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Australia vs. USA team news, lineups, score prediction for second round of Women’s World Cup group match
Sporting News
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August 29, 2025
The second round of the Pool A group matches will see the USA face Australia in York Community Centre on Saturday. The USA will be looking to earn back some points after their disappointing loss to the Red Roses 63 - 7 last week. Conversely,...
Australian Federal Police warned NZ police about graduate’s alleged gang links
The New Zealand Herald
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August 29, 2025
Information later provided by the AFP sparked an investigation by the National Integrity Unit (NIU) – the NZ police team set up in 2020 to detect and weed out corrupt officers. The AFP’s concerns arrived just after the officer had graduated from...
Australia Counters Trump’s ‘Dead Economy’ Jibe at India, Calls It a Land of ‘Fantastic Opportunities’
Pragativadi
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August 29, 2025
Australia has pushed back against US President Donald Trump’s criticism of India’s economy, with Trade Minister Don Farrell describing India as a nation brimming with “fantastic opportunities.” Rejecting Trump’s “dead economy” dig, Farrell...
Week Ahead: US and Canada Jobs, ISM PMIs, Eurozone Flash CPI, UK Retail Sales
Investing
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August 29, 2025
MON: US Labor Day, South Korean Trade Balance Prelim (Aug), Chinese Caixin Manufacturing PMI (Final), EZ, UK, US Manufacturing PMI (Final), New Zealand Terms of Trade (Q2) TUE: South Korean CPI (Aug), EZ Flash HICP (Aug), US ISM Manufacturing PMI...
ACEN Australia secures approval for Robbins Island Wind project
Energy Global
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August 29, 2025
ACEN Australia’s 900 MW Robbins Island Wind project has secured Federal Government approval – a major step in unlocking one of the largest private investments in Tasmania’s history and positioning the state as a major player in Australia’s clean...
'Dangerous to be around': Gaza's brave journalists defy all odds to do their job
The National News
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The role of journalists in Gaza in wartime has always been to document the suffering of civilians and share it with the world. But since the current war began in October 2023, journalists have become targets themselves, not only of Israeli air...
Australian Plasma Service Drops Sexual Activity Wait Times
Medscape
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August 29, 2025
Gay and bisexual men, including those taking preexposure prophylaxis (PrEP) to prevent HIV infection, can now donate plasma in Australia without any waiting period after recent sexual activity, according to new donation criteria from the...
Plestia Alaqad: ‘We were talking, applying for jobs. The next day, we woke up to a different reality’
The Guardian
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August 29, 2025
“It’s so quiet here, all I can hear is my thoughts,” Plestia Alaqad says as we begin our walk through a suburban park on a cold, overcast afternoon in Melbourne’s suburbs. After we exchange greetings (“At least it’s not raining”), she makes it...
The top 5 jobs in the bike trade this week – 29th August
BikeBiz
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August 29, 2025
The BikeBiz jobs board helped fill more than 680 positions in 2024, and listings are still on the rise. Here’s our latest top five jobs… Manager We are thrilled to announce the Leisure Lakes family of bike shops will soon have a new store serving...
Australian court upholds colossal steel-company cartel penalty
ICLG
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Despite the collusion never coming to fruition, the fact that approaches were made was enough to convince... Despite the collusion never coming to fruition, the fact that approaches were made was enough to convince the Full Federal Court that...
Degrees don't pay rent: White-collar dreams, blue-collar jobs
India Today
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August 29, 2025
Every year, lakhs of Indian families pour their life savings into sending their children abroad, mortgaging homes, taking loans worth Rs. 40-50 lakh, convinced that a foreign degree will guarantee a cushy job and a ticket to global success. But on...
Robbins Island wind farm project will bring "well paid jobs" to Tasmania, says federal minister
ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
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August 29, 2025
Murray Watt This is a really complex project and we wanted to make sure that the potential environmental impacts of this project were properly managed, and it has taken some time to establish what those possible environmental impacts would be and...
Australia counters Donald Trump's ‘dead economy’ dig at India: ‘…fantastic opportunities’
Hindustan Times
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August 29, 2025
Australian trade minister Don Farrell has rejected US President Donald Trump’s “dead economy” dig at India, saying his country sees India as a nation full of “fantastic opportunities”. US President Donald Trump during a cabinet meeting at the...
Australian bank apologises for accidentally firing staff with automated email
BBC
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August 29, 2025
One of Australia's largest banks has apologised to staff who found out they had been fired through an automated email asking them to hand back their laptops. ANZ's retail banking executive Bruce Rush said it was "not our intention to share such...
ANZ’s email blunder to fired employees: Can internal comms salvage the situation?
Marketing-Interactive
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Australian bank ANZ Group has apologised to staff and offered psychological counselling after some employees were mistakenly informed via email that they were being made redundant. According to multiple media reports, around 300 staff members in...
Australian state’s decade of LNG exports pours $127 billion into economy
Offshore Energy
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August 29, 2025
Australian Energy Producers (AEP), representing the country’s upstream oil and gas exploration and production industry, has revealed a $127 billion boost to Queensland’s economy, thanks to the Australian state’s decade of liquefied natural gas...
New CIS tenders procure 2.4 GWh of energy storage in Western Australia
ESS News
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August 29, 2025
The federal government’s Capacity Investment Scheme (CIS) Tenders 5 and 6 are now open, seeking 1,600 MW of renewable energy generation and 2,400 MWh of dispatchable capacity in the Western Australia (WA) wholesale electricity market (WEM)....
'Australia's most sexually active woman' Annie Knight chased by a man with a machete in the US
Daily Mail
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August 29, 2025
By ANTHONY JAMES Published: 02:40 EDT, 29 August 2025 | Updated: 02:42 EDT, 29 August 2025 Annie Knight has revealed she escaped a terrifying attempted assault while holidaying in the US. The 28-year-old OnlyFans creator took to her stories on...
ACEN Australia secures government approval for Robbins Island Wind project
Energy Global
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August 29, 2025
ACEN Australia’s 900 MW Robbins Island Wind project has secured federal government approval – a major step in unlocking one of the largest private investments in Tasmania’s history and positioning the state as a major player in Australia’s clean...
Australian Dollar Edges Higher Amid Dovish Tone Surrounding Fed Policy
myMotherLode - California
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Thursday, August 28, 2025 10:20 PM EDT Image Source: Unsplash Australian Dollar may further appreciate as the US Dollar could struggle due to dovish Fed speak. The AUD found support as stronger inflation figures tempered market expectations for a...