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smh.com.au
🌐 85% Global Worthiness
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Star Entertainment Faces Collapse, Desperately Seeks Funding

Star Entertainment is urgently seeking funding to avoid insolvency after failing to secure enough money to meet near-term payments. The company's board is reviewing liquidity proposals, and its half-year results are dependent on securing funding to continue operating.

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56% Bias Score

Decent Work and Economic Growth
smh.com.au
🌐 75% Global Worthiness
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Brisbane Council Averts Strikes With 7.35% Wage Deal

Brisbane City Council reached a negotiated 7.35% pay rise over two years with its staff, ending weeks of industrial action by library, call center, and bus drivers who had sought double-digit increases; averted further service disruptions.

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56% Bias Score

Decent Work and Economic Growth
dailymail.co.uk
🌐 65% Global Worthiness
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Machete-Wielding Man Terrorizes Canberra Mall Shoppers

On Thursday at 3:15 pm, a machete-wielding man and a woman allegedly attempted to steal shoes at Canberra Outlet Centre in Fyshwick, threatening shoppers and staff before fleeing the scene; police are investigating and searching for the suspects.

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60% Bias Score

Peace, Justice, and Strong Institutions
cnnespanol.cnn.com
🌐 85% Global Worthiness
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Parents Sentenced for Faith-Healing Death of 8-Year-Old Daughter

An Australian court sentenced the parents of eight-year-old Elizabeth Struhs to at least 14 years in prison for her death in January 2022, after they withheld insulin based on the beliefs of a Christian sect, "The Saints," which also resulted in additional members receiving sentences ranging from si...

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64% Bias Score

Good Health and Well-being
dailymail.co.uk
🌐 75% Global Worthiness
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Slater + Gordon Scandal Deepens: Former Employee Denies Authorship of Malicious Email

A malicious email criticizing Slater + Gordon staff and containing salary information was sent from a private Gmail account last Friday; a former employee whose name appeared in the email's metadata denies authorship, while the firm's investigation clears the interim chief people officer and points ...

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44% Bias Score

Peace, Justice, and Strong Institutions
smh.com.au
🌐 65% Global Worthiness
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NSW Shelves School Plans Amid Shifting Enrollment Demands

The NSW government cancelled plans for new schools in St Leonards and Chatswood due to sufficient capacity in existing schools and increased enrollment in Sydney's outer suburbs, prioritizing eight new schools there by 2027, despite 3255 new homes planned for Crows Nest.

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Quality Education
bbc.com
🌐 85% Global Worthiness
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Cook Islands' China Deals Spark Regional Tensions

The Cook Islands signed several agreements with China covering various sectors, including deep-sea mineral exploration, without consulting New Zealand, causing domestic protests and raising concerns among Australia and New Zealand. This action highlights growing Chinese influence in the Pacific and ...

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48% Bias Score

Partnerships for the Goals
smh.com.au
🌐 75% Global Worthiness
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Victoria's Booming Education Exports: A Balancing Act

Victorian public schools organized over 40 overseas recruitment trips last year, attracting more than 9370 international students in 2024, generating $13,000–$20,000 per student, while raising concerns about equitable distribution among schools.

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44% Bias Score

Quality Education
mk.ru
🌐 90% Global Worthiness
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Sect Members Convicted in Child's Death After Insulin Withholding

Eight-year-old Elizabeth Struhs died in January 2022 from diabetic ketoacidosis after her parents, influenced by the "Saints" religious sect, withheld insulin treatment; 13 sect members, including her parents, were convicted of manslaughter.

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60% Bias Score

Good Health and Well-being
smh.com.au
🌐 85% Global Worthiness
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Star Entertainment Faces Trading Halt Amidst Financial Crisis

Star Entertainment, an Australian gaming giant, is expected to halt trading due to severe financial difficulties, including an inability to secure funding for payroll, highlighting the company's precarious financial state.

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No Poverty
dailymail.co.uk
🌐 75% Global Worthiness
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Local Measles Transmission Confirmed in Victoria

Victoria's health authorities confirmed two new measles cases, raising the 2025 total to eight and signifying local transmission after patients visited multiple sites across Melbourne and Bendigo between February 19-26, without recent overseas travel or contact with known cases.

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Good Health and Well-being
smh.com.au
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Brutal Bunnings Stabbing: Two Men Charged, Already on Bail for Prior Assault

Two men were stabbed in a Bunnings car park in Broadmeadows, Melbourne, after confronting a group of young men who had allegedly stolen their AirPods earlier that evening at a nearby shopping center. The suspects, Tyson Dwyer and Hakopa Heremaia, were already on bail for a separate violent assault.

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48% Bias Score

Peace, Justice, and Strong Institutions

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