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Armed Man Shot Dead by Police After Seven-Hour Siege in Victoria
A man allegedly fired at officers before they returned fire.
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NSW Health Warns Public After Fatal Case of Bat-Linked Virus
This is the fourth recorded death of Australian bat lyssavirus (ABLV) in the country’s history
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Farmers Raise Alarm as Governments Divert Water Supply for Environment and Indigenous Use
Rural Victorians are facing pressure on multiple fronts over access to the precious resource.
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Ferry Sinks Near Bali With Dozens Missing, No Australians Aboard, Officials Say
A passenger ferry sank shortly after leaving for Bali, with 65 people and 22 vehicles on board.
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Families of US Firefighters Seek Compensation Over Deadly Aircraft Crash in Australia
The families alleged that NSW Rural Fire Service was negligent in exposing the firefighters to a foreseeable and significant risk of harm.
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Vitamin B6 Warning: Nerve Damage Risk Linked to 1,500 Products
Australia’s TGA has announced new rules around the sales of products containing B6.
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Trump ‘Keen’ on Talks With Albanese, Says Wong, But No Date Set
Returning to Washington, Penny Wong says momentum is building towards a meeting with Trump.
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Wong Says Australia and US Recognise Importance of AUKUS Amid Concerns Over Review
Australia’s foreign minister has met the US secretary of state during the recent QUAD meeting.
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Australia’s Extreme Weather Costing $1.8 Billion in Insured Losses
The costliest event so far this year has been ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred, with over 125,000 claims lodged and insured losses exceeding $1.36 billion.
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Stargate Is Back and the Robots Aren’t Even Psychic (Yet)
Welcome to 2025, where the future looks suspiciously like a badly reviewed episode of The X-Files but with less Mulder, more Microsoft.
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Big Pear Joins Australia’s Supersized Attractions
Move over, Big Banana—a giant pear is coming to put one Australian town on the Big Things map.
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Australia Needs a Clearer Vision to Navigate US Relationship Under Trump: Professor
‘What Australian governments—this one included—struggle with is a lack of coherent foreign policy,’ said emeritus professor Joseph Camilleri.
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Fiji PM Says Chinese Military Base in the Pacific ‘Not Welcome’
But Fijian Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka maintained that Pacific nations wished to remain ‘friendly to all and enemies to none.’
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Meat Industry Body Retreats From Net Zero by 2030 Target
Meat and Livestock Australia says it now realises the difficulties of committing to net zero by 2030.
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Backflip: Creative Australia Reinstates Artists Behind Hezbollah, Bin Laden Imagery
An Australian arts body said it made a mistake in initially banning an artistic duo from attending a global art exhibition.
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Kanye West’s Australian Visa Cancelled Over Antisemitic Song
The rapper drew the attention of the minister’s office after the release of a song titled ‘Heil Hitler.’
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Former Queensland Premier Concedes Large Scale ‘Green Hydrogen’ Not Currently Feasible
‘Hydrogen is just too hard at the moment. Until the prices come down, I don’t think we’ll see those projects taking off the ground,' said Annastacia Palaszczuk.
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Second Victorian Man Charged With Child Sex Abuse as Childcare Inquiry Widens
The police are yet to comment on this new case.
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'Hang Up on Cold Calls': Minister Issues Warning After Qantas Hack Exposes 6 Million Customers
Qantas Group CEO Vanessa Hudson has issued a formal apology over the incident.
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Tribunal Overturns Ban on Post Criticising Transgender WHO Appointee
Australia’s Administrative Review tribunal found no intent to cause serious harm to the trans individual.
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Armed Man Shot Dead by Police After Seven-Hour Siege in Victoria
A man allegedly fired at officers before they returned fire.
|
NSW Health Warns Public After Fatal Case of Bat-Linked Virus
This is the fourth recorded death of Australian bat lyssavirus (ABLV) in the country’s history
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Farmers Raise Alarm as Governments Divert Water Supply for Environment and Indigenous Use
Rural Victorians are facing pressure on multiple fronts over access to the precious resource.
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Ferry Sinks Near Bali With Dozens Missing, No Australians Aboard, Officials Say
A passenger ferry sank shortly after leaving for Bali, with 65 people and 22 vehicles on board.
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Families of US Firefighters Seek Compensation Over Deadly Aircraft Crash in Australia
The families alleged that NSW Rural Fire Service was negligent in exposing the firefighters to a foreseeable and significant risk of harm.
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Vitamin B6 Warning: Nerve Damage Risk Linked to 1,500 Products
Australia’s TGA has announced new rules around the sales of products containing B6.
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Trump ‘Keen’ on Talks With Albanese, Says Wong, But No Date Set
Returning to Washington, Penny Wong says momentum is building towards a meeting with Trump.
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Wong Says Australia and US Recognise Importance of AUKUS Amid Concerns Over Review
Australia’s foreign minister has met the US secretary of state during the recent QUAD meeting.
|
Australia’s Extreme Weather Costing $1.8 Billion in Insured Losses
The costliest event so far this year has been ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred, with over 125,000 claims lodged and insured losses exceeding $1.36 billion.
|
Stargate Is Back and the Robots Aren’t Even Psychic (Yet)
Welcome to 2025, where the future looks suspiciously like a badly reviewed episode of The X-Files but with less Mulder, more Microsoft.
|
Big Pear Joins Australia’s Supersized Attractions
Move over, Big Banana—a giant pear is coming to put one Australian town on the Big Things map.
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Australia Needs a Clearer Vision to Navigate US Relationship Under Trump: Professor
‘What Australian governments—this one included—struggle with is a lack of coherent foreign policy,’ said emeritus professor Joseph Camilleri.
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Fiji PM Says Chinese Military Base in the Pacific ‘Not Welcome’
But Fijian Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka maintained that Pacific nations wished to remain ‘friendly to all and enemies to none.’
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Meat Industry Body Retreats From Net Zero by 2030 Target
Meat and Livestock Australia says it now realises the difficulties of committing to net zero by 2030.
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Backflip: Creative Australia Reinstates Artists Behind Hezbollah, Bin Laden Imagery
An Australian arts body said it made a mistake in initially banning an artistic duo from attending a global art exhibition.
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Kanye West’s Australian Visa Cancelled Over Antisemitic Song
The rapper drew the attention of the minister’s office after the release of a song titled ‘Heil Hitler.’
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Former Queensland Premier Concedes Large Scale ‘Green Hydrogen’ Not Currently Feasible
‘Hydrogen is just too hard at the moment. Until the prices come down, I don’t think we’ll see those projects taking off the ground,' said Annastacia Palaszczuk.
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Second Victorian Man Charged With Child Sex Abuse as Childcare Inquiry Widens
The police are yet to comment on this new case.
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'Hang Up on Cold Calls': Minister Issues Warning After Qantas Hack Exposes 6 Million Customers
Qantas Group CEO Vanessa Hudson has issued a formal apology over the incident.
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Tribunal Overturns Ban on Post Criticising Transgender WHO Appointee
Australia’s Administrative Review tribunal found no intent to cause serious harm to the trans individual.
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