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Stage set for historic clash: Djokovic faces Sinner in Wimbledon blockbuster as Alcaraz meets Fritz
RTL Today
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July 10, 2025
Novak Djokovic will put his bid for Grand Slam history on the line at Wimbledon on Friday when he faces world number one Jannik Sinner for a place in the final, while defending champion Carlos Alcaraz takes on American fifth seed Taylor Fritz. AFP...
Mexicano Festival returns to Victoria's Inner Harbour
Peninsula News Review
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July 10, 2025
The festival will offer two days of live music, delicious foods and Mexican culture This weekend, the annual Mexicano Festival will be returning for its 19th iteration with two days of live music, delicious foods and Mexican culture. On July 12...
New data reveals increase in staggering death toll from known hanging points in Australian jails
The Guardian
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July 10, 2025
The shocking death toll from known ligature points in Australian prisons has risen to 64, new documents reveal. In June, a Guardian Australia investigation revealed that 57 inmates across 19 correctional facilities had died using hanging points...
Re-Wind: The Lions’ record against Combined Countries ahead of Australia-New Zealand XV clash
Ruck
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July 10, 2025
The British & Irish Lions face an Australia-New Zealand Invitational XV this weekend, which will combine talents from both sides of the Tasman and will feature plenty of capped internationals. Given that the Lions themselves are a team comprised...
Another blow to Victoria as Kipkie adds to Royals’ NCAA exodus
Peninsula News Review
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July 10, 2025
With Kipkie’s commitment, Victoria has now lost its top eight scorers from last season The Victoria Royals are suddenly finding themselves at the heart of the WHL’s summer exodus. Captain Justin Kipkie, a cornerstone of the Royals’ blue-line and...
Australian hospitality is on the brink of extinction but it can be saved
About Regional
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July 8, 2025
Is Aussie hospitality in danger of becoming extinct? Photo: File. You don’t always notice something’s extinct until it’s too late. Once upon a time, genuine Australian hospitality was everywhere: warm greetings, easy smiles and a sense of being...
A script every five minutes: 'Red flags' amid Australia's medicinal cannabis rise
SBS
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One script every five minutes on average — that's how fast a single doctor was prescribing medicinal cannabis, raising concerns from Australia’s health regulator. According to the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA), over a...
Culturally diverse WA kids face disadvantage from day one at school
Scimex Newsfeed
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July 8, 2025
From: Curtin University Culturally diverse WA kids face disadvantage from day one at school Children from diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds are twice as likely to face developmental vulnerability in communication skills and general...
Victoria’s most iconic hotel has just been ranked #1 ‘City Hotel’ in Canada
Victoria Buzz
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July 8, 2025
The Fairmont Empress has just been ranked as the #1 best City Hotel in Canada in the 2025 edition of Travel + Leisure World’s Best Awards. Furthermore, the storied Empress property has been named to the prestigious Travel + Leisure top 500 list of...
Just beating this Australia team isn’t enough — I want to see Total Rugby
The Times
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The pressure is on. Not this weekend in Adelaide, where rugby union has never established a foothold. Maybe not even in Australia. But back in Lions Land — England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales — nothing but a series victory will suffice. I’d...
Lorde Australia 2026 Tour
Scenestr
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Fresh from claiming the #1 Australian album with her fourth studio record, 'Virgin', Lorde returns to Australia in 2026. Last down under in 2023, the 'Royals', 'Team' and 'Ribs' hitmaker will headline concerts in Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne and...
‘I love getting to bless others’: Farmwife’s Kitchen open in Victoria
Kenbridge Victoria Dispatch
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July 10, 2025
Published 11:51 am Thursday, July 10, 2025 The way Megan Bagley describes it, her bakery is a return to comforting flavors and simpler times, with a tiny side of fancy. This is The Farmwife’s Kitchen, a microbakery operating in and around...
Why the government is unlikely to follow Trump's university funding cuts
ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
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July 10, 2025
Antisemitism envoy Jillian Segal has a tough list of demands to stamp out antisemitism on university campuses. From next year, she'd like to see report cards for individual institutions on their progress in making Jewish staff and students feel...
This historic pub legally wiped three-quarters of its debt to stay open
ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
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July 10, 2025
Neville Walton wasn't expecting forgiveness from the Australian Tax Office. Then the publican discovered a legal way that he could wipe a massive chunk of his historic hotel's unpaid $350,000 tax bill, and keep himself pulling beers behind the...
Cook Islands set for historic debut
Cook Island News
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July 10, 2025
For the first time in history, the Cook Islands women's basketball team will step onto the court at the FIBA Women’s Asia Cup 2025 Division. FIBA/25070921 From a dream born in 2017 to a team built on family bonds, Cook Islands are ready to make...
Zara and Mike Tindall caught on camera in surprise foreign appearance
Hello!
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July 10, 2025
Zara and Mike Tindall are usually among the royal spectators at Wimbledon, but this year, it seems the couple have swapped the UK sunshine for an Australian winter. The pair were pictured by the Sydney Morning Herald wrapped up in coats, hats and...
Victoria mother, 48, uses social media to cope and support others with early-onset Alzheimer’s
CHEK
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July 8, 2025
After years of tests and denial that she could be diagnosed so young, Rebecca Luna is now coming to terms with being diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer’s disease, and she’s using social media to create a virtual support group for others. At just...
Doctors face Islamophobia in Australian healthcare 'crisis'
ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
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July 10, 2025
Noor Suhana Mohd went straight into "fight or flight mode" after a patient got angry and hurled racial and Islamophobic slurs at her. "'I don't have to listen to a Muslim', he said to me," Dr Mohd told the ABC. After the incident, she froze. "I...
New South Wales and Queensland state budgets have a risky dependence on gambling: Expert
Asia Gaming Brief
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June 30, 2025
Recent budget reports from New South Wales (NSW) and Queensland highlight a troubling trend of increasing reliance on gambling taxation, with little indication of meaningful reform, Sally Gainsbury, Director at the Gambling Treatment & Research...
Library mural celebrates students’ cultural heritage
The Australian Jewish News
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July 10, 2025
Get The AJN Newsletter by email and never miss our top stories Free Sign Up Caulfield Junior College (CJC) unveiled its new library mural on June 23, which celebrates the cultural backgrounds of its students. The beautiful mural painted by Shannon...