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• Labor has one big political test on migration

  05-08-2026 21:00 via abc.net.au
  
  If stopping asylum seeker boats was the great immigration challenge in decades past, achieving a lower Net Overseas Migration (NOM) figure has become the new political test.
  
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• New 'landmark' drug shown to prevent recurrence of deadly melanoma

  19-08-2026 18:19 via abc.net.au
  
  A trial of more than 1,100 patients finds a new experimental drug could prevent one of the deadliest forms of skin cancer from returning.
  
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• Roblox to face external audits to prove it's safe for Australian children

  19-08-2026 16:45 via abc.net.au
  
  Australia's eSafety Commissioner will be able to take the gaming platform to court if it finds Roblox is not honouring its commitments to keep Australian children safe. 
  
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• Kyrgios provisionally suspended after positive cocaine test in Spain

  19-08-2026 10:57 via abc.net.au
  
  Australian tennis star Nick Kyrgios has said he tested positive for cocaine on the Spanish island of Mallorca and has issued an apology.
  
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• Breaking: Kyrgios tests positive for cocaine use

  19-08-2026 10:57 via abc.net.au
  
  Australian tennis star Nick Kyrgios has said he tested positive for cocaine on the Spanish island of Mallorca and has issued an apology.
  
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• Breaking: Kyrgios provisionally suspended after positive cocaine test in Spain

  19-08-2026 10:57 via abc.net.au
  
  Australian tennis star Nick Kyrgios has said he tested positive for cocaine on the Spanish island of Mallorca and has issued an apology.
  
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• 'We are deeply sorry': Swans players break silence over alleged incident

  19-08-2026 10:23 via abc.net.au
  
  Five Sydney Swans players stood down for the rest of the season over breaches of club standards issue an apology to their club, fans and the wider community.
  
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• Breaking: 'We are deeply sorry': Swans players break silence over alleged incident

  19-08-2026 10:23 via abc.net.au
  
  Five Sydney Swans players stood down for the rest of the season over breaches of club standards issue an apology to their club, fans and the wider community.
  
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• Politicians slam 'cruel tool' used to determine at-home aged care funding

  19-08-2026 10:10 via abc.net.au
  
  Labor has resisted calls to change an aged care assessment tool at the centre of hundreds of complaints.
  
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• 'Liar loans' leave property market open to criminal exploitation

  19-08-2026 05:18 via abc.net.au
  
  Hundreds of millions of dollars worth of property, largely in Sydney, has been bought by people who have submitted fake incomes statements and other fraudulent documents to support their borrowing.
  
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• Home loan fraud uncovered at 10 major banks

  19-08-2026 05:18 via abc.net.au
  
  Hundreds of millions of dollars worth of property, largely in Sydney, has been bought by people who have submitted fake incomes statements and other fraudulent documents to support their borrowing.
  
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• Ikitau back in fray as Wallabies eye Argentina tour

  19-08-2026 05:00 via abc.net.au
  
  Les Kiss resists any left-field inclusions for the Wallabies' two-Test tour of Argentina, but he will have a welcome selection headache in the midfield.
  
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• Germany star says neurological issue behind two collapses in a week

  19-08-2026 04:32 via abc.net.au
  
  Jamal Musiala opens up on the neurological issue that led to him collapsing on the field in a pair of Bayern Munich's friendlies this week.
  
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• New play explores 'lifelong loss' of inter-country adoption through comedy

  19-08-2026 04:13 via abc.net.au
  
  Chenturan Aran's acerbic first play, Cut Chilli, was one of the most hyped shows in Sydney in 2024. It just made its debut in Melbourne.
  
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• Survivors of infected blood scandal say inquiry will 'let their voices be heard'

  19-08-2026 04:08 via abc.net.au
  
  Survivors of Australia's contaminated blood scandal, which saw up to 20,000 people infected with HIV or hepatitis C, applaud the announcement of a Senate inquiry into the circumstances behind the medical disaster.
  
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• Hotel chain Quest investigating customer data breach

  19-08-2026 04:08 via abc.net.au
  
  Quest says the compromised data includes customers' full names, email addresses and other contact details.
  
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• El Niño loads the dice for more extreme fire conditions

  19-08-2026 03:00 via abc.net.au
  
  Fears have been growing around what Australia's spring and summer will look like after the weather bureau declared an El Niño in June, which has the potential to become the strongest on record.
  
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• Irankunda says Hanson's monoculture comments upset team during World Cup

  19-08-2026 02:24 via abc.net.au
  
  Socceroo Nestory Irankunda says his fellow players were upset by One Nation leader Pauline Hanson's comments during the World Cup about ending Australia's policy of multiculturalism.
  
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• Swans ban five players for remainder of season amid police investigation

  19-08-2026 02:11 via abc.net.au
  
  Sydney is set to be without some of its biggest names for the remainder of the 2026 season.
  
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• Live: Swans bosses speak after five players stood down for rest of AFL season

  19-08-2026 02:11 via abc.net.au
  
  Sydney Swans chairman Andrew Pridham and chief executive Matthew Pavlich are speaking after five players were stood down for the rest of the AFL season amid an investigation into an alleged incident at a Melbourne hotel. Follow live.
  
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• Breaking: Swans ban five players for remainder of season amid police investigation

  19-08-2026 02:11 via abc.net.au
  
  Sydney is set to be without some of its biggest names for the remainder of the 2026 season.
  
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• FIFA accused of 'management by fear' after key executive's sudden exit

  19-08-2026 01:57 via abc.net.au
  
  Norway's head of football takes aim at FIFA and what she deems to be fear tactics after Kevin Lamour's exit as COO.
  
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• Dees star's ban upheld as AFL tribunal rejects biomechanist evidence bid

  19-08-2026 00:43 via abc.net.au
  
  The AFL tribunal bars Melbourne from using a biomechanist to defend star forward Jacob van Rooyen as his three-match suspension for striking Aliir Aliir is upheld.
  
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• Live: 'Coordinated mortgage fraud' uncovered by financial crimes watchdog

  18-08-2026 23:41 via abc.net.au
  
  AUSTRAC identifies potentially hundreds of millions of dollars in suspected fraudulent home loans. The Australian share market is likely to fall in morning trade, following another weak session on Wall Street. Follow live.
  
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• Live: ASX to fall ahead of inflation data

  18-08-2026 23:41 via abc.net.au
  
  The Australian share market is likely to fall in morning trade, following another weak session on Wall Street as several governments' borrowing costs surge to their highest level in decades on concerns about ballooning debt and rampant spending. Follow live.
  
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• Venus Williams receives US Open wildcard at 46, Serena may follow

  18-08-2026 23:21 via abc.net.au
  
  One Williams sister is officially in this year's US Open women's singles draw and the tournament is keeping one spot open for the other, four years after her farewell.
  
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• Live: Butler slams One Nation plan to slash tobacco excise as 'cheap headline'

  18-08-2026 23:10 via abc.net.au
  
  Health Minister Mark Butler slams a One Nation plan to slash the tobacco excise, describing it as nothing but a "cheap headline". Follow live.  
  
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• New mum returns to international 'murderball' with blunt new perspective

  18-08-2026 21:29 via abc.net.au
  
  Ella Sabljak returns to international competition less than a year after giving birth to her first child, with the Australian Steelers in the hunt for Wheelchair Rugby World Championship glory in Brazil.
  
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• Women who feared losing vital cancer treatment offered new hope

  18-08-2026 21:18 via abc.net.au
  
  Women with breast cancer who were left languishing in PBS drug uncertainty have been offered a lifeline.
  
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• Urgently convened PBS meeting gives crucial cancer drug green light

  18-08-2026 21:18 via abc.net.au
  
  Women with breast cancer who were left languishing in PBS drug uncertainty have been offered a lifeline.
  
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