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Anzac Day 2026: Which States, Territories Get To Enjoy A Long Weekend?

Anzac Day 2026: Which States, Territories Get To Enjoy A Long Weekend?

We're a little over a week away from Anzac Day, but while April 25 will always be a public holiday, not everyone will get to enjoy a long weekend...

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Fuel Prices Expected To Rise Following Geelong Oil Refinery Fire

Fuel Prices Expected To Rise Following Geelong Oil Refinery Fire

Fuel prices are expected to rise due to the Geelong oil refinery fire. The Geelong oil refinery is one of the only two that Australia has. The fire...

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Katy Perry Under Investigation Over Historical Sexual Assault Allegations Made By Ruby Rose

Katy Perry Under Investigation Over Historical Sexual Assault Allegations Made By Ruby Rose

The Melbourne Sexual Offences and Child Abuse Investigation team has confirmed that it is "investigating a historical sexual assault that...

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Virgin Australia Announces Ticket Price Hikes, Lower Number Of Flights

Virgin Australia Announces Ticket Price Hikes, Lower Number Of Flights

Virgin Australia has announced that it will lessen the number of flights it operates as the global fuel crisis continues. The bad news, however, does...

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Donald Trump Claims US-Iran Talks Could Resume In The Next Two Days

Donald Trump Claims US-Iran Talks Could Resume In The Next Two Days

US President Donald Trump has claimed that talks between his country and Iran may resume in the coming days. The revelation was made by a New York...

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Meghan Markle, Prince Harry Begin Australia Tour With Visit To Royal Children's Hospital

Meghan Markle, Prince Harry Begin Australia Tour With Visit To Royal Children's Hospital

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have returned to Australia. The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have returned to the country for the first-time since their...

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Britney Spears Voluntarily Enters Rehab Following Her DUI Arrest

Britney Spears Voluntarily Enters Rehab Following Her DUI Arrest

Pop singer Britney Spears has voluntarily entered a rehabilitation facility following her arrest last month. Spears was arrested on suspicion of...

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Booking.com Warns Some Customers of Potential Data Breach That May Have Compromised Personal Data

Booking.com Warns Some Customers of Potential Data Breach That May Have Compromised Personal Data

Booking.com has reportedly reached out to some of their customers that may have been affected by a security breach. Reports indicated that...

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Melania Trump Says She's 'Not Epstein's Victim' In Rare Statement At The White House

Melania Trump Says She's 'Not Epstein's Victim' In Rare Statement At The White House

In a rare public address, US First Lady Melania Trump denied being friends with the late paedophile Jeffrey Epstein. The first lady likewise clarified...

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Police Arrest Queensland Man For Stealing $1.1 Million Worth Of Diesel From Unmanned Depot

Police Arrest Queensland Man For Stealing $1.1 Million Worth Of Diesel From Unmanned Depot

Police have charged a 48-year-old man accused of stealing diesel worth $1.1 million from December 2024 and December 2025. The accused is said to have...

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Penny Wong Calls For Lebanon Inclusion In US-Iran Ceasefire As Israel Attacks Anew

Penny Wong Calls For Lebanon Inclusion In US-Iran Ceasefire As Israel Attacks Anew

Foreign Minister Penny Wong believes that Lebanon should be included in the two-week ceasefire agreed upon by Iran and the United States. This comes...

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Anthony Albanese Will Address The Nation Regarding The Iran War

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is scheduled to address the nation regarding the government's response to the Iran War. The address is scheduled...

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24,800 Flu Cases Recorded At The End Of March As RACGP Urges Aussies To Get Their Flu Shots

A total of 24,800 cases of flu has been recorded at the end of March, and now, the Royal Australian College of GPs (RACGP) is urging Australians to...

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RBA Will Remove Credit, Debit Card Surcharges Beginning October 1

The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) has announced that surcharges for debit, credit, and prepaid will be scrapped beginning October 1. This will...

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Spain Closes Its Airspace To US Planes Involved In Iran War

Spain has made the decision to close its airspace to airplanes from the United States involved in the Iran war. The decision follows a similar one...

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Easter 2026: Cancelled Trips Due To Fuel Crisis, Rain Forecast For Almost Every State, Territory

Easter isn't looking very merry for many this year as many have cancelled trips this weekend due to the ongoing fuel crisis. Rain is also...

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Tasmania Joins Victoria, Offers Free Public Transport Amid Ongoing Fuel Crisis

Victoria has announced that it will be providing free public transport for one month amid the ongoing fuel crisis. Tasmania, on the other hand, will...

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Albanese Cuts Fuel Excise On Petrol, Diesel For Three Months

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has announced that fuel excise will be cut in half for petrol and diesel beginning April 1. This will be in effect for...

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Some NSW Petrol Stations Are Imposing Caps On Fuel Purchases As Demand Surges

Some petrol stations in New South Wales have imposed caps on fuel purchases. This comes as petrol stations across Australia see a surge in demand amid...

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Albanese Insists He Did Not Receive Formal Request For Help As Trump Singles Out Australia

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is insisting that he received no formal requests after US President Donald Trump took a swipe at Australia....

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Meghan Markle, Prince Harry Say Their Australia Trip Is 'Being Funded Privately'

A spokesperson of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have clarified issues regarding the funding of the couple's upcoming trip. The spokesperson also...

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HBO Releases First Trailer For 'Harry Potter And The Philosopher's Stone' Series

For anyone wondering how the "Harry Potter" series would look like, the wait is now over. HBO has released the first trailer for the highly...

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Iranians With Visitor (Subclass 600) Visas Temporarily Banned From Entering Australia

Iran nationals with valid visitor (subclass 600) visas have now been barred from entering Australia for the next six months. The announcement was made...

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Western Sydney International Airport's First International Tickets Go on Sale on Singapore Airlines

Australia's newest airport Western Sydney International (Nancy-Bird Walton) Airport may be months away from officially opening its doors, but you...

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Iran Tells UN That 'Non-Hostile Vessels' Can Pass Through Strait Of Hormuz, But There's A Condition

Iran has informed the United Nations (UN) that "non-hostile vessels" can pass through the Strait of Hormuz if they abide by one condition....

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ACCC Fines PhotobookShop Over Misleading Influencer Reviews Posted On Social Media

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has issued two infringement notices to Tomsem Consolidated, which trades as PhotobookShop,...

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Queensland May Soon Pass Legislation That Bans Children Under 16 From Riding E-Bikes

The Queensland government is planning to introduce new legislation in parliament this week that seek to ban children under the age of 16 from riding...

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Measles Warning Issued For Western Sydney, Blue Mountains

A measles warning has been issued for western Sydney as well as the Blue Mountains. The warning was issued after a confirmed case visited public...

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British Airways Stores Body of Woman Who Died One Hour Into the Flight in Heated Galley

A woman in her 60s reportedly passed away one hour into a British Airways flight from Hong Kong to London. According to reports, the pilot did not...

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More Than 100 Service Stations In NSW Run Out Of Diesel, But Work-From-Home Mandate Unlikely

Those in New South Wales shouldn't hold their breath on public transport fare reduction and work-from-home mandates amid the ongoing fuel crisis....

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Three Flight Attendants Hospitalised After LA-Sydney Flight Hits Severe Turbulence

Delta Air Lines crew members have been taken to the hospital after Delta Flight 41, which departed from Los Angeles, encountered brief but severe...

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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

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

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

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

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

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

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 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

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 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

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?

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...

13.03.2026 20

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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...

13.03.2026 9

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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 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 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

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 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 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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