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• Live: Both openers sent packing as Aussies hunt quick runs on day four

  12-10-2026 09:00 via abc.net.au
  
  An entertaining partnership between Nic Maddinson and Travis Head ends with Australia's batters needing to pile on runs quickly as the opening Test against South Africa approaches a dramatic end. Follow live.
  
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• Aussie cyclists begin World Championships with silver medal

  14-10-2026 22:14 via abc.net.au
  
  Australia reaches the podium in the men's team sprint at the UCI Track Cycling World Championships for the fifth consecutive time.
  
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• Live: Labor scraps controversial ministerial discretion in digital duty of care bill

  14-10-2026 22:02 via abc.net.au
  
  The federal government has scrapped controversial ministerial powers in proposed new online safety laws and beefed up protections for news content. Follow live. 
  
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• Do you know what year these movies were released?

  14-10-2026 21:07 via abc.net.au
  
  Fancy yourself a cinephile? Then you must be able to tell us what years these very famous films were released.
  
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• Inside NAZA, the documentary no Israeli cinema will show

  14-10-2026 20:45 via abc.net.au
  
  Israeli filmmakers Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor have been exiled from their home country over their documentary, NAZA, which features IDF personnel detailing systematic slaughter.
  
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• In NAZA, IDF soldiers detail mass killings in their own words

  14-10-2026 20:45 via abc.net.au
  
  Israeli filmmakers Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor have been exiled from their home country over their documentary, NAZA, which features IDF personnel detailing systematic slaughter.
  
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• ParaMatildas hunt more Australian football history at World Cup

  14-10-2026 20:43 via abc.net.au
  
  Having won Australia's first-ever round ball World Cup in 2024, the ParaMatildas begin the 2026 tournament in uncharted territory for an Australian football team and with the world's best "plotting" against them.
  
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• Alleged Chinese spies targeted former premier and AFP commander via LinkedIn

  14-10-2026 20:34 via abc.net.au
  
  The same alleged Chinese spying network at the centre of Australia's first conviction for reckless foreign interference approached more than 100 people linked to Australia, including a former state premier, a police commander and several federal government officials.
  
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• This strange sea animal is on menus, but it is disappearing from our reefs

  14-10-2026 20:00 via abc.net.au
  
  A new study shows one species of sea cucumber lives much longer than previously thought, putting it at even more risk of being eaten to death by humans. 
  
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• Investing bonanza as younger Australians lean on AI advice

  14-10-2026 20:00 via abc.net.au
  
  The ASX said a record 11.5 million Australian adults now hold investments outside traditional superannuation and their main home. Emerging trends include taking AI advice, investing in crypto and the doubling of ETF ownership.
  
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• Chalmers and Frydenberg have more in common than they like to admit

  14-10-2026 20:00 via abc.net.au
  
  Delivering reform is proving more difficult by the day. Labor has to go back to the drawing board on its plan to remove the more generous private health insurance rebate for over-65s. That's a $3 billion savings measure up in the air.
  
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• The boldness Australia needs has no political home right now

  14-10-2026 10:10 via abc.net.au
  
  When the Cold War ended, the US became Asia's uncontested leader. The hope, at the time, was that China would simply go along with that arrangement. Clearly, that's not how things are turning out.
  
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• Pope's AI adviser warns Australia's copyright changes risk 'new form of colonialism'

  14-10-2026 09:36 via abc.net.au
  
  Father Paolo Benanti is a Franciscan friar but he's also a key adviser to the Vatican on AI and he has a warning for Australia on the actions of AI companies.
  
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• Government fails to secure support for beleaguered private health bill

  14-10-2026 08:37 via abc.net.au
  
  Controversial private health insurance changes affecting older Australians are now on life support, after the legislation was effectively thrown out of parliament by the Coalition and crossbench. 
  
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• Breaking: Government fails to secure support for beleaguered private health bill

  14-10-2026 08:37 via abc.net.au
  
  Controversial private health insurance changes affecting older Australians are now on life support, after the legislation was effectively thrown out of parliament by the Coalition and crossbench. 
  
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• Beleaguered private health bill on ice as government fails to secure support

  14-10-2026 08:37 via abc.net.au
  
  Controversial private health insurance changes affecting older Australians are now on life support, after the legislation was effectively thrown out of parliament by the Coalition and crossbench. 
  
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• WOMADelaide reveals 2027 line-up marking 35 years of The World's Festival

  14-10-2026 08:17 via abc.net.au
  
  Adelaide's revered event has celebrated global music since 1992. This year's diverse line-up is no exception.
  
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• Hospitality bosses warn of empty cafes and kitchens under migration cuts

  14-10-2026 08:08 via abc.net.au
  
  The latest pushback on sweeping migration cuts has come from the hospitality industry in a social media campaign focused on the consequences for everyday Australians if crucial jobs are left vacant.
  
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• Walters explains choice of Walsh over Tedesco for World Cup opener

  14-10-2026 08:00 via abc.net.au
  
  Kangaroos coach Kevin Walters raises eyebrows by choosing the Broncos star at fullback over James Tedesco for Thursday night's clash against the Kiwis, outlining his reasons for overlooking the 2026 Clive Churchill Medallist.
  
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• Rare earths company could be nationalised as China-linked investors fail to divest

  14-10-2026 07:54 via abc.net.au
  
  Resources Minister Madeleine King has left open the door to nationalising a Perth-based critical minerals company as several China-linked investors are defying federal government orders to divest from it.
  
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• Forcing gas producers to sell to Australia won't 'crash' prices, King says

  14-10-2026 07:34 via abc.net.au
  
  Burned once before on energy bill promises, the resources minister won't say what new gas reservation laws will do to wholesale gas prices, but promises they will cause downward pressure without crashing the market.
  
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• Government says perpetrators of financial abuse will be pursued in court

  14-10-2026 06:28 via abc.net.au
  
  Perpetrators of financial abuse who use the tax and social security systems to create debts as a form of coercive control could soon be held liable.
  
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• Clock ticking on funding to launch Australian of the Year to space

  14-10-2026 05:41 via abc.net.au
  
  The countdown is on for the federal government to decide if it will accept an European Space Agency offer to send Australian of the Year Katherine Bennell-Pegg to the International Space Station.
  
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• National redress scheme needs extension to address backlog, inquiry says

  14-10-2026 05:06 via abc.net.au
  
  The scheme is scheduled to close in June 2028 but its backlog is outpacing processing.
  
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• Compensation scheme for abuse survivors must be extended, MPs say

  14-10-2026 05:06 via abc.net.au
  
  The scheme is scheduled to close in June 2028 but its backlog is outpacing processing.
  
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• Live: Short's Pies move off as Dons consider deadline day pivot to Cats star

  14-10-2026 04:28 via abc.net.au
  
  The future of a number of players remains up in the air as the AFL's trade period reaches its final few dramatic hours. Follow live.
  
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• Live: Last-gasp drama and surprises in store on AFL trade deadline day

  14-10-2026 04:28 via abc.net.au
  
  The future of a number of players remains up in the air as the AFL's trade period reaches its final few dramatic hours. Follow live.
  
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• Less can be more for Rugby League World Cup

  14-10-2026 03:54 via abc.net.au
  
  The Rugby League World Cup exists in a constant state of change, but ahead of the tournament opener between Australia and New Zealand, the much-maligned tournament can prove less can be more. 
  
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• Students risk 'cognitive outsourcing' if AI overused, schools warned

  14-10-2026 02:20 via abc.net.au
  
  A review of studies on AI use in education finds real risks that it can disrupt student learning with lifelong consequences.
  
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• Parents warned of lifelong risks as students 'subcontracting learning' to AI

  14-10-2026 02:20 via abc.net.au
  
  A review of studies on AI use in education finds real risks that it can disrupt student learning with lifelong consequences.
  
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