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Law roundup: Man and woman steal forbidden fruit
Daily Inter Lake - Montana
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August 26, 2025
A couple allegedly climbed into a man’s apple tree and began picking the fruit. Despite telling the man and woman it was private property and not to steal his apples, they reportedly continued to pick three bags worth of the forbidden fruit,...
Australian Senator Calls For Snoop Dogg to Be Removed From AFL Final
Billboard
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August 26, 2025
Snoop Dogg should be sent to the doghouse, and nowhere near the 2025 AFL Grand Final. That’s the substance of a message from Greens Senator Sarah Hanson-Young, who used a Senate address to call for Snoop’s removal from Australian rules football’s...
Australia police shooting latest: Two officers feared dead in ‘active incident’ in rural town of Porepunkah
The Independent
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August 26, 2025
Porepunkah airfield closed amid emergency response The Porepunkah airfield has been temporarily closed as authorities respond to the ongoing incident in the alpine area. Situated two nautical miles south of Porepunkah in the Buckland Valley, the...
Australian Retailers Committed To Safer Workplaces
The National Tribune
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August 26, 2025
The Australian Retailers Association (ARA) and National Retail Association (NRA) confirmed today that retailers across Australia are making major investments in creating safer workplaces in the face of significant industry challenges, especially...
Live stream: Talking with 2025 Charlotte City Council candidate Victoria Watlington
WBTV - North Carolina
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August 26, 2025
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (WBTV) - It’s a local election year for Mecklenburg County voters, and residents in Charlotte will be choosing their city council members. WBTV’s Dedrick Russell is interviewing as many 2025 Charlotte City Council candidates as...
Government says re-development of Victoria Stadium can now go ahead, following 'El Murga' judgment
Gibraltar Broadcasting Corporation
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The Government has welcomed the judgment, saying demolition and re-development of the Victoria Stadium can now go ahead. More widely, it welcomes confirmation that the Section 66 mechanism is constitutional and the notice issued by the Governor...
Sergio Perez has ‘nothing to prove’ as Lawson, Tsunoda ‘struggles’ catch the eye
Planet F1
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August 26, 2025
Sergio Perez says he has nothing to prove upon his return with the Cadillac F1 team in light of the “struggles” of his successors, Liam Lawson and Yuki Tsunoda, at Red Bull. Perez announced on Tuesday that he will return to F1 with the incoming...
France to sue Australian platform for 'negligence' after livestream death
Modern Ghana
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France is to sue the Australian streaming platform Kick for "negligence" after a French user died during a livestream earlier this month, a government minister said on Tuesday. In a separate announcement, French prosecutors said they had opened an...
Australia Joins India, Others In Suspending Postal Deliveries To US
MENAFN
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August 25, 2025
(MENAFN- IANS) Sydney, Aug 26 (IANS) Postal services in Australia and Switzerland have become the latest to announce a suspension of deliveries to the United States, joining a growing list of countries halting shipments in response to the Trump...
Australia expels Iranian ambassador after ASIO says it directed antisemitic attacks
ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
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August 26, 2025
Iran was behind at least two antisemitic attacks on Australian soil, ASIO believes, prompting the Australian government to sever diplomatic ties with the country. Appearing in the prime minister's courtyard on Tuesday, the spy agency's...
Australia expels Iranian ambassador over ‘credible intelligence’ Tehran directed antisemitic attacks in Melbourne and Sydney
The Guardian
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August 26, 2025
Iran directed at least two attacks against Australia’s Jewish community, the domestic spy agency has determined, prompting the Albanese government to expel Tehran’s ambassador to Canberra from Australia. The prime minister announced on Tuesday...
Australia, Switzerland join India in suspending postal deliveries to US over new tariffs
Telengana Today
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August 26, 2025
Postal services in Australia, Switzerland, India, and several European countries have temporarily halted shipments to the United States following new customs and tariff rules, including the removal of the $800 de minimis exemption for low-value...
Queensland girl accused of attempted murder withdraws bail bid
9News
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August 26, 2025
A 12-year-old girl accused of attempting to murder her foster carer by stabbing her in the chest has withdrawn her bail application. The girl, who cannot be identified for legal reasons, was not required to appear in Ipswich Children's Court west...
LexisNexis: Every Lawyer Will Have A Personalized AI Assistant
Above the Law
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August 25, 2025
Even though ILTACON ended more than a week ago now, I am still digging out from the deluge of briefings and meetings I attended there. One of particular note was a media briefing with LexisNexis executives in which they provided further...
Australia’s Pension System: Implications of Getting Big and Growing Old
International Banker
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August 26, 2025
3 By Dr. Jonathan Kearns, Chief Economist and Head of Regulatory Affairs, Challenger (an Australian retirement income and funds management company), and an Adjunct Fellow at Macquarie University Introduction to the Australian superannuation system...
Victoria will fast-track new child safety laws as part of a system ‘overhaul’. Here’s what we know
The Guardian
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August 26, 2025
Authorities in Victoria will have the power to immediately suspend an individual’s working with children check during an investigation, under new laws to be fast-tracked through the parliament this week.The premier, Jacinta Allan, said the laws,...
Australia boosts RSIPF with new fleet of police vehicles ahead of Pacific Islands Forum
The Islandsun
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August 26, 2025
BY MORRIS NAFU The Australian Government has donated the first batch of 31 out of 61 police vehicles to the Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF). This donation comes as the Solomon Islands prepares to host the 54th Pacific Islands Forum...
2 officers "murdered in cold blood" in Australia, triggering manhunt
CBS News
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Two police officers were killed and another seriously wounded in a shooting Tuesday at a property in a rural part of Australia. The gunman remained at large as police scoured a vast remote area. The shooting occurred in midmorning when 10 armed...
NEW: Australia Expels Iranian Diplomats, Accuses Tehran of Directing Domestic Terror Attacks
Hot Air
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August 26, 2025
Australia just dropped a diplomatic bomb on Tehran, one whose shockwaves may reverberate around the world. For the first time since World War II, the government in Canberra has expelled all diplomats from a foreign country and terminated all...
‘It’s a scary situation’: Australia’s Iranian diaspora fear reprisals against families
The Guardian
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August 26, 2025
Iranian Australians have welcomed the expulsion of Iran’s ambassador to Australia even as some raised concerns that the move could leave family members stranded in Iran. The prime minister Anthony Albanese announced the expulsion on Tuesday,...