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Indexed articles, last 90 days
18
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Sep 30, 2026
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Top 1K sites
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Jul 16, 2026

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  1. Article · Sep 30, 2026 · Ben Smee

    The ‘big penis’ has been torn down: how Newcastle changed in 25 years since the Knights’ last NRL title - AOL (opens the original)

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    More than 80,000 people saw the musician Daniel Arvidson sing about Newcastle’s “big penis” at the city’s foreshore in October 2001. Arvidson’s song about our shared home town – and its dubious local landmarks – found its way on to local radio that year, as the Newcastle Knights were making a run towards a second NRL premiership. “The station said: ‘we’ll play it every time the Knights get up’ and then the Knights just kept on winning,” says Arvidson, who sang the Newcastle song three times at a

  2. Article · Sep 13, 2026 · Ben Smee

    NSW to put strict caps on screen time in classrooms while pushing for ‘pen and paper’ learning (opens the original)

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    Screen limits will become mandatory in NSW schools from 2028 as federal education minister says students may need a ‘digital detox’ Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our new political email, free app or daily news podcast The New South Wales government has announced it will implement limits on screen time in public school classrooms and push for students to take part in daily “pen and paper” learning. The state’s new regulations follow a similar announcement fr

  3. Article · Aug 30, 2026 · Ben Smee

    ‘We owe it to history’ to defeat One Nation, PM tells Labor faithful – as it happened (opens the original)

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    We’re going to wrap up our live news coverage today. Here’s a recap of the day’s top headlines: The prime minister, Anthony Albanese, has told party faithful in Queensland that “we owe it to history” to defeat rightwing populism, amid a surge in support for One Nation and rising anti-immigration sentiment. Pauline Hanson’s rightwing party won the Secret Harbour byelection in Western Australia on Saturday. Federal minister Tanya Plibersek said Labor would “have a good look” at the

  4. Article · Aug 27, 2026 · Ben Smee

    Queensland woman gave birth to twins with different parents after surrogacy coincides with natural pregnancy (opens the original)

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    Both children were born on same day in November 2025 in situation so rare it had not been contemplated by state surrogacy laws A Queensland woman gave birth to twin children with separate sets of biological parents last year, in what is believed to be an Australian first situation so rare it had not been contemplated by state surrogacy laws. The woman, anonymised in a court judgment, conceived an unplanned natural pregnancy about the same time as she received an IVF embryo transfer under a surro

  5. Article · Aug 21, 2026 · Ben Smee

    Alleged rapist arrested after returning to Brisbane crime scene that night, police say (opens the original)

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    Jacob Dave Henry Hauraki, 32, charged with six counts of rape, stalking and assault after woman was allegedly attacked in Brookfield Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Queensland police say a man accused of raping and assaulting a young woman, who was taking a morning bushwalk, has been arrested after he returned to the crime scene in his vehicle later that evening. A woman, aged in her 20s, was walking in the semi-r

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