17 August 2026
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese's comments on a podcast have continued to dominate parliamentary debate for a second week.
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17 August 2026
After it was revealed that Coles and Woolworths have made investigations into using facial recognition technology, politicians and regulators enter the debate.
17 August 2026
As per an expert, Prince Harry has seemingly found his true non-royal calling that matches his personality. For those unversed, the Sussexes stepped down as working royals in January 2020. Ever since ...
17 August 2026
Reps. Kat Cammack and Teresa Leger Fernández are leading a bipartisan effort to fundamentally change how sexual misconduct and other bad behavior in Congress is investigated and eradicated.
17 August 2026
Pauline Hanson has doubled down on her dislike for Mardi Gras and defended her inability to name the leaders of key neighbouring countries.
17 August 2026
NSW remains the lone participant in a national gun buyback scheme, as another state refuses to join.
17 August 2026
Police attended an East Melbourne hotel following an incident in the early hours of Monday morning.
17 August 2026
Atlas Preparatory Academy, a private school in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Every student relies on taxpayer dollars from one of the state’s four voucher programs to pay all or part of their tuition. Caleb Alvarado for ProPublica At some point, my reporting colleagues and I began referring to them as the “100% schools.” We were following the money that flows from states’ public coffers into private schools through vouchers when we noticed a subset of educational facilities where tax dollars cover all or a big part of the tuition for every student. In essence, these were schools that were funded like public schools but didn’t operate with the same oversight or transparency.
