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National

Audio News Grabs, attached. 21 August, 2026 AIHW data confirms skin cancer is Australia’s most prevalent cancer, yet

The Albanese Government has strengthened and streamlined Australia’s Foreign Arrangements Scheme, with legislation

A Central Coast man, 63, is scheduled to appear before Wyong Local Court on 7 October, 2026, charged with allegedly

The Joint Standing Committee on Migration will be holding public hearings in Melbourne, Brisbane and the Gold Coast

Local

Police issued a further 120 offences to motorists travelling to and from Victorian snowfields last weekend, with over

A chicken kebab store in Lalor has been destroyed following a suspicious fire early this morning. Emergency services

Police seized a significant quantity of illicit tobacco and nicotine products during two search warrants in Belmont

Homicide Squad detectives have charged a fourth person with murder following an investigation into an alleged fatal

Politics

$5.9 million invested to establish the Kununurra Youth Night Space and support a safer community Aboriginal-led

New South Wales police can’t deal objectively with death threats against mums with mainstream beliefs about gender

The Greens have launched a community campaign to build an economy that works for Canberrans, not corporations –

The Carroll Labor Government is unlocking a brand-new community in Melbourne’s growing west – with thousands of new

Business

Sport is the new battleground in the streaming wars. But it’s not action on the field they’re tempting us with

The Albanese Labor Government’s legislation to strengthen the tax system has passed the House of Representatives with

The Parliament has today passed legislation to help secure the sustainable distribution of cash in Australia. The

The ABA welcomes today’s passage through the Parliament of the Cash Distribution Framework Bill 2026, an important

Life

Police issued a further 120 offences to motorists travelling to and from Victorian snowfields last weekend, with over

A chicken kebab store in Lalor has been destroyed following a suspicious fire early this morning. Emergency services

Police seized a significant quantity of illicit tobacco and nicotine products during two search warrants in Belmont

Audio News Grabs, attached. 21 August, 2026 AIHW data confirms skin cancer is Australia’s most prevalent cancer, yet

World

Geneva – The International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced that the 2026 IATA Cargo Experts Conference

WorkSafe has created a new prequalification template designed to make it easier for construction businesses to be

New Zealand First is proposing changes to the Dairy Industry Restructuring Act 2001 to incentivise investment in

Legislative changes will give emergency management authorities the tools they need to keep their communities safe

Science

Cornell engineers have developed a “digital twin” framework that creates a real-time virtual representation of urban

A coordinated, multi-institutional research effort funded through the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Specialty Crop

Prostate tumors can rewire amino acid metabolism to override the normal brakes on cholesterol production, a process

Researchers have created an interactive map identifying 1.8 million individual trees in New York City, with a new

Technology

Expanded integration brings CoCounsel Legal, HighQ, Noetica and Legal Tracker together with governed iManage

The recent heatwaves mean that many people in northern Europe are now looking at new ways to cool their homes. Author

Institute of Science Tokyo (Science Tokyo) and the National Cancer Center Japan (NCCJ) signed a collaboration

Online gaming platform Roblox has given a court-enforceable undertaking to Australia’s online safety regulator to do