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Woman faces 15 years in jail for reckless foreign interference in Canberra
WAtoday
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August 4, 2025
A Chinese woman has been charged with reckless foreign interference after she was allegedly tasked by China’s Public Security Bureau with spying on an Australian-based Buddhist group. AFP Assistant Commissioner Stephen Nutt said on Monday that the...
Cincinnati Councilwoman Victoria Parks Ripped After Saying White Victims “Begged For Beatdown”
The Free Press - Tampa - Florida
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August 1, 2025
Councilwoman Victoria Parks faces calls for resignation after stating white victims “begged for that beatdown”; Sen. Moreno blasts city’s response and threatens federal funding. A brutal attack caught on video in downtown Cincinnati has sparked a...
Walking for Gaza, calling for peace
Indian Link
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August 4, 2025
Reading Time: 3 minutes Social cohesion in Australia has been under strain in the past few years. While we may celebrate our success as a multicultural nation where one in two Australians is either born overseas or has a parent who is, we are...
Australian influencers threaten to 'go on strike' and stop posting content as they start a union
Daily Mail
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July 31, 2025
By KINTA WALSH-COTTON Published: 02:16 EDT, 31 July 2025 | Updated: 02:29 EDT, 31 July 2025 A group of Australian influencers have threatened to stop posting content online and 'go on strike' until the public starts to appreciate them more....
One Piece episode 1139: Release date and time, where to watch, and more
Sportskeeda
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August 4, 2025
The high-stakes Egghead Arc continues with increasing tensions in One Piece episode 1139, which follows the violent showdown between Kuma and Saturn in episode 1138. The next episode promises exciting action and significant changes as the Straw...
Hong Kong cancels passports, bans financial support for 16 overseas activists
1News
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Hong Kong authorities today strengthened a crackdown on 16 overseas-based activists who were previously targeted by bounties on suspicion of endangering national security, implementing measures that include banning financial support to them and...
Hong Kong imposes new measures on overseas-based activists
Express & Star
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August 4, 2025
Hong Kong authorities strengthened a crackdown on 16 overseas-based activists who were previously targeted by bounties on suspicion of endangering national security, implementing measures that include banning financial support to them and...
Thousands of jobs at risk in industry collapse
Townsville Bulletin
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August 4, 2025
Thousands of Australian manufacturing jobs, particularly in regional areas, face significant risk as China intensifies investments to bolster its own manufacturing industries, a new report warns. The research by the McKell Institute reveals...
Historic detail in top cop’s shock resignation
The Geelong Advertiser
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August 4, 2025
Australian Federal Police Commissioner Reece Kershaw will retire in October, ending a near six-year run as the country’s top police officer. Anthony Albanese on Monday thanked Mr Kershaw for his long service and named Deputy Commissioner Krissy...
Australia adds YouTube to social media ban
China Daily Global
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SYDNEY — Australia said on Wednesday it will add YouTube to sites covered by its ban on social media for teenagers, reversing an earlier decision to exempt the Alphabet-owned video-sharing site and potentially setting up a legal challenge. The...
Jelly Roll Prepares To Leave the U.S. For Strummingbird Festival in Australia
American Songwriter
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August 1, 2025
While most singers start out as unknowns, Jelly Roll’s path to country music came with a great deal of redemption. Since a teenager, the country star found himself on the wrong side of the law more than once. Arrested over 40 times throughout his...
The new financial battleground for divorcing couples
WAtoday
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August 4, 2025
In a 2013 case involving a wealthy couple and millions of frequent flyer points, a husband was ordered to transfer 1 million points to his wife. Family law expert Jodylee Bartal, a partner at Schetzer Papaleo Family Lawyers, said it was important...
Talisman Sabre ends in PNG with renewed calls for stronger defence ties
Papua New Guinea Post Courier
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August 4, 2025
The 11th Talisman Sabre military exercise wrapped up this week with a clear message: Australia, the United States, and Papua New Guinea are standing firmer together in an increasingly tense region. This year marked the first time part of the...
Queensland Productivity Commission argues construction industry ‘reset’ needed to fix housing crisis and deliver Olympics
The Guardian
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July 31, 2025
Queensland’s Productivity Commission has flagged a broad construction industry “reset” that could threaten existing enterprise bargaining agreements, arguing it may be required if the state is to build its way out of a housing crisis – and host...
Brazil’s Financial Morning Call for August 4, 2025
The Rio Times
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August 4, 2025
Brazil’s financial markets open today under continued pressure from U.S. 50% tariffs on most Brazilian exports, effective August 6, 2025, threatening R$175 billion in export revenues, despite exemptions for 700 key goods. The Central Bank’s 15%...
Breaking: Chinese national charged under foreign interference laws
ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
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August 4, 2025
The Australian Federal Police have charged a person with foreign interference, for the third time since new laws were introduced in 2018. The woman, a Chinese national and Australian permanent resident, faced the ACT Magistrates Court today...
Leading with latitude: Tom Walley
The CEO Magazine
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August 4, 2025
Before we hit record, Tom Walley is already in full storyteller mode. We’re swapping notes on our favorite parts of the United States, laughing about the quirks of Vermont and marveling at the Rockies. It’s an easygoing back-and-forth that almost...
Australian Vanadium drives forward with vertically integrated...
Proactive USA
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July 31, 2025
Graham Arvidson (CEO) showing Senator Varun Ghosh, Senator the Hon Katy Gallagher (Minister for Finance), The Hon Dr Jim Chalmers MP (Treasurer) and The Hon Dr Anne Aly MP around AVL’s electrolyte manufacturing plant. Australian Vanadium Ltd...
Australia: Man Shot Dead by Police After Assaulting Woman in Melbourne
Latestly
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July 31, 2025
Melbourne, July 31: A man has been shot dead by police after assaulting a woman at a property east of Melbourne in Australia's state of Victoria. A police statement said on Wednesday night that officers were called to reports of the assault in the...
InterviewHow Andy Roddick swapped his racquet for a mic and served up a hit podcast
The National News
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When Andy Roddick launched his tennis podcast Served back in January 2024 with an episode recapping the Australian Open alongside the journalist, author and broadcaster Jon Wertheim, the American Hall-of-Famer was looking to just have some fun. “I...