 04, 2026 |
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Which insect wins your vote for Australian Insect of the Year?
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Oct 02, 2026 |
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Why death row inmate Christa Pike didn't die after two shots of a lethal drug
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Oct 02, 2026 |
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Former minister revealed as co-founder of offshore casino
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Oct 02, 2026 |
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What we know about the flydubai attempted hijacking
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Oct 01, 2026 |
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What’s to gain from getting it right with data centres?
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Oct 01, 2026 |
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Why businesses are angry over the ATO ban on credit card payments
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Oct 01, 2026 |
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How did US inmate Christa Pike survive two 'lethal' injections?
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Oct 01, 2026 |
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Is it time for an e-bike crackdown?
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Oct 01, 2026 |
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How much further could house prices fall?
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Oct 01, 2026 |
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What we know about the mid-air incident on a flight to Israel
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Oct 01, 2026 |
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Why an NRL Grand Final means so much for Newcastle
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Sep 30, 2026 |
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What new inflation data means for the next RBA rate decision
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Sep 30, 2026 |
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Trump's pact with 'super intelligence' leaders to self-police AI
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Sep 30, 2026 |
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How Manchester City was found guilty of football's 'biggest scandal'
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Sep 30, 2026 |
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Was Netanyahu warned about the October 7 attack?
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Sep 29, 2026 |
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Could the RBA's rate hikes tip Australia into recession?
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Sep 29, 2026 |
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Should OpenAI have to report an AI hack the moment it happens?
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Sep 29, 2026 |
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What do we know about the RAF Fairford incident in the UK?
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Sep 28, 2026 |
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Why the RBA is expected to raise interest rates
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Sep 28, 2026 |
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Why credit card rewards schemes are being slashed
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Sep 28, 2026 |
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Would you buy a COVID shot for $150?
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Sep 28, 2026 |
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The fallout after OpenAI agents bypass security around the world
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Sep 28, 2026 |
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What's with all the moths in Australia's south-east?
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Sep 28, 2026 |
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Card surcharges are gone, but will consumers actually save money?
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Sep 27, 2026 |
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Why Trump rejected Iran's deal to re-open Strait of Hormuz
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Sep 27, 2026 |
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Drivers wince as diesel threatens to hit $4 a litre
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Sep 25, 2026 |
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What Albanese and Netanyahu told the United Nations General Assembly
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Sep 25, 2026 |
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Why Fat Bear Week is about personalities, not just fatness
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Sep 25, 2026 |
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Could training AI models in Australia make us safer?
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Sep 24, 2026 |
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Lions' three-peat bid meets Fremantle's first shot at glory
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Sep 24, 2026 |
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What the OpenAI agent accessed in the Medicare portal breach
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Sep 24, 2026 |
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Could screening new dads' mental health help families?
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Sep 24, 2026 |
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What do we know about the OpenAI-Medicare breach?
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Sep 24, 2026 |
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Daylight saving is upon some of us, so how can you prepare?
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Sep 23, 2026 |
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What does Australia's largest longitudinal study say about us?
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Sep 23, 2026 |
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Rock legend Angry Anderson dies at 79
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Sep 23, 2026 |
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The million dollar plea to help find Gus Lamont
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Sep 23, 2026 |
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Why did Tones and I really pull out of the NRL grand final?
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Sep 23, 2026 |
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Are Australia's alcohol warning labels too easy to ignore?
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Sep 23, 2026 |
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Should Australians be able to use super to buy a home?
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Sep 22, 2026 |
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What did Donald Trump say to the UN?
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Sep 22, 2026 |
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Why WA schools are banning smart glasses
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Sep 22, 2026 |
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The new search in the Nannup Four missing persons cold case
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Sep 22, 2026 |
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How Victoria will manage its data centre rollout
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Sep 22, 2026 |
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Why some US media outlets are suing the Trump administration
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Sep 22, 2026 |
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What's in Princess Diana's brother's bombshell memoir?
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Sep 21, 2026 |
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'Disturbing' security flaw in cheap smart glasses
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Sep 21, 2026 |
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What will Australia look like in 2065?
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Sep 21, 2026 |
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Sharks under scrutiny after fatal attack at Perth's Sorrento beach
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Sep 21, 2026 |
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Why Albanese's so keen for a seat on the UN Security Council
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Sep 21, 2026 |
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Trial begins for alleged murderer of Sydney couple
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Sep 20, 2026 |
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Are we doing enough to prevent domestic violence?
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Sep 20, 2026 |
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Trump bans several media outlets for reporting 'FAKE NEWS!'
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Sep 19, 2026 |
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Labor's immigration crackdown explained
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Sep 18, 2026 |
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How China could hack our power and telco networks 'today'
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Sep 18, 2026 |
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Did Charles really sound 'giddily elated' after Diana died?
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Sep 18, 2026 |
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Why the Radiohead tour has caused such a fuss
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Sep 18, 2026 |
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Unpacking the HYROX faecal incontinence saga
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Sep 17, 2026 |
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Can artists like Ed Sheeran be apolitical?
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Sep 17, 2026 |
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Why has the US Federal Reserve raised interest rates?
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Sep 17, 2026 |
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What are the COVID vaccine changes in Australia?
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Sep 16, 2026 |
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Anthropic's plan for Australia's largest data centre
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Sep 16, 2026 |
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How is Labor planning to slash net migration
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Sep 16, 2026 |
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Why are Ed Sheeran's support acts quitting?
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Sep 16, 2026 |
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Why is one of the Snowtown serial killers about to be freed
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Sep 15, 2026 |
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Creatives face opt-out model for AI training
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Sep 15, 2026 |
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Should councils ban smart glasses from playgrounds?
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Sep 15, 2026 |
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Can Australia stop the AI apocalypse?
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Sep 15, 2026 |
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Why is fuel so expensive again?
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Sep 14, 2026 |
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Why is NSW cutting screentime in classrooms?
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Sep 14, 2026 |
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What went wrong at Whyalla steelworks
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Sep 14, 2026 |
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How is One Nation proposing to slash migration?
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Sep 14, 2026 |
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Why are tech executives calling for an AI slowdown?
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Sep 13, 2026 |
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Are jurors prepared for the mental health risks of serving on trials?
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Sep 12, 2026 |
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Acts of humanity that emerged after September 11 attacks
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Sep 12, 2026 |
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Why is Australia the safest country in a global disaster?
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Sep 11, 2026 |
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Why are Pauline Hanson and Andrew Hastie feuding?
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Sep 10, 2026 |
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Is AI about to 'kill us all'?
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Sep 10, 2026 |
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Is Trump becoming toxic for Republicans ahead of midterms?
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Sep 10, 2026 |
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How failed SPF tests led to a multi-million dollar court case
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Sep 09, 2026 |
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Can LIV Golf survive without Saudi backing?
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Sep 09, 2026 |
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What's behind American football's push into Australia?
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Sep 09, 2026 |
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What is pork-barrelling?
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Sep 08, 2026 |
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The crackdown on social media algorithms revealed
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Sep 08, 2026 |
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The degenerative brain disease CTE and rugby league explained
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Sep 08, 2026 |
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What do we know about the murders of Jake and Callum Robinson?
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Sep 07, 2026 |
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How One Nation would change your superannuation
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Sep 07, 2026 |
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How to avoid becoming a magpie swooping victim this spring
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Sep 07, 2026 |
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The 'feminisation' of schools claim explained
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Sep 07, 2026 |
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How a far-right party won in Germany for the first time since WWII
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Sep 06, 2026 |
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Will Australia make opt-in social media algorithms the law?
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Sep 06, 2026 |
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Hope remains in Nepal as two more rescued after floods
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Sep 06, 2026 |
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What happens now after the Lindsay Clancy mistrial?
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Sep 05, 2026 |
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How Trump got Apple and Google Maps to eliminate Lake Ontario
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Sep 04, 2026 |
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The course international students are accused of gaming for visas
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Sep 04, 2026 |
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What a 'very strong' El Niño means for summer
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Sep 04, 2026 |
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What Canada did to tackle its illegal tobacco problem
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Sep 04, 2026 |
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Feminist activist Gloria Steinem, dead at 92
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Sep 03, 2026 |
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Raygun documentary divides critics
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Sep 03, 2026 |
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The cost of classroom misbehaviour revealed
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Sep 03, 2026 |
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Why are ski fields wrapping up their season early?
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Sep 03, 2026 |
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How Nepal's taking on the huge task of identifying flood disaster victims
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Sep 02, 2026 |
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Will killing social media algorithms stop misogyny?
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Sep 02, 2026 |
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How Lindsay Clancy's murder trial put postpartum psychosis in the spotlight
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Sep 02, 2026 |
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Supermarkets are trialing facial recognition tech. Why are experts worried?
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Sep 01, 2026 |
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How loose lips brought Tupac Shakur's killer undone
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Sep 01, 2026 |
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Why Lionel Messi called it quits after the soccer World Cup
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Sep 01, 2026 |
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Are Australian businesses too slow to embrace AI?
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Sep 01, 2026 |
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Why are house prices still falling?
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Aug 31, 2026 |
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The race to save hundreds in Nepal's hydropower tunnels
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Aug 31, 2026 |
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How NASA's new telescope will explore the hidden universe
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Aug 31, 2026 |
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The scam draining Apple gift cards soon after purchase
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Aug 31, 2026 |
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Why are some politicians calling for a cut to the tobacco excise?
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Aug 31, 2026 |
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The race to find survivors after Nepal's deadly floods
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Aug 30, 2026 |
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What does One Nation's historic win in WA mean for our political landscape?
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Aug 30, 2026 |
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Why is Nepal so susceptible to natural disasters?
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Aug 29, 2026 |
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What do we know about the response to the Nepal-Tibet floods?
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Aug 29, 2026 |
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The new flash flood threat for survivors in Tibet and Nepal
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Aug 28, 2026 |
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War criminal Ratko Mladic dies in The Hague
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Aug 28, 2026 |
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What do we know about the deadly floods in Nepal and Tibet
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Aug 27, 2026 |
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Victorians could soon have right to work from home
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Aug 27, 2026 |
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Experts suspect a melting Himalayan glacier caused flood catastophe
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Aug 27, 2026 |
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Should smart glasses be banned at the border?
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Aug 27, 2026 |
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How the Nepal-Tibet flash flood unfolded
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Aug 27, 2026 |
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What's in Meta's social media addiction lawsuits settlement
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Aug 27, 2026 |
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Screen and stage star Tim Curry dies aged 80
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Aug 26, 2026 |
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What do we know about the deadly Nepal and Tibet floods?
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Aug 26, 2026 |
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How AI generated text is about to be exposed
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Aug 26, 2026 |
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Dolly Parton: a life of music, fashion and philanthropy
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Aug 25, 2026 |
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Are domestic data centres worth the cost?
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Aug 25, 2026 |
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Why are young adults worried home ownership isn't possible
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Aug 25, 2026 |
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Why ARIA won't ban all AI in music
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Aug 25, 2026 |
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The 'costly' WA GST deal Albanese just vowed to keep
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Aug 25, 2026 |
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What's behind Australia's largest outbreak of diphtheria
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Aug 24, 2026 |
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Bird flu now detected in mammals. Are humans at risk?
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Aug 24, 2026 |
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How Putin's invasion put democracy on hold in Ukraine
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Aug 24, 2026 |
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How costume creativity can make Book Week affordable
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Aug 24, 2026 |
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Will AI data centre rules be imposed on the states?
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Aug 24, 2026 |
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Australian mammal dies from bird flu... what does it mean for wildlife?
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Aug 23, 2026 |
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Why Canada walked away from US trade talks
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Aug 23, 2026 |
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What we know now about the Sydney Swans scandal
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Aug 21, 2026 |
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The alleged plot to steal Ukraine's defence secrets
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Aug 21, 2026 |
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Can AI help ease traffic congestion?
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Aug 21, 2026 |
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What's prompting the gear shift from petrol to electric vehicles?
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Aug 20, 2026 |
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How missing hiker Lily Hooper was mistakenly reported alive
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Aug 20, 2026 |
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What Harry and Meghan will do back in Britain
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Aug 20, 2026 |
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Why isn't Israel pursuing criminal charges over the killing of Zomi Frankcom?
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Aug 20, 2026 |
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Sydney Swans in chaos as investigation continues
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Aug 20, 2026 |
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What's Roblox and why is the regulator cracking down on it?
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Aug 19, 2026 |
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What Sydney Swans players did to deserve a ban
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Aug 19, 2026 |
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New details emerge in Hayden Panettiere's shock death
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Aug 19, 2026 |
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Why is Meta on trial in California?
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Aug 18, 2026 |
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Mushroom killer Erin Patterson's appeal explained
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Aug 18, 2026 |
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Are the gambling ad laws reform or capitulation?
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Aug 18, 2026 |
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No arrests after Sydney Swans incident in Melbourne
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Aug 18, 2026 |
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Tupak Shakur murder trial begins in Las Vegas
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Aug 18, 2026 |
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How to tackle Australia's illegal tobacco trade?
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Aug 18, 2026 |
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Could superannuation help with cost-of-living pressures?
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Aug 17, 2026 |
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Sydney Swans involved in 'alleged incident'
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Aug 17, 2026 |
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Trump slams 'hostile' US-South Korea military drills
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Aug 17, 2026 |
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How do deepfake scams work and how can you avoid them?
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Aug 17, 2026 |
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Is Australia at risk of a measles outbreak?
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Aug 16, 2026 |
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How will the NSW gun buyback work?
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Aug 16, 2026 |
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Why did Luigi Mangione make shock confession in court?
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Aug 15, 2026 |
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The predicted impacts of bird flu on coastal communities
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Aug 14, 2026 |
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Will 'east-coast clowns' kill WA's special GST deal?
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Aug 14, 2026 |
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Nigel Farage celebrates victory over Count Binface
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Aug 14, 2026 |
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Should AI be taking notes about your health?
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Aug 14, 2026 |
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Third Sydney Airport take-off incident in less than three weeks
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Aug 13, 2026 |
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How former military lawyer David McBride ended up in jail
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Aug 13, 2026 |
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Now the Tomago aluminium smelter is saved, how will we power it?
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Aug 13, 2026 |
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Will Mounjaro ever be added to the PBS?
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Aug 12, 2026 |
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Should prisoners keep their right to 'open air'?
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Aug 12, 2026 |
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The furore over Albanese and Japanese melons explained
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Aug 12, 2026 |
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Why was Trump sneaked out of Air Force One in a catering truck?
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Aug 11, 2026 |
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Why the RBA left interest rates on hold
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Aug 11, 2026 |
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Why rapists' names have been kept secret
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Aug 11, 2026 |
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Why Israel rejected Donald Trump's Gaza peace plan
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Aug 11, 2026 |
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What is the Census and what happens if you don’t do it?
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Aug 10, 2026 |
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Why are car insurances getting so expensive?
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Aug 10, 2026 |
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Why is SA holding a royal commission into AI?
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Aug 10, 2026 |
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Sydney Airport's had two near misses on the runway within a fortnight
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Aug 10, 2026 |
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Who killed Tupac? Three decades later, we may get some answers
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Aug 09, 2026 |
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Australians urged to check who'll inherit their superannuation
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Aug 09, 2026 |
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What do we know about US ambassador to Australia David Brat?
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Aug 09, 2026 |
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Which animals are at risk amid the global bird flu outbreak?
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Aug 09, 2026 |
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Kmart 'smart glasses' spark privacy panic
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Aug 08, 2026 |
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Saudi Arabia, Türkiye and Pakistan sign defence pact
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Aug 08, 2026 |
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Jake Kolodjashnij identified as player who signed concussion waiver
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Aug 07, 2026 |
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Why is Abdul El-Sayed's win in Michigan getting so much attention?
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Aug 06, 2026 |
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Are more civilians being targeted in Ukraine war?
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Aug 06, 2026 |
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Why Elon Musk's rocket hit the moon
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Aug 05, 2026 |
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Is the hype around Australia's athletics justified?
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Aug 05, 2026 |
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Jetstar to charge for carry-on luggage
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Aug 05, 2026 |
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Concern over use of unregulated peptides in young men
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Aug 04, 2026 |
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Senate inquiry hears explosive gambling allegations
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Aug 04, 2026 |
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Why Trump's buying Japanese currency
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Aug 04, 2026 |
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How scrutiny drove Ariana Grande from the spotlight
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Aug 04, 2026 |
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Research finds new clues about protecting virtues of breastmilk
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Aug 03, 2026 |
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What bird flu 'mass mortality' means for wildlife
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Aug 03, 2026 |
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How Alan Jones ended up charged with sexual assault
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Aug 03, 2026 |
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When will property prices bounce back?
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Aug 03, 2026 |
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Why is the price of fuel going up again?
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Aug 02, 2026 |
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Why did 50,000 migrants attempt to swim to Ceuta?
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Aug 02, 2026 |
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Infantino under pressure after World Cup sell-off plans scrapped
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Aug 01, 2026 |
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Anthropic's Claude AI hacking spree revealed
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Jul 31, 2026 |
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Has Trump's 'Board of Peace' really disarmed Hamas in Gaza?
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Jul 31, 2026 |
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What will happen with petrol prices when the fuel excise ends?
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Jul 31, 2026 |
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European FIFA boycott spells trouble for Gianni Infantino
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Jul 30, 2026 |
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Did the Telegram app keep extemist content online?
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Jul 30, 2026 |
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Why is FIFA embroiled in controversy... AGAIN?
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Jul 30, 2026 |
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AstraZeneca backs down on breast cancer and endometriosis drug
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Jul 29, 2026 |
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Did another interest rate rise just evaporate?
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Jul 29, 2026 |
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How a Qantas plane flew 24-hours to Europe
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Jul 29, 2026 |
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Banks compensating customers over mortgage offset failures
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Jul 28, 2026 |
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Can Ben Carroll save Labor in Victoria?
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Jul 28, 2026 |
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Would slashing housing rules boost supply?
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Jul 28, 2026 |
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Jacinta Allan's leadership of Victoria comes to an end
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Jul 28, 2026 |
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What's fuelling Europe's 'fire of the century'?
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Jul 27, 2026 |
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What do rising cases of H5 bird flu mean for Australia?
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Jul 27, 2026 |
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Did the AusAlert emergency siren reach your phone?
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Jul 27, 2026 |
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How 'cockroaches' challenged the Indian government
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Jul 26, 2026 |
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What are some potential risks of GLP-1 weight-loss drugs?
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Jul 25, 2026 |
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Is Trump's new tariff on Australia justified or 'ludicrous'?
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Jul 24, 2026 |
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Are fuel prices set to spike again?
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Jul 23, 2026 |
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Are the Commonwealth Games still worth it?
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Jul 23, 2026 |
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The Origin Energy customer data breach explained
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Jul 23, 2026 |
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Why Trump's nuclear deal with Saudi Arabia is risky
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Jul 23, 2026 |
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Is the housing boom coming to an end?
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Jul 23, 2026 |
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What is CTE and why are brain experts concerned?
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Jul 22, 2026 |
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AI agent goes rogue in 'unprecedented incident'
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Jul 22, 2026 |
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Why Rebel Wilson was accused of defamation
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Jul 22, 2026 |
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Why is Trump threatening to bomb Iran's Pickaxe Mountain?
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Jul 22, 2026 |
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One Nation’s growing regional campaign
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Jul 21, 2026 |
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Why a siren is set to blare from your mobile
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Jul 21, 2026 |
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What happens if Chinese AI is better and cheaper?
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Jul 21, 2026 |
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What the Houthi blockade on Saudi Arabia means for global oil supplies
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Jul 21, 2026 |
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Mum of four gives birth to quadruplets in possible world first.
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Jul 20, 2026 |
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Why is the Pine Gap defence facility attracting new protests?
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Jul 20, 2026 |
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Could influencer Andrew Tate end up in a UK court?
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Jul 20, 2026 |
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How Spain dominated Argentina in the FIFA World Cup final
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Jul 20, 2026 |
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What’s the response been to Pauline Hanson’s overseas trip?
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Jul 19, 2026 |
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Pauline Hanson's controversial European 'fact finding' tour
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Jul 18, 2026 |
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Why does Donald Trump say the US election system is at risk?
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Jul 17, 2026 |
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Who is Tommy Robinson, and why is he so controversial?
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Jul 17, 2026 |