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- Gambling, General News
- 19/08/2026
- 08:23
4AM Gambling a deafening wake-up call for NSW Government
Media release For immediate release 19 August 2026 4AM Gambling a deafening wake-up call for NSW Government Wesley Mission says reports of people gambling extraordinary sums of money until 4am should be a wake-up call for the NSW Government to stop delaying the introduction of strong and robust poker machine reforms and act to prevent gambling harm. The Sydney Morning Herald investigation into gambling activity at Club Marconi reinforces the urgent need for a mandatory overnight shutdown of poker machines and mandatory account-based gambling across NSW. Wesley Mission CEO, Rev Stu Cameron, says the allegations raised in the investigation point…
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- Political
- 19/08/2026
- 08:16
Bills First, Ideology Last: Poll Torches Labor’s Energy Plan
Key Facts: KEY FACTS: • Poll of 511 residents across the Gippsland, Bass and Pakenham districts, commissioned by Affordable Energy Australia (Herald Sun, 18…
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- General News, Science
- 19/08/2026
- 08:00
Monash study reveals snake bodies are more than long tubes, they have distinct vertebral regions
Snakes have always been perceived as a long body with a head attached. Now new research from Monash University has revealed that they are…
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- Sport Recreation
- 19/08/2026
- 07:45
Sydney family makes martial arts history as Hakan Manav joins his father Ridvan in the Hall of Fame
Key Facts: Sydney martial arts instructor Hakan Manav was inducted into the Taekwondo Hall of Fame in New Jersey in August 2026, making him and his father, Grandmaster Ridvan Manav, the first father-and-son duo to both receive the honour.Grandmaster Ridvan, who holds 9th Degree Black Belts in both Taekwondo and Hapkido, was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2015 for Lifetime Achievement, having established the Australian Martial Arts Academy in Marrickville in 1982.Hakan, a 7th Dan Black Belt, received his own Black Belt at just six years old and has since become a three-time National Taekwondo Sparring Champion, multiple-time…
- Education Training, Hospitality
- 19/08/2026
- 07:12
The Unsexy Side of Hospitality Training That Could Save a Life
Key Facts: Food safety training is considered equally as important as Responsible Service of Alcohol (RSA) and Responsible Service of Gambling (RSG) qualifications for…
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- Technology Innovation
- 19/08/2026
- 07:08
U.S. Defense Innovation Unit Selects Australian Battery Innovator 3ME Technology for EdgeVOLT® Prototype Program
NEWCASTLE, Australia–BUSINESS WIRE– 3ME Technology has been selected by the U.S. Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) to deliver and demonstrate its EdgeVOLT® portable energy storage…
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- Medical Health Aged Care
- 19/08/2026
- 07:00
Rethinking how we name and classify our human ancestors following recent evolutionary discoveries
Recent advances in our understanding of human evolution challenge the way we currently name and classify our ancestors, according to new research from Monash…
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- Medical Health Aged Care, Mental Health
- 19/08/2026
- 06:30
Cannabis linked to earlier onset of psychosis
People who use cannabis are developing psychosis years earlier than non-users, new research shows, prompting calls for greater health warnings about one of the nation’s most widely used substances. Cannabis users develop psychosis an average of two-and-a-half years earlier than non-users, a new meta-analysis from UNSW Sydney researchers shows. This earlier onset of psychosis becomes more pronounced with age, stretching to more than six years difference between cannabis users and non-users who develop psychosis in their 30s, the global analysis published in Biological Psychiatry found. Psychosis is a symptom of schizophrenia and other mental illnesses, and can involve delusions, hallucinations,…
- Entertainment, General News
- 19/08/2026
- 06:25
LANE PITTMAN TO FIRE UP TOWNSVILLE AT 2026 PBR AUSTRALIA GRAND FINALS
Key Facts: The PBR Australia Grand Finals will be held at the Townsville Entertainment & Convention Centre on November 13 and 14. Tickets are…
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