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• Concerns AFP drugs team may implicate Australia in US boat strikes

  25-08-2026 05:00 via abc.net.au
  
  Unanswered questions about the Australian Federal Police's new anti-drugs taskforce in Colombia have sparked concerns it could aid the Trump administration's strikes against trafficking vessels.
  
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• Chinese factory workers accidentally caught on camera glasses

  25-08-2026 09:10 via abc.net.au
  
  A new pair of camera glasses purchased online has been found to contain video footage of factory workers who appear to have been unknowingly filmed.
  
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•  'She didn't care what anybody thought': Margaret Olley in five paintings

  25-08-2026 08:36 via abc.net.au
  
  The late Margaret Olley has been celebrated as an artist, philanthropist and subject of two Archibald-winning portraits. A new exhibition takes the artist back to her roots.
   
  
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• Richmond denies players 'making light' of Swans scandal on Mad Monday

  25-08-2026 08:16 via abc.net.au
  
  The Richmond Football Club says players were not "referencing or making light of recent matters" in videos circulating from the team's post-season celebrations.
  
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• Major NSW property developer enters administration

  25-08-2026 04:37 via abc.net.au
  
  Bathla Group says tax changes, softening sales and construction costs have led to its plight.
  
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• 'Like a ghost town': Homebuyer saw red flags ahead of developer's collapse

  25-08-2026 04:37 via abc.net.au
  
  Bathla Group says tax changes, softening sales and construction costs have led to its plight.
  
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• NRL changes rules to allow Jai Arrow to 'play' 100 games for Souths

  25-08-2026 03:48 via abc.net.au
  
  The Rabbitohs successfully petition the NRL to change the league's interchange rules to allow Jai Arrow to take the field for his 99th and 100th games for South Sydney in the last two rounds of the year.
  
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• 'Put your weapons down': Dons icon calls for unity after latest Hird snub

  25-08-2026 01:46 via abc.net.au
  
  Tim Watson calls for Essendon to stop the infighting as the decision to appoint Mark McVeigh as its new coach splits the fan base.
  
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• McVeigh to canvass Hird return as icon urges Bombers fans to unite

  25-08-2026 01:46 via abc.net.au
  
  Mark McVeigh and Andrew Welsh are set to approach James Hird about a role at the club after he was overlooked to return as the senior coach for a second time.
  
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• Live: Bombers unveil McVeigh as icon calls for unity after Hird snub

  25-08-2026 01:46 via abc.net.au
  
  Tim Watson calls for Essendon to stop the infighting as the decision to appoint Mark McVeigh as its new coach splits the fan base.
  
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• Live: US imposes 'economic D-Day' sanctions to isolate Iran, Coles results to be revealed

  24-08-2026 23:30 via abc.net.au
  
  US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has unveiled new sanctions targeting Iran's trading partners.The financial results of retailer Coles will be revealed as part of reporting season, as the ASX 200 awaits inflation data that will inform the direction of interest rates. Follow live.
  
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• Live: Coles results revealed, markets await inflation data

  24-08-2026 23:30 via abc.net.au
  
  The financial results of retailer Coles will be revealed as part of reporting season, as the ASX 200 awaits inflation data that will inform the direction of interest rates. Follow live.
  
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• Live: Coles reports $1.1b annual profit, US imposes 'economic D-Day' sanctions to isolate Iran

  24-08-2026 23:30 via abc.net.au
  
  Supermarket giant Coles has reported a $1.1 billion full-year profit and a significantly higher dividend for its shareholders. US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has unveiled new sanctions targeting Iran's trading partners. Follow live.
  
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• Live: Coles reports $1.1b annual profit, sets aside $235m to address worker underpayments

  24-08-2026 23:30 via abc.net.au
  
  Supermarket giant Coles has reported a $1.1 billion full-year profit and a significantly higher dividend for its shareholders. US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has unveiled new sanctions targeting Iran's trading partners. Follow live.
  
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• Live: Coles posts $1.1b annual profit, $235m set aside for worker underpayments

  24-08-2026 23:30 via abc.net.au
  
  Supermarket giant Coles has reported a $1.1 billion full-year profit and a significantly higher dividend for its shareholders. US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has unveiled new sanctions targeting Iran's trading partners. Follow live.
  
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• 'A dangerous individual': Ex-snooker champ convicted of child sex abuse

  24-08-2026 23:24 via abc.net.au
  
  Former world snooker champion Graeme Dott has been convicted of sexually abusing two primary school children in Scotland in the 1990s and early 2000s.
  
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• Live: Taylor indicates Coalition's migration target could fall 'well below' 200,000

  24-08-2026 23:09 via abc.net.au
  
  Angus Taylor says the Coalition's migration target could be "well below" 200,000 as the opposition develops a policy to tie migration to housing construction. Follow live.
  
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• Ocean temperatures hit 'very troubling' record high, spurred by El Niño

  24-08-2026 22:56 via abc.net.au
  
  The world's oceans simmered to their hottest temperatures on record over the weekend and are likely to warm even further in the next few months, data shows. 
  
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• PM faces further GST backlash after standing by lucrative WA deal

  24-08-2026 22:22 via abc.net.au
  
  Anthony Albanese is still facing pressure from Labor and Liberal states to overhaul the GST carve-up after declaring he was sticking by Western Australia's lucrative funding deal.
  
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• Grim signs the globe is about to run short of food

  24-08-2026 22:18 via abc.net.au
  
  Just as the global economy was adjusting to higher fuel prices, a new inflationary wave is about to hit. This time, the shortages will involve food and the poorest nations will be the worst affected. 
  
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• Flagship renewable energy scheme becalmed as wind woes deepen

  24-08-2026 21:57 via abc.net.au
  
  For Australia to phase out coal power and reach its 2030 green energy goals, wind is seen as essential. A drought of new projects has analysts worried.
  
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• Manu's talks with PNG PM helped lock in Chiefs deal

  24-08-2026 21:11 via abc.net.au
  
  Joey Manu has revealed how a conversation with Papua New Guinea's prime minister helped convince him to return to the NRL and join the Chiefs in 2028. 
  
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• AI-generated music to be banned from ARIA charts

  24-08-2026 21:07 via abc.net.au
  
  Songs created mostly or entirely by artificial intelligence will be excluded from Australia's official music charts from this Friday.
  
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• Data centres to use nearly as much power as every NSW and Victorian home by 2036

  24-08-2026 20:41 via abc.net.au
  
  The rush of AI data centres is expected to put a larger burden on the electricity grid than previously estimated, with projects in development more than doubling in a year.
  
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• Diphtheria was once considered eliminated. Now cases have surpassed 500

  24-08-2026 20:39 via abc.net.au
  
  There have been more than 500 cases of diphtheria across Australia this year, as governments work to mitigate the largest outbreak since records began.
  
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• As cases surge can Australia eliminate diphtheria again?

  24-08-2026 20:39 via abc.net.au
  
  There have been more than 500 cases of diphtheria across Australia this year, as governments work to mitigate the largest outbreak since records began.
  
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• How does H5N1 bird flu spread to humans and what are the health risks?

  24-08-2026 20:37 via abc.net.au
  
  Can people get the bird flu from eggs and milk? Can you die if you become infected? Will this be the next pandemic? Here's what we know about bird flu in humans.
  
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• Matildas star receives rousing welcome in return after mother's death

  24-08-2026 11:01 via abc.net.au
  
  Kyra Cooney-Cross is warmly welcomed back onto the field by Arsenal fans after missing the end of last season due to her mother's illness.
  
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• 'I'm a has-been': Injury ends Broncos captain Adam Reynolds's career

  24-08-2026 09:07 via abc.net.au
  
  Brisbane Broncos captain Adam Reynolds is unable to get up for one last game at Lang Park, ending his glittering NRL career.
  
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• AI tokens getting cheaper but businesses paying more than ever

  24-08-2026 07:36 via abc.net.au
  
  Businesses have effectively installed a new utility pipe into their operations, and are only now discovering what it costs to keep the tap running, against how little water is coming out.
  
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