📢 “Happy” doesn’t even begin to describe the emotion I feel about this island, the most beautiful place in the world.
If I could only take one more trip in my life, it would be here
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📢 Lured across the Tasman by accommodation perks and a better lifestyle, Brendan Cunningham says the reality is very different.
‘Too good to be true’: Kiwi recruited to drive buses walks away
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📢 For neurodivergent people, modern dating throws up some particular challenges. Three women open up on the reality.
In her 20s, Emma’s autism made her blind to dating ‘red flags’. Then, she met Nathan
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📢 Stocks wavered in afternoon trading on Wall Street and hovered around their records set a day earlier, while oil prices held steady.
ASX set to dip, Wall Street drifts as oil prices steady; SpaceX tumbles
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📢 OpenAI’s ChatGPT and Anthropic’s Mythos went on a hacking spree including concocting fake online profiles to trick human engineers.
Rogue AI fakes identities, switches languages to trick humans
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📢 A populist progressive Muslim, Abdul El-Sayed narrowly defeated pro-Israel congresswoman Haley Stevens despite the backing of the Democratic establishment and tens of millions of dollars in outside funding.
El-Sayed wins in Michigan as Democrats veer left in crucial midterms contest
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📢 Trivia buffs, test your knowledge with today’s interactive superquiz.
Superquiz, Thursday, August 6
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📢 Four men were found with stab wounds in the popular tourist area, and a 47-year-old woman has been arrested.
Multiple people stabbed in London’s Covent Garden
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📢 There are serious concerns artificial intelligence could axe jobs and hurt communities. New research shows there could be a big upside for the economy.
Not just upheaval: AI could deliver $120b boost and more jobs
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📢 Amazon’s VP of Alexa International Michele Butti speaks to 9News on the launch of Alexa+ in Australia.
Alexa+ launches in Australia
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📢 A Melbourne man has been arrested and flown across Australia to be charged with sexually assaulting a West Australian teenager.
Melbourne man extradited to WA
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📢 The news of the day as interpreted by our talented artists, illustrators and cartoonists.
Best of cartoons, August 6, 2026
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📢 The police commissioner has sent a team of specialist officers to Kununurra after several cars were stolen.
Specialist police sent to address problems in remote WA town
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📢 While new builds at two schools will push the total number of primary enrolments in the inner-west over 3000, the local high school misses out.
‘Space for growth’: $55m cash splash to boost Brisbane primary schools’ capacity
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📢 At its simplest, Richmond is what happens when a government decides that furthering its own political interests is more important than safeguarding the interests of the public.
Operation Richmond shows where the rot started
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📢 A chef has told how he confronted an alleged armed thief who tried to steal his car from behind his Melbourne restaurant.
Chef confronts alleged armed thief
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📢 Federal Police are treating the alleged firebombing of a Greensborough defence manufacturer as an act of terror.
Police treating alleged firebombing as act of terror
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📢 A young woman has died and another is fighting for life after a car was split in two in a high-impact crash in Adelaide.
Young woman killed in horror crash
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📢 The now-jailed businessman co-owns a property portfolio worth tens of millions of dollars with retired AFL star Dustin Martin and Melbourne property developer Chris Bissiotis. Its future is now uncertain.
Dustin Martin is done with rapist Ralph Carr, but their property interests aren’t so easily severed
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📢 As multigenerational living becomes popular and children stay at home longer, extra bedrooms can be a useful feature, while investors could get a higher rent.
Our five favourite five-bedroom luxury homes for sale right now
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📢 Five people were taken to hospital after an allegedly stolen LandCruiser slammed head-on into two cars before the driver fled.
Woman dies, child injured in three-car crash north of Cairns
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📢 The Western Bulldogs and North Melbourne Kangaroos have named their sides on the eve of round 22.
AFL teams round 22: Naughton, Weightman and Wardlaw return for Bulldogs, Roos clash
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📢 The visit of Pauline Hanson to Victoria and the naming of One Nations’ state candidates has drawn strong reaction from readers.
The rise in One Nation popularity is scary
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📢 Backroom deal-making, purged boards, and middle-of-the-night texts: IBAC’s report exposes government capitulation to firefighters’ union.
Champagne toasts, text boasts and treachery aplenty: Unpacking IBAC’s bombshell report
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📢 The woman claims the incorrect and highly invasive procedure was performed on her after she was confused with another woman of the same name.
Wrong operation: Melbourne grandmother sues after catastrophic hospital mix-up
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📢 Attorney-General Michael Daley has been a staunch backer of Sally Dowling, SC, after a controversial inquiry made damning findings against her.
Case ‘closed’: A-G rejects criticism of DPP after advice from top silk
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📢 This year’s MIFF explores the stories behind the shocking statistics on youth mental health.
Young people are struggling like never before. These films ask why
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The best public schools for HSC English, ranked
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