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| Paul Murray: Anthony Albanese’s arrogance and vulgarity is as greasy as the ABC
Augusta Margaret River Times (Sat, 15 Aug 2026) - Anthony Albanese and the ABC are peas in a pod. Both have transgressed acceptable community standards, tried to stare down demands to be ... of two women – Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi and business leader Gina Rinehart – have rightly led to a reckoning of social norms in |
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| Catalano and Waislitz to sell ACM Rural Press home
The Age (Sat, 15 Aug 2026) - Antony Catalano and Alex Waislitz’s Australian Community Media is selling the jewel in its property portfolio hoping to raise about $25 ... |
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| How a $900 million bet on SpaceX turned 100x into $94 billion for Alphabet
inkl (Sat, 15 Aug 2026) - A $900 million bet Google parent Alphabet took on Elon Musk's rocket company SpaceX in 2015 was worth roughly $94 billion at the end of ... Public Investment Fund — and Hancock Prospecting, the holding company controlled by Australian mining magnate Gina Rinehart. The filings |
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| US stocks fall on signs consumer spending is slowing
The Australian Financial Review (Sat, 15 Aug 2026) - The S&P 500 gave up early gains to trade modestly lower reflecting weaker than expected consumer sentiment and retail sales data. |
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| Gina Rinehart reveals $1.9b SpaceX bet as US market splurge tops $7.5b
The Australian Financial Review (Sat, 15 Aug 2026) - The mining magnate has disclosed a multibillion dollar bet on Elon Musk’s space technology company, making it her biggest US holding. |
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| Foul play not ruled out after man found dead in Baulkham Hills creek
The Toowoomba Chronicle (Fri, 14 Aug 2026) - A search for a missing person has ended in tragedy after a man was found dead in a creek in Sydney’s northwest. |
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| One Nation is coming for Labor as well
Open Forum (Fri, 14 Aug 2026) - Australian politics has long afforded an almost mythical status to certain categories of voters – usually a large group that feels ... like Jim Chalmers to brand her “a wholly owned subsidiary of Gina Rinehart”. Upcoming election contests may offer some insight just how |
| New rest areas boost truck driver safety
The Shepparton News (Fri, 14 Aug 2026) - Australian truck drivers will benefit from eight new heavy vehicle rest area projects across the country. The Federal Government has ... the Meekatharra Shire. There will be two new rest areas on each of Ashburton Downs-Meekatharra Rd, Wiluna Rd North, Landor-Meekatharra Rd |
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| Greens vow to block NDIS bill as Senate committee gives it the green light
The Mercury (Fri, 14 Aug 2026) - An explosive Senate inquiry has handed Labor a procedural win on the NDIS, while exposing deep fears about cuts, automation and unpaid care. |
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| Gina Rinehart lodges new complaint against ABC, demands correction over ‘$2 a day’ on-air claim
Countryman (Fri, 14 Aug 2026) - Gina Rinehart has lodged a fresh complaint against the ABC over a radio guest’s on-air claim the billionaire wanted Australians to work for ... Hancock Prospecting is arguing the remark was false and misrepresented comments Rinehart made more than a decade ago. Hancock Prospecting is |