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What next for Kevin Rudd’s Murdoch royal commission push?: The lobby group chaired by the former PM – Australians for a Murdoch Royal Commission – says its ...
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What next for Kevin Rudd’s Murdoch royal commission push?
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What next for Kevin Rudd’s Murdoch royal commission push?: The lobby group chaired by the former PM – Australians for a Murdoch Royal Commission – says its ...
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What next for Kevin Rudd’s Murdoch royal commission push?
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Albanese’s $1b bet on Australian-made solar panels: Australia has the world’s highest uptake of rooftop solar panels with one in three households having them ...
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Albanese’s $1b bet on Australian-made solar panels
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Just when Dutton is winning, he sounds like a sore loser: Dutton calls Albanese weak. Albanese calls Dutton angry. Each is trying to pin a label on the other ...
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Just when Dutton is winning, he sounds like a sore loser
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It’s loud and Insta-friendly. Step inside the world of ‘cool Christianity’: The Pentecostal faithful are flocking to sermons by pastors in ripped jeans and ...
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It’s loud and Insta-friendly. Step inside the world of ‘cool Christianity’
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Albo behaves like a celebrity. We need him to be a prime minister: Anthony Albanese got engaged, went to Taylor Swift, Katy Perry and the tennis. Meanwhile ...
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Albo behaves like a celebrity. We need him to be a prime minister
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King 'frustrated' about speed of cancer recovery and is 'pushing' staff to be able to return to duties, says Peter Phillips
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King 'frustrated' about speed of cancer recovery and is ...
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Julian Assange’s temporary reprieve means Australia must now work aggressively to ensure his release
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Julian Assange’s temporary reprieve means Australia must now work ...
Quick Glance: Julian Assange: UK Court Delays US Extradition
  • A British court ruled that Julian Assange cannot be extradited to the United States unless U.S. authorities guarantee he won't face the death penalty.

  • Assange will remain in London's Belmarsh Prison as the legal battle continues.

  • Judges emphasized the need for Assange to receive the same protections as a U.S. citizen and to be spared from the death penalty.

  • The U.S. Justice Department declined to comment, while Assange's supporters argue for his rights as a journalist under the First Amendment.
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Forget sky-high migration, Australia’s got bigger population problems: Much has been made of Australia’s recent migration boom. But the real issue is much bigger ...
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Forget sky-high migration, Australia’s got bigger population problems
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Labor MPs raise community fears over deportation bill: Party sources say Bennelong MP Jerome Laxale questioned the impact of provisions blocking visas from ...
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Labor MPs raise community fears over deportation bill
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PM’s personal rating slips as frustration with major parties grows: Labor and Anthony Albanese hold narrow leads on whether they are running a united team and ...
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PM’s personal rating slips as frustration with major parties grows
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‘Not the brightest bulb’: Donald Trump hits out at Kevin Rudd: The comments come eight months before November’s election, in which Trump and Joe Biden are both ...
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‘Not the brightest bulb’: Donald Trump hits out at Kevin Rudd
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Australia selects BAE to build nuclear powered submarines: SSN-AUKUS will be one of the largest, most powerful and advanced attack submarines ever operated by ...
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Australia selects BAE to build nuclear powered submarines
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Australia Extends Parental Leave to 6 Months. How That Compares to Other Countries
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Australia Extends Parental Leave to 6 Months. How That Compares to Other ...
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Albanese promised a better way. On borders, he’s doing it Howard’s way: This was a humiliation for a government that wants to project a sense of command and ...
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Albanese promised a better way. On borders, he’s doing it Howard’s way
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Australia news LIVE: Alice Springs declares emergency amid ‘pretty desperate situation’; Deportation law failure forces Labor-Coalition stand-off
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Australia news LIVE: Alice Springs declares emergency amid ‘pretty ...
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How to handle six more years of Putin: In perhaps the least surprising news of the year, Vladimir Putin has triumphed at the Russian ballot box and been ...
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How to handle six more years of Putin
Quick Glance: Putin revels in electoral victory amidst quiet protests
  • Putin secures fifth term easily after suppressing opposition.

  • Voters had virtually no choice in the election.

  • Critics view the results as predetermined, Putin sees them as trust.

  • Protests by the opposition, both in Russia and globally, are downplayed by Putin.
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MacKenzie Scott donates $640m to US non-profits: She has given $16.5bn in donations since divorcing Amazon founder Jeff Bezos in 2019.
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MacKenzie Scott donates $640m to US non-profits
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China's government officially abolishes heavy tariffs on Australian wine: China's government officially abolishes heavy tariffs on Australian wine ...
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China's government officially abolishes heavy tariffs on Australian wine
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Bradley’s school years were the best of his life. For his twin, James, they were ‘hell’
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Bradley’s school years were the best of his life. For his twin, James ...
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Australians have blindly accepted Albanese’s line on this for far too long: Bureaucrats who decide budgets may think we do not have skin in the game. We do ...
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Australians have blindly accepted Albanese’s line on this for far too long
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Australian comedian Rove McManus on celebrity friends, music and the power of live TV
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Australian comedian Rove McManus on celebrity friends, music and the power ...
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Labor frontbencher says the US is not our closest ally: The opposition is calling for Trade Minister Don Farrell to apologise to the United States after he ...
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Labor frontbencher says the US is not our closest ally
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Energy shortage fears prompt minister to pump up new gas projects: Federal Resources Minister says new gas production projects in NSW, Victoria would be optimal ...
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Energy shortage fears prompt minister to pump up new gas projects
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Australia sets up $650m fund for domestic solar panel manufacturing: SYDNEY -- Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has announced a fund totaling 1 billion ...
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Australia sets up $650m fund for domestic solar panel manufacturing
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Miriam Margolyes on the joy of swearing and why she is a serious person: The veteran Harry Potter actor is showing no signs of slowing down at 82.
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Miriam Margolyes on the joy of swearing and why she is a serious person
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Federal parliament live updates: Government considering religious discrimination laws, pushes for minimum wage increase
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Federal parliament live updates: Government considering religious ...
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Fiji PM orders Chinese police out of country, saying no need for them in Pacific police force
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Fiji PM orders Chinese police out of country, saying no need for them in ...
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Australia news LIVE: Julian Assange’s High Court appeal ruling to be handed down tonight; Support for PM slips
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Australia news LIVE: Julian Assange’s High Court appeal ruling to be ...
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What will happen when Facebook stops paying for news? Here’s what happened when radio stopped paying for music
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What will happen when Facebook stops paying for news? Here’s what happened ...
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Kim Beazley urges Tanya Plibersek to reject Woodside LNG plant extension: Former Labor leader joins other ex-ALP leaders, Indigenous elders and scientists in ...
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Kim Beazley urges Tanya Plibersek to reject Woodside LNG plant extension
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How plans to build 3900 homes shrank to just 414 houses: The Minns government has revised its plans to redevelop the Riverwood public housing estate near ...
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How plans to build 3900 homes shrank to just 414 houses
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‘Banning big money, just not theirs’: Teal MPs accused of seeking to protect wealthy donors
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‘Banning big money, just not theirs’: Teal MPs accused of seeking to ...
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Australia Labor Support Falls Risking Majority Despite Albanese Approval Rising: Australia’s center-left Labor government has seen its support fall despite a ...
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Australia Labor Support Falls Risking Majority Despite Albanese Approval ...
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Australia chose Aukus and now it faces the prospect of having no submarine capability for at least a decade
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Australia chose Aukus and now it faces the prospect of having no submarine ...
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Federal opposition to support immigration laws less than a day after delaying vote
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Federal opposition to support immigration laws less than a day after ...
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Curfew announced for under-18s in Australia’s Alice Springs after unrest: Curfew will remain in place for two weeks after some 150 people went on the rampage ...
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Curfew announced for under-18s in Australia’s Alice Springs after unrest
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Albanese puts religious discrimination reform on hold unless Dutton backs it: The new position marks a retreat from a Labor promise at the last election to bring ...
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Albanese puts religious discrimination reform on hold unless Dutton backs ...
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A long shadow looms over Albanese's plan for a religious discrimination act as he holds out for a deal
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A long shadow looms over Albanese's plan for a religious discrimination ...
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Chinese premier to visit Australia as Penny Wong rejects trade ‘quid pro quo’: Penny Wong insists the government did not drop restrictions on Chinese-made wind ...
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Chinese premier to visit Australia as Penny Wong rejects trade ‘quid pro ...
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Fury as Albanese told to scrap religious schools rule: Religious schools should lose their unfettered right to dismiss teachers and expel students over sexuality ...
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Fury as Albanese told to scrap religious schools rule
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Youth curfew announced for Alice Springs CBD amid calls for federal intervention over unrest
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Youth curfew announced for Alice Springs CBD amid calls for federal ...
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Federal parliament live updates: Legislation to ban vaping to be introduced to parliament, UK defence secretary visits Canberra
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Federal parliament live updates: Legislation to ban vaping to be ...
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Crunch time looms as Air Force 757s costs blow out: The cost of maintaining the Defence Force's ageing Boeing 757s is four times more expensive ...
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Crunch time looms as Air Force 757s costs blow out
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The U.S. could ban TikTok. These countries have blocked or restricted it.: Governments around the world have banned or restricted access to TikTok ...
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The U.S. could ban TikTok. These countries have blocked or restricted it.
Quick Glance: TikTok Ban: Economic and Social Implications for Creators
  • Creators in the U.S. express concern over a potential ban of TikTok, highlighting the impact it could have on their livelihoods.

  • The app, a vital income source for many, has also served as a platform for dialogue and community building.

  • Some view TikTok as an opportunity for marginalized groups, while others fear the dangerous precedent a ban could set.

  • TikTok's influence extends beyond financial aspects, with significant social implications that many consider essential and invaluable.
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Wealthy would pay at least $20 a day more in aged care overhaul: An expert taskforce has told the Albanese government that taxpayers should fully cover the care ...
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Wealthy would pay at least $20 a day more in aged care overhaul
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Australia news LIVE: Trump calls Kevin Rudd ‘nasty’ and ‘not the brightest bulb’; China’s foreign minister to meet Penny Wong
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Australia news LIVE: Trump calls Kevin Rudd ‘nasty’ and ‘not the brightest ...
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Australia news LIVE: Liberals, Nationals go cold on nuclear; Experts want treasurer to overhaul tax system to end bracket creep
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Australia news LIVE: Liberals, Nationals go cold on nuclear; Experts want ...
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Greens’ supermarket-busting bill labelled ‘extreme’ by business, but has Liberal backer
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Greens’ supermarket-busting bill labelled ‘extreme’ by business ...
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Australia to create $653 MN fund to expand solar panel manufacturing : Australia will be setting up a 653 million dollar fund to help expand solar panel ...
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Australia to create $653 MN fund to expand solar panel manufacturing
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Australia’s population is almost 27 million – and growing at a 70-year high: Boomer population booms to record high proportion of population as the percentage of ...
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Australia’s population is almost 27 million – and growing at a 70-year ...
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David Cameron says Aukus and Nato must be in ‘best possible shape’ ahead of potential Trump win
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David Cameron says Aukus and Nato must be in ‘best possible shape’ ahead ...
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The squeeze on TV news - a view from across the Ditch: Australia's experience shows the value in a publicly-funded, non-commercial state broadcaster ...
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The squeeze on TV news - a view from across the Ditch
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Chumbawamba tell New Zealand First's Peters to stop using hit: The band wants Winston Peters, of the New Zealand First party, not to play Tubthumping at rallies.
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Chumbawamba tell New Zealand First's Peters to stop using hit
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Kamala Harris Warns Israel Against Invading Rafah—Macron Follows, Warning Of Possible ‘War Crime’
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Kamala Harris Warns Israel Against Invading Rafah—Macron Follows ...
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Albo makes huge call on utes and SUVs: The Albanese government will water down proposed pollution caps for new utes and large SUVs as it seeks to quash a fierce ...
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Albo makes huge call on utes and SUVs
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Honeymoon's over for Penny Wong, literally, as a Trump-sized iceberg threatens the HMAS Albanese
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Honeymoon's over for Penny Wong, literally, as a Trump-sized iceberg ...
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Miner backed by Rinehart broke environmental rules amid $840m in federal loans: Arafura Rare Earths, which counts mining billionaire Gina Rinehart’s company as a ...
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Miner backed by Rinehart broke environmental rules amid $840m in federal ...
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British man dies in freak accident at his engagement party: Liam Trimmer, 29, was a senior constable in Western Australia Police. He moved there from the UK in ...
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British man dies in freak accident at his engagement party
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Billion-dollar deal to supply Australian-made Boxer vehicles to Germany to be signed today
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Billion-dollar deal to supply Australian-made Boxer vehicles to Germany to ...
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Confrontations over Gaza make politicians feel unsafe, says minister: Anne Aly said the confrontation with pro-Palestinian activists in a park last weekend was ...
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Confrontations over Gaza make politicians feel unsafe, says minister
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Anthony Albanese comments on religious discrimination draft legislation cast into doubt
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Anthony Albanese comments on religious discrimination draft legislation ...