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| Telstra’s mobile network fails reality test on cross-country journey
The Toowoomba Chronicle (Wed, 19 Aug 2026) - From dropped calls to delayed texts, Patrick Carlyon’s 11-day, 3000km cross-country road trip exposes just how far behind Australia’s ... |
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| Bush families forced to pay Elon Musk as NBN failure creates dangerous black spots
The Toowoomba Chronicle (Wed, 19 Aug 2026) - Bush families are being forced to pay the world’s richest man for basic phone coverage, as Australia’s bungled NBN rollout leaves dangerous ... |
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| ‘He’s come home’: Clive Palmer re-embraces the National Party fold
The Australian (Wed, 19 Aug 2026) - Pauline Hanson’s surging One Nation may be behind Clive Palmer’s softening behaviour to the Coalition. He is clearly a fan of Nationals leader Matt Canavan. Here’s an interesting development: Clive Palmer – the biggest political donor in Australia – ... |
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| Rinehart-Backed Brazilian Rare Earths Pulls Its $7.9bn Headline Numbers After ASX Query
Kalkine Australia (Kalkine AU) (Tue, 18 Aug 2026) - Image Source: Shutterstock The story of Brazilian Rare Earths (ASX:BRE) this past week is a case study in how quickly a blockbuster set of ... figures. For a Business publicly associated with Gina Rinehart — whose Hancock Prospecting sits on the register alongside Whitehaven Coal |
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| ABC invites Hasan Piker, far-left activist who believed the US 'deserved' 9/11, onto its taxpayer-funded programming to preview US midterm elections
News24 Australia (Tue, 18 Aug 2026) - A far-left activist who once said the United States "deserved" 9/11 has been invited on the taxpayer-funded ABC to discuss the upcoming US ... for an offensive film it aired that depicted a fictional attack on Gina Rinehart. The short clip featured remarks about a "revolution" |
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| Think you’d spot a deepfake? These familiar faces were among the most impersonated in scams that cost victims millions
Seniors Discount Club (Tue, 18 Aug 2026) - Deepfakes are changing the face of scams, making it harder to know whether the familiar person on your screen is really who they seem. ... Alan Kohler Stephen Koukoulas Jacqui Lambie Angus Taylor Dick Smith Gina Rinehart Alan Oster Pauline Hanson John Laws The names |
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| Elon Musk’s SpaceX rocket towed to Christmas Island
The Australian (Tue, 18 Aug 2026) - A SpaceX rocket nobody expected to survive has ended up bobbing off Christmas Island, leaving the remote community scrambling to witness a piece of space history. |
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| Hastie’s blunt warning to Liberals over One Nation
The Australian Financial Review (Tue, 18 Aug 2026) - Senior federal Liberal Andrew Hastie says a looming state byelection is a key test for West Australian Opposition Leader Basil Zempilas. |
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| Liontown's Cash Pile Swells to $561m, But Kathleen Valley's Real Test Is Only Starting
Kalkine Australia (Kalkine AU) (Tue, 18 Aug 2026) - Image Source: Shutterstock Highlights Kathleen Valley produced a record 103,111dmt of spodumene concentrate in the June quarter and ... just as Liontown asks the market to trust it with a larger, dual-front operation. Rising unit costs against a still-recovering lithium price |
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| LBRCA welcomes national rest area investment
Trailer Magazine (Tue, 18 Aug 2026) - in Road Projects, Truck Industry News Shire. There will be two new rest areas on each of the Ashburton Downs-Meekatharra Road, Wiluna Road North, Landor-Meekatharra Road and |