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AEC And Facebook Have Sounded Alarms Over False, MAGA-Style Claims Of Voter Fraud Already

The Australian Electoral Commission and Facebook have both warned of circulating election misinformation "imported" from the US.

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Why can't the Australian Electoral Commission just enrol everyone when they turn 18?

Knowing you exist and that you're over 18 isn't enough to get onto the electoral roll. While half a million Australians are likely to miss out on voting this federal election, it's not as simple as being automatically added to the list.

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Factcheck: is there any truth to scare campaigns about the cashless debit card and retiree tax?

Coalition and Labor are targeting older Australians with advertising featuring grave warnings for pensioners

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Cruise Ships Return to Australia after COVID Ban

A cruise ship docked in Sydney Harbor on Monday for the first time in more than two years, after a 2020 ban sparked by a mass COVID-19 outbreak was lifted. On a bright morning, the Pacific Explorer made a dramatic entrance, flanked by tugboats spraying plumes of water and with…

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Gilmore Liberal candidate Andrew Constance rules out ministerial portfolio

Liberal candidate for Gilmore Andrew Constance has told the Prime Minister he does not want a portfolio in a potential future Coalition federal government. It comes as Labor accuses Mr Constance of rewriting history over his claims that no Australian company had bid for a billion-dollar state rail contract.

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Australia PM vows no cuts to universal healthcare if re-elected

Prime Minister Scott Morrison denied on Monday that his government would make cuts to Australia's universal healthcare scheme if he is re-elected next month, after the opposition Labor Party raised doubts over its future.

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AEC looks to recruit more than 100,000 workers for election day amid Australia-wide staff shortages

Staff needed to work across 7,500 polling places, with Covid contingency planning adding to challenges

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Australians under lockdown in Shanghai fear family separation as city reports first COVID deaths

Australians living under Shanghai's strict COVID lockdown say taking infected children away from their parents is "inhumane".

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Outdoor visits could ease pain of COVID precautions in aged care

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First cruise ship to arrive in Australia for two years due to COVID-19 pandemic docks in Sydney

Hordes of people watch from the shore as P&O's Pacific Explorer becomes the first cruise ship to arrive in Australia in two years due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Morrison pledges WA defence industry jobs

Prime Minister Scott Morrison has used an election campaign visit to Western Australia to announce a $121 million patrol vessel investment.

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COVID numbers in slight fall over long weekend

The ACT recorded 734 new infections in the latest reporting period.

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Amateur Broken Hill astronomer wins Astronomical Society of Australia award

By day, Trevor Barry tends to turf. By night, he explores the depths of space with equipment he built himself, finding things professionals scientists haven't.

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Australians being held in Syria are in conditions that 'meet the standard of torture', UN says

A letter from the UN Human Rights Council says 46 Australian citizens, including 30 children, are believed to be held in sordid conditions in Syrian detention camps.

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86,000 bottles of water on the wall: Tonga struggles with post-volcano waste problem

Tonga has seen an increase in plastic waste since the tsunami in January, after huge quantities of supplies were brought in for relief efforts

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Calls for statue to honour Annie Wheeler, known as Mother of Anzacs in World War I

When Australian Annie Wheeler found herself in London in 1914, she wanted to help the war effort. She started writing an index card for every Queensland soldier she met.

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Australia's smallest sauropod dinosaur confirmed from fossils found in outback Queensland

After more than a decade of painstaking research, a plant-eating dinosaur found in outback Queensland has been officially dubbed the smallest sauropod in Australia.

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Australia failing its own citizens held in ‘sordid’ camps in Syria, UN experts say

Letter to government renews calls to repatriate citizens, including 30 children, held in conditions that ‘meet the standard of torture’

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Is it better to vape than smoke? Definitely, but it’s still worse than quitting entirely

The new report into vaping, which resulted in calls to ban vaping entirely for younger Australians, still leaves a great number of questions

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Australians have unequal rights to die. For some families, that only adds to the pain

Sue Walton vowed to be with her terminally ill daughter when she decided to end her life. But NSW laws against voluntary assisted dying kept them apart

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1.5 vs 2C: What difference can a lousy half a degree of global warming make?

The chance to limit warming to 1.5C is slipping away. But will difference will it make if we overshoot by half a degree or so?

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Who wins when politics and religion collide, particularly during a federal election?

Ever since Scott Morrison invited TV cameras to watch him at a church service, there has been a spotlight on the role of religion in secular Australian politics and the influence of the 'Christian vote'. But church leaders say to brand Jesus a conservative is to miss his radical ideas.

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Robert Key appointed managing director of England men’s cricket team

The former England batter will succeed Ashley Giles in the role following the latter's departure in the wake of England's 4-0 loss to Australia

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Tyler Wright wins maiden Bells Beach crown at World Surf League decider

Australia's Tyler Wright has won her first crown at Bells Beach after beating Hawaii's Carissa Moore in the decider of the World Surf League event in Victoria.

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400-year-old Dutch artwork found in NSW

The National Trust of Australia has found a 400-year-old Dutch painting at a property in the NSW Blue Mountains and it could be worth up to $5 million.

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