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KFC Australia confirms new product launching this week as fast food chicken battle heats up
Nine
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August 4, 2025
KFC Australia has confirmed the launch of an exciting new menu item after a successful trial in Wollongong in NSW in late 2024. The Zinger Kebab will be available nationwide from August 5. It "brings together two Aussie legends: the classic Kebab...
Should Australia get the Lions back in 12 years’ time? I don’t know
The Times
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To be up front to readers here, Calveley is the sort of CEO who knows how to say what sounds right at the time. Here we are in Sydney, the day after the Wallabies had beaten his Lions in the third Test; he was hardly going to declare: “That’s it,...
Australia helps develop world-first vaccine against devastating virus
The Sydney Morning Herald
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August 3, 2025
In a sign of how seriously governments treat the risk of foot-and-mouth, scores of cattle carcasses were buried on a research farm this year in Victoria as part of preparations for a potential outbreak. The cows died of toxic weed poisoning, not...
There’s a good reason why the social media ban won’t work, and the government knows it
Brisbane Times
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August 4, 2025
Suggesting that kids across the country will bamboozle lawmakers with VPNs or by retreating to digital dens we haven’t heard of yet is not a new proposition. Natassia Chrysanthos reported late last year that the majority of Australians, almost 70...
PNG delegation participates in Garma Festival in Australia
Papua New Guinea Post Courier
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August 4, 2025
Two Bougainvillean parliamentarians were recently invited to attend Australia’s largest Indigenous cultural festival as part of a Pacific delegation. The Garma Festival in East Arnhem Land was attended by Minister Geraldine Paul, Minister for...
A plan for 50,000 homes in Perth’s north is under way. But has the government really ‘learned from Ellenbrook’?
WAtoday
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August 4, 2025
But Carey was adamant the government had learned its lesson from developments in Ellenbrook, and the delays and changes made to Metronet plans that had impacted the area. Premier Roger Cook has previously said his government, elected in 2017,...
New Zealand and Australia consider regional airline support
Routes
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The financial struggles of some regional airlines in New Zealand have spurred a new round of debate about the need for government support for this sector, while the Australian government is also considering how much backing to give the country's...
Australian towns blanketed with up to 40 cm of rare snow in wild weather
The Weather Network
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August 3, 2025
Published on Aug. 3, 2025, 3:26 PM A cold air front dropped as much as 40 cm (16 inches) of snow on parts of northern New South Wales on Saturday, the most since the mid-1980s. Snow also settled in areas of the neighbouring state of Queensland for...
World News | Australia Launches $130 Million Global Campaign to Boost Tourism
Latestly
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August 4, 2025
Canberra [Australia], August 4 (ANI): The Australian Government will soon launch a new $130 million campaign aimed at encouraging international travellers to plan and book an Australian holiday. First seen in a teaser campaign launched by Prime...
Wine Australia, Endeavour Group reveal future wine trends
Food & Drink Business
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Endeavour Group general manager of premium and luxury, Andrew Shedden, said the company is witnessing a significant evolution in how Australians are choosing their wine. “What's emerging from our sales data isn't just fleeting trends, but...
Meet the first woman to lead Australia’s federal police
Michael West Media
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August 4, 2025
Krissy Barrett joined the Australian Federal Police as a young administrative assistant and will now make history as the first woman to lead the agency. Ms Barrett has been appointed the ninth Australian Federal Police commissioner after a 25-year...
Sydney Harbour Bridge must not be used for causes which ‘divide’ Australia
Sky News Australia
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August 4, 2025
Shadow Attorney-General Julian Lesser condemns the Australian government for the weak protest laws after the recent pro-Palestine protest across the Sydney Harbour Bridge. “I condemn the protest on the Sydney Harbour Bridge in the strongest...
World AFP Australian police charge Chinese national with 'foreign interference'
Yahoo News
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Australian police said Monday they had charged a Chinese national with "reckless foreign interference", accusing the woman of spying on local Buddhists for Beijing. Assistant police commissioner Stephen Nutt said the unnamed woman had been...
My predicted Lions XV for the 2029 New Zealand tour after Australia series win
The i paper
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August 4, 2025
Hugh Godwin is backing Maro Itoje to make the cut but others might not be so lucky Well, this is no easy task, with four long years to go and a generation or two of players to choose from. As a sage counterpart from another newspaper pointed out,...
Federal Ag Minister’s Indonesia visit leads to signing of wheat protocol and export of rendered products
The West Australian
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August 4, 2025
Australia will start exporting animal-rendered products to Indonesia for the first time in seven years following a successful trade visit by Federal Agriculture Minister Julie Collins. The breakthrough comes after Ms Collins travelled to Jakarta...
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...
Chinese National Faces Spy Charges in Australia
MENAFN
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August 4, 2025
(MENAFN) Australian authorities have charged a Chinese national—also a permanent resident of Australia—with a “foreign interference” offence, following coordinated action by law enforcement and intelligence agencies in Canberra, according to an...
South Korea: Former Foreign, Justice Ministers Searched In Marine Death Probe
MENAFN
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August 4, 2025
(MENAFN- IANS) Seoul, Aug 4 (IANS) A special counsel team carried out searches and seizures against former South Korean Justice Minister Park Sung-jae and former South Korean Foreign Minister Cho Tae-yul on Monday over allegations related to...
Japan to Hold Justice Minister Meeting with Central Asian Nations Next Year with Aim of Upholding Rule of Law
The Japan News
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August 4, 2025
Yomiuri Shimbun file photo The Justice Ministry The Yomiuri Shimbun 17:06 JST, August 4, 2025 The government is making final arrangements for the first-ever meeting of justice ministers from Japan and the five Central Asian countries in 2026. As...
Ark Energy plans to add on 2000 MWh battery storage to wind farm in Australia
ESS News
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August 4, 2025
Ark Energy has announced it is seeking planning consent to change its original stand alone wind farm in New South Wales in Australia to add an eight-hour 250 MW / 2000 MWh battery energy storage system (BESS). The proposal for the change to the...