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Family, faith, and firsts: Cook Islands set for historic debut
FIBA Basketball
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GOLD COAST (Australia) - For the first time in history, the Cook Islands women's basketball team will step onto the court at the FIBA Women’s Asia Cup 2025 Division B - and it’s not just a debut, it’s a dream come true years in the making....
Rochester’s Central Park to be reviewed for historic status
KTTC - Minnesota
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July 8, 2025
ROCHESTER, Minn. (KTTC) – The Rochester City Council voted Monday night to begin the process of designated Central Park as a local historic landmark. The motion, approved on a 7-0 vote, instructs the Heritage Preservation Commission to expedite...
What Australia must do to overturn objections for WA rock art to attain UN heritage status
The Guardian
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July 9, 2025
The federal government is in the final throes of a lobbying campaign to secure UN world heritage status for a globally significant rock art site in Western Australia.The federal environment minister, Murray Watt, will be in Paris this week to...
Bvlgari launches Allegra collection in Australia with sensory celebration
Retail Beauty
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July 8, 2025
Bvlgari marked the exclusive Australian launch of its Allegra fragrance collection with an elegant and immersive event held at the iconic Aria restaurant in Sydney. Designed to capture the spirit of la dolce vita, the event welcomed key media and...
Labor has presided over the ‘worst productivity performance’ in the country’s history
Sky News Australia
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July 9, 2025
Nationals Senator Matt Canavan slams the Albanese government’s productivity performance record. “This government has presided over the worst productivity performance in our nation’s history,” Mr Canavan told Sky News Australia. “Productivity has...
Australian PM Albanese Confirms China Visit As Beijing Considers Trade Deal Review
StratNews Global
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July 8, 2025
Home Australia Australian PM Albanese Confirms China Visit As Beijing Considers Trade Deal Review Albanese’s visit comes as China, Australia’s top trading partner, proposes reviewing their decade-old trade deal to enhance ties in agriculture,...
Victoria greenlights massive Roundhouse development at historic rail site
CHEK
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July 8, 2025
A massive development in the downtown Victoria area has now been cleared to begin, with city council approving a rezoning application for the 10-acre Roundhouse at Bayview Place development site. On July 3, council approved the rezoning...
Don’t Demand Respect While Rejecting the Host Culture
News Blaze
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July 9, 2025
Sarah Antoinette, through consistent conviction and measured defiance, has dared to articulate a truth many Western liberals are too apologetic to admit – and many Muslims too indignant to hear: you do not get to demand respect from societies you...
Munster mistake NSW must avoid; ‘great story’ could backfire: Matty Cronk’s Origin Verdict
Fox Sports
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July 9, 2025
The NSW Blues will be looking to win back-to-back series for just the second time in the past 20 years (2018-19) when they face the Queensland Maroons in Wednesday’s Origin decider. FOX LEAGUE, available on Kayo Sports, is the only place to watch...
Telling tourists to go home has a history
Canberra CityNews
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July 8, 2025
Anti-tourism protests are not new. They happened in ancient Rome, 19th-century England and after World War II, writes FREYA HIGGINS-DESBIOLLES. This hot European summer, anti-tourism protests have made headlines, from Barcelona to Venice, Mallorca...
‘Unprecedented’: The challenges Australian economists must solve
The West Australian
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July 9, 2025
Australia needs new economic research to tackle the rolling challenges of trade tariffs, productivity slowdowns and climate change or risk living standards. In a speech to mark the 100th anniversary of the Economics Society of Australia as part of...
Otago land deal: Australian gold mine company Santana Minerals’ $25m Bendigo-Ophir land purchase
Newstalk ZB
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July 9, 2025
A $25 million land acquisition by Australian mining company Santana Minerals has reignited community concerns over the proposed Bendigo-Ophir Gold Project in Central Otago. Santana Minerals, through its subsidiary Matakanui Gold Limited, announced...
Trump threatens to double taxes on Australia's second biggest export
9News
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July 8, 2025
The US president said he was looking to announce 200 per cent tariffs on all imported pharmaceuticals. "If they have to bring the pharmaceuticals into the country ... they're going to be tariffed at a very, very high rate, like 200 per cent."...
History, logic and form says NSW win. But three men will decide the series
Brisbane Times
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July 8, 2025
I can’t wait to watch the champion playmakers square off, and no one is under more pressure to perform than Cameron Munster and Nathan Cleary – they are the architects of their side’s attack and the leading kick options. Cameron Munster will lead...
Surgeons and engineers work together to save Queensland man's life
ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
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July 8, 2025
Surgeons have replaced most of a man's aorta in a life-saving operation after scans revealed he was walking around with a "ticking time bomb" inside his chest. The Queensland man's aorta, the biggest blood vessel in the body, had ballooned to...
Why is the Earth spinning faster? Is time speeding up? Australia’s experts give us their second opinion
The Guardian
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July 8, 2025
Who keeps time, and how? Before the 1950s, the length of a day was defined by the Earth’s rotation and the apparent position of the sun. “The Earth rotates once per day, you divide that by 86,400, that’s one second,” says Dr Michael Wouters, time...
Loyal Metals picks up historic high-grade copper-gold mine
Stockhead
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July 8, 2025
The company is confident of making new discoveries at a time when copper and gold prices are 680% and 1256% higher respectively since the 1997 feasibility study. Pic: Getty Images. LLM to acquire Highway-Reward copper-gold mine in Queensland The...
The complete history of State of Origin deciders
Zero Tackle
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July 8, 2025
We're gearing up for a Game 3 State of Origin decider tonight, and while New South Wales fans would be happy overall with their team's performance so far, the Queensland Maroons' dominant history may just leave some Blues buffs nervous. The Blues...
Lancaster Resources acquires Lake Cargelligo gold project in Australia
Mining Technology
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July 8, 2025
Lancaster Resources has completed the acquisition of the Lake Cargelligo gold project in New South Wales, Australia. Effective as of 30 June 2025, the acquisition was carried out by Lancaster Gold Australia, a fully owned subsidiary of Lancaster...
Man to face court over $3m Australian spiritual 'blessings' scam
1News
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Another person accused of being involved in a "fly-in, fly-out" syndicate leveraging cultural superstitions to scoop up cash and jewellery has been charged. The 62-year-old faces fraud and criminal group offences over his alleged role in the scam,...