Australia News
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Man ‘slowly dying’ after drinking unfiltered spring water
A young man whose lungs have been destroyed and who now suffers from arthritis says he became ill after drinking unfiltered spring water. Chris Capper, 33, moved from Home Hill, a small town in Queensland’s…
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Facebook admits to scraping every Australian adult user’s public photos and posts to train AI, with no opt-out option
In short: Facebook is scraping the public data of all Australian adults on the platform, it has acknowledged in an inquiry. The company does not offer Australians an opt-out option like it does in the EU because…
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Social media ban for children to be introduced this year, but age limit undetermined
In short: Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has vowed to introduce a bill to ban children from social media this year. The minimum age is yet to be determined. What’s next? The government is consulting on an age…
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England play Australia live on Sky Sports: Fixtures, squads and team news ahead of three T20 internationals and five ODIs
England play Australia in three T20 internationals and five one-day internationals, all live on Sky Sports; the first T20 is in Southampton on Wednesday (6.30 pm first ball); captain Jos Buttler is to miss the T20 series;…
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International hunt for man who threw hot coffee on baby
Australian police are working with their international counterparts to locate a man they believe fled the country after pouring boiling coffee on a baby in Brisbane. The random attack – which occurred last month and…
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Laughing frog and David Attenborough worm among 750 new species recognised in Australia
A laughing frog and an intertidal marine worm named after Sir David Attenborough is among 750 animals, plants, and other organisms that have been newly recognized on Australia’s list of species. The western laughing tree…
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The perils of writing about Fox Corp CEO Lachlan Murdoch, successor to Rupert Murdoch’s global media empire
Lachlan Murdoch has felt under attack his whole life. Even before he was born, two men tried to kidnap his mother, Anna, in London. They took the wrong woman by mistake and her murder cast…
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Israeli forces accused of killing their own citizens under the ‘Hannibal Directive’ during October 7 chaos
“Hannibal at Erez, dispatch a Zik [attack drone],” came the command on October 7. Those words, reported by the Israeli newspaper Haaretz in July, confirm what many Israelis have feared since the Hamas attacks on October…
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How New Voting Laws in Swing States Could Affect the Election
The race for the White House is set to be determined in just a handful of hotly contested battlegrounds. Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump are overwhelmingly focusing their efforts on the seven swing states of Michigan, Nevada,…
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Sairam Uppu: Building company owner accused of kidnapping after alleged plot to make ex-wife’s partner leave Australia
The leader of an Indian political party’s Victorian chapter has been charged after allegedly forcing his ex-wife’s new husband out of the country. Sairam Uppu, 40, appeared in the Victorian Supreme Court on Friday and…