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Tropical Cyclone Narelle Is Now A Category Five Storm As It Nears Far North Queensland

Tropical Cyclone Narelle Is Now A Category Five Storm As It Nears Far North Queensland

Tropical Cyclone Narelle has reached category five intensity a day before it is expected to make landfall. While landfall will not happen until Friday...

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Albanese Says Fuel Supply Is Secure As ACCC Investigates Major Fuel Suppliers

Albanese Says Fuel Supply Is Secure As ACCC Investigates Major Fuel Suppliers

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is assuring Australians that the country's fuel supply is secure amidst the ongoing Iran war. His assurance comes...

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Donald Trump Lashes Out At Australia, Other Allies For Failing To Offer Warships

Donald Trump Lashes Out At Australia, Other Allies For Failing To Offer Warships

US President Donald Trump has lashed out at Australia and other allies for failing to commit warships to secure the Strait of Hormuz. Trump previously...

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Two Iran Football Players Who Sought Asylum In Australia Pictured Training With Brisbane Roar

Two Iran Football Players Who Sought Asylum In Australia Pictured Training With Brisbane Roar

Fatemeh Pasandideh and Atefeh Ramezanisadeh, the two players of Iran's women's football team who remain in Australia on humanitarian visas,...

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UAE Reopens Its Airspace After Briefly Shutting It, Dubai Airport Resumes Operations

UAE Reopens Its Airspace After Briefly Shutting It, Dubai Airport Resumes Operations

The United Arab Emirates has reopened its airspace after temporarily but completely closing it off for two hours. According to a UAE's General...

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ESafety Warned Elon Musk's X Child Abuse Material Was 'Particularly Systemic' On The Platform

ESafety Warned Elon Musk's X Child Abuse Material Was 'Particularly Systemic' On The Platform

The eSafety commissioner has warned Elon Musk's X about the availability and accessibility of child abuse material on the platform. It can be...

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Virgin Australia Makes Urgent Landing In Melbourne After Vape Causes Small Fire

Virgin Australia Makes Urgent Landing In Melbourne After Vape Causes Small Fire

A Virgin Australia flight from Brisbane bound for Melbourne had to make an urgent landing after a vape caused a small fire. Despite the incident, the...

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Australia, Japan Will Not Send Navy Vessels To Secure Strait Of Hormuz Despite Pressure From Trump

Australia, Japan Will Not Send Navy Vessels To Secure Strait Of Hormuz Despite Pressure From Trump

Australia and Japan have declared that they will not send navy vessels to help secure the Strait of Hormuz despite the request of US President Donald...

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Aussie Travellers Warned That 'Do Not Travel' Advice Applies To Transit, Layovers In Qatar

Aussie Travellers Warned That 'Do Not Travel' Advice Applies To Transit, Layovers In Qatar

An update made to the government's Smart Traveller includes an emphasis on what the "do not travel" advice applies to amidst the...

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Carnival Adventure Crew Members Filmed Denying Entry to Australian Officials

Carnival Adventure Crew Members Filmed Denying Entry to Australian Officials

Carnival Cruise Line members were caught on camera denying entry to Australian government and union officials to the ship Adventure. The officials...

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E-Bike, Motorcycle Crash Kills Two Teenagers, Injures One Man

E-Bike, Motorcycle Crash Kills Two Teenagers, Injures One Man

A 15-year-old girl and a 16-year-old boy have died following a crash involving an e-bike and a motorcycle. The crash, which took place in Logan, south...

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Will Meghan Markle Be Paid for Luxury Retreat Appearance Next Month?

Will Meghan Markle Be Paid for Luxury Retreat Appearance Next Month?

Meghan Markle is set to be a guest speaker at the upcoming Her Best Life Retreat, which is hosted by Jackie 'O' Henderson's events...

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Australia Releases Seven Days' Worth Of Petrol, Five Days' Worth Of Diesel From Reserves

Australia Releases Seven Days' Worth Of Petrol, Five Days' Worth Of Diesel From Reserves

Australia is releasing seven days' worth of petrol and five days' worth of diesel from its reserves amid the ongoing Iran war that has...

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Meghan Markle, Prince Harry Will Travel To Australia Next Month To Attend Separate Events

Meghan Markle, Prince Harry Will Travel To Australia Next Month To Attend Separate Events

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are heading back to Australia. The Duke and Duchess of Sussex are set to make solo appearances in the country next...

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Time Out Best Cities In The World 2026: Which Aussie City Snagged The Top Place?

Time Out Best Cities In The World 2026: Which Aussie City Snagged The Top Place?

Time Out has released its annual 50 Best Cities in the World list, and for 2026, three cities in Australia made the cut. In fact, one of these three...

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Atlassian Announces 1,600 Job Cuts As Part Of Company's AI Push

Atlassian Announces 1,600 Job Cuts As Part Of Company's AI Push

Atlassian has announced that it will be cutting 1,600 jobs as part of its artificial intelligence push. Staff were reportedly informed about the job...

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Bunnings Reports Increase in Jerry Can Sales as Some Petrol Stations Are Running Dry

Bunnings Reports Increase in Jerry Can Sales as Some Petrol Stations Are Running Dry

The conflict between the United States, Iran, and Israel continue to affect petrol supply and prices around the world, including Australia. Bunnings...

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Lululemon Fined More Than $700,000 for Sending Emails That Violate Spam Laws

Lululemon Fined More Than $700,000 for Sending Emails That Violate Spam Laws

Lululemon has paid a $702,900 fine for sending hundreds of thousands of emails that customers had no way of unsubscribing from. This comes after the...

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NAPLAN Testing Resumes Following Technical Problems That Caused Chaos

NAPLAN Testing Resumes Following Technical Problems That Caused Chaos

NAPLAN testing has resumed after it was temporarily halted due to technical problems. 1.3 million Australian school students were affected by the...

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Where Does Australia Rank Among the Countries Solo Travellers Want to Visit in 2026?

Where Does Australia Rank Among the Countries Solo Travellers Want to Visit in 2026?

Early this year, FTLO Travel released a list of 10 countries solo travellers want to visit for 2026, and Australia made the list. While Australia did...

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From Google Maps to Spray-On Skin: Inventions That You Didn't Know Are Australian

From Google Maps to Spray-On Skin: Inventions That You Didn't Know Are Australian

Believe it or not, many of the inventions whose usefulness are enjoyed all over the world today are actually Australian. Here are five examples....

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Which Countries Are on Australia's 'Do Not Travel' List (As of February 2026)?

The Australian government's Smartraveller, is where every Aussie should check when it comes to travel advisories. Specifically, it assigns each...

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10 Interesting Trivia About Australia's Prime Ministers

Australia has had 31 prime ministers in its history, and each one made their mark one way or another. In this article, we list down 10 interesting...

06.03.2026 10

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Where Do Canberra, Melbourne Rank in the World's 10 Least Stressful Cities to Live In List?

Released in December 2025, the World's 10 Least Stressful Cities to Live In list ranks, as its name suggests, the cities where it's most...

05.03.2026 10

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First Plane Carrying Stranded Aussies Is On Its Way To Australia From The Middle East

The first plane carrying Australians who have been stranded in the Middle East is on its way to Australia. The news comes as thousands of Australians...

04.03.2026 5

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8-Year-Old Becomes The Fourth Australian To Die In A Ski Resort In Japan This Year

8-year-old Chloe Jeffries is confirmed to be the fourth Australian to have died this year in a ski resort in Japan. The accident occurred when the...

04.03.2026 7

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Aussies Stranded In Middle East Told Commercial Flights Are 'Best Option' To Get Out

Australians who are stranded in the Middle East amid the ongoing conflict may have to rely on commercial flights to get out of the region. However,...

03.03.2026 10

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Mosques In Australia Honouring Ayatollah Ali Khamenei Face Calls For Criminal Investigations

There are now calls to launch criminal investigations against mosques in Australia that opted to honour Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Iran state media...

02.03.2026 10

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Oil Companies Warned Against Raising Petrol Prices Amid Middle East Conflict

A spokesperson from the NRMA has warned oil companies not to jack up petrol prices amid the conflict in the Middle East. The concern over the supply...

02.03.2026 10

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Will Australia Involve Itself In The Middle East Conflict?

Amid the ongoing conflict in the Middle East, Defence Minister Richard Marles has revealed that Australia has no plans of being involved. However,...

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WWE's Randy Orton Talks Retirement, Challenges Tom Brady to Take the RKO

WWE Superstar Randy Orton made an appearance on "The Pat McAfee Show" and openly talked about his retirement. He also touched on NFL legend...

27.02.2026 8

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Girls' Generation's Tiffany Young, Byun Yo Han Are Now Married

K-Pop star and Girls' Generation member Tiffany Young and actor Byun Yo Han are officially married. The couple has registered their marriage,...

27.02.2026 10

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Afterpay Parent Company Block Cuts 4,000 Jobs Globally

Block, the parent company of buy-now-pay-later firm Afterpay, has slashed 4,000 jobs from its global workforce. The announcement was made by...

27.02.2026 10

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20-Year-Old Charged Over Alleged Planned Terrorist Attack in Multiple Perth Locations

A 20-year-old named Jayson Joseph Michaels has been charged by the police after he allegedly planned to attack multiple political and religious...

27.02.2026 10

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Former New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern Move to Australia Confirmed by Spokesperson

A spokesperson for former New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has confirmed that she and her family now live in Australia. The confirmation...

26.02.2026 10

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AusAlert Community Testing Scheduled For June, Nationwide Testing To Take Place In July

AusAlert, the new national emergency system, is set to undergo testing in July. This means most Australians will receive a mobile phone alert that...

26.02.2026 10

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Discord Pushes Implementation of Global Age Checks to Second Half of 2026

Discord users have made themselves heard as the company has announced that it will postpone the implementation of its global age checks. These will be...

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Australia Issues Evacuation Order For Families Of Diplomats In Israel, Lebanon Amid US-Iran Tensions

Australia has ordered the evacuation of the families of the diplomats in several countries in the Middle East. The order comes as tensions continue to...

26.02.2026 10

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Savannah Guthrie Raises Reward to Up to US$1 Million, Acknowledges Mom 'May Already be Gone'

Savannah Guthrie has taken to social media to announce that her family is willing to pay up to US$1 million (approximately $1.41 million) for...

25.02.2026 8

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WiseTech Global Plans To Cut 2,000 Jobs As It Embraces Artificial Intelligence

WiseTech Global has revealed its plans to cut 2,000 jobs from its 7,000 global workforce as it embraces artificial intelligence (AI). Owned by...

25.02.2026 10

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Anthony Albanese Is Safe, Secure Following Reported Bomb Threat That Forced His Evacuation

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is "all good" following a reported bomb threat that forced him to evacuate his official Canberra residence....

25.02.2026 10

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Albanese Says Australia Will Agree To Remove Former Prince Andrew From Line Of Succession

Anthony Albanese has shown support for the potential removal of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor from the line of succession. Currently, the former Prince...

24.02.2026 9

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UK Updates Passport Rules For Dual Citizens Once Again

The UK government has once again updated passport rules for dual citizens looking to travel to the country. This time, the government added a rule for...

23.02.2026 10

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Apple Reportedly Plans To Unveil At Least 5 New Products Next Week

It is being reported that Apple is planning to unveil at least five new products before and after its upcoming "Apple Experience" event. The...

23.02.2026 10

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Trump Organization Signs Agreement For A 91-storey Trump Tower On The Gold Coast

The Trump Organization and an Australian developed have signed an agreement to build what some reports have called "Australia's tallest...

23.02.2026 10

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Australia Issues Travel Warning Following Shootout That Killed Drug Cartel Boss

Australia is reminding its citizens to take extra care when travelling to Mexico following the shootout that killed drug cartel boss Nemesio "El...

23.02.2026 10

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Australia's Consent Needed To Remove Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor From Line Of Succession

The former Prince Andrew might not stay in the line of succession for longer. The UK government has confirmed that it is considering removing Andrew...

21.02.2026 10

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Anthony Albanese Calls Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor's Arrest An 'Extraordinary Fall From Grace'

Anthony Albanese has described the arrest of the former Prince Andrew as an "extraordinary fall from grace." In an interview with The...

20.02.2026 10

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NSW Announces Plans to Introduce Minimum Age Requirement for E-Bike Riders

The New South Wales government has announced plans to introduce a minimum age requirement for e-bike riders. Should this be implemented, children...

20.02.2026 10

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Bill Gates Cancels AI Impact Summit Appearance Amid Jeffrey Epstein Scrutiny

Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates has pulled out from the AI Impact Summit, which is set to be held in India. The abrupt cancellation comes amid heavy...

20.02.2026 10

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