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New South Wales will mandate a statewide anti-bullying framework requiring schools to replace zero-tolerance suspensions and expulsions with restorative justice measures and triage-based interventions, and Sydney is advancing a proposal to cap dockless e-bike fleets at 7,000 vehicles to reduce footpath clutter amid calls for geolocation parking zones.

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Lakemba Mosque is set to become the first Islamic place of worship in Sydney added to the State Heritage Register pending public consultation and a final decision, and a swimmer was hospitalized after being struck by lightning off the New South Wales Central Coast as authorities monitored coastal conditions.

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Lakemba Mosque poised to join QVB and Parliament House with top heritage listing
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More than six hundred kayakers protested against fossil fuels and coal exports in Newcastle Harbour without arrests after the NSW Supreme Court dismissed a police bid to halt the demonstration and the port suspended shipping for four hours, and Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang resigned following investigations into undisclosed personal relationships, with CFO Colette Kress named interim CEO.

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Newcastle climate protest goes ahead, no arrests made
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Climate activists staged a peaceful flotilla at the Port of Newcastle after the NSW Supreme Court overturned police efforts to block the protest, internal factional pressure in southwest Sydney is threatening a sitting Labor MP ahead of candidate selections, and the ACT government disabled its national park booking platform after a suspected data breach affecting about 6,000 users.

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Hundreds take to water for Newcastle coal port protest despite attempt by NSW police to stop them
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Tough Guy Book Club has expanded to ten countries with 10,000 members as Australian men’s reading rates fall, HungryPanda is facing scrutiny over whether delivery riders absorb the cost of stolen orders after a Melbourne rider was docked, and new lending to property investors fell at the fastest pace on record as ANZ’s chief executive warned falling home values are affecting consumer confidence.

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Mortgage arrears have reached multi-year highs and financial hardship is rising, Qantas announced 850 job cuts with unemployment expected to reach 5 percent, and NSW Premier Chris Minns faces backlash over Newcastle councils ban on Rising Tide protests on council-owned land.

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Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Climate Change Minister Chris Bowen were recorded making a crude hot-mic joke during a business roundtable in Turkey, England won the Wheelchair Rugby League World Cup by beating France 50-38 in Wollongong, and a family-run circus on Sydney’s Northern Beaches reported costly vandal attacks.

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Former New South Wales Liberal MP Rory Amon was found guilty of raping a 13-year-old boy he met online, was expelled from the Liberal Party and resigned as his previously safe seat fell to a teal independent, and remains on bail ahead of sentencing on November 27.

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Former NSW Liberal MP Rory Amon found guilty of raping 13-year-old boy
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David Jones will close seven New South Wales stores after collapsing into administration, the Australian Taxation Office is suing former West Coast Eagles player Andrew Donnelly and his wife Natasha for almost $5 million in director penalties, and readers are debating the sandpaper scandal in sport.

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A Brisbane jury heard that Robert Crawford’s phone was unlocked five times with the Signal app open in the hours before his wife’s death as prosecutors closed their murder case, Megaspeed Australia’s listed Sydney office had no signage or staff amid scrutiny involving a former director accused of being a Chinese intelligence asset, and Premier Chris Minns defended captain’s call candidates for the March election as a Hills Shire councillor vowed to contest Winston Hills.

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Mahli Beardman took six for 24 on his ODI debut to bowl England out for 131 at Perth Stadium, a Tasmanian man was convicted and fined $3,000 over a bushfire that destroyed two homes near St Helens, and the Busselton murder trial of James Anthony Sorgiovanni ended in a hung jury with a retrial expected.

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A parent and academic argue that class-time special religious education removes students from regular lessons and harms inclusion, the NSW Supreme Court murder trial of former police officer Beau Lamarre-Condon has continued with the accused facing sharp criticism, and ASX-listed Right Resources reported tungsten sampling grades up to 4.3% tungsten trioxide and metallurgical recoveries above 87% near Tumbarumba while awaiting maiden drilling assays.

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Former New South Wales Liberal MP Rory Amon has been found guilty of the rape and indecent assault of a 13-year-old boy in 2017 and is due for a sentence hearing later this month while remaining on bail.

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Australian Gold and Copper reported a high-grade polymetallic intersection at its Evergreen project in New South Wales’s South Cobar basin and is advancing toward a maiden resource estimate, while hundreds of preschool educators and parents rallied against New South Wales’s Universal Preschool Funding model over concerns that some community-run centres could face redundancies or closure.

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Australian Gold and Copper lands NSW multi-metal bonanza
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Beau Lamarre-Condon denied under cross-examination that he executed his former partner and killed the man’s new boyfriend to silence a witness in his New South Wales Supreme Court murder trial, the Northern Territory chief minister said her government need not consult traditional custodians over an A$8.8 million Alice Springs multicultural centre despite an Arrernte elder’s concerns, and thousands of rainbow lorikeets stripped an orchard in the Perth Hills of its entire early cherry crop in five days.

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NAB chief executive Andrew Irvine criticized state payroll taxes and urged cuts to red tape and government spending at a parliamentary hearing, Commonwealth Bank chief executive Matt Comyn said interest rates will remain higher than in the past decade due to the AI construction boom and geopolitical shocks, and lawyers for a woman involved in the Pullman Four matter said she was devastated after Victoria Police ended its review without criminal charges while a civil claim continues.

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Like taxing blood donors: Bank boss reveals biggest gripe
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The New South Wales Supreme Court rejected a police bid to stop tomorrow’s Rising Tide climate protest flotilla on Newcastle Harbour, G8 Education shares jumped 95% after a A$196.7 million takeover proposal from Majority Capital Partners, and Clarity Pharmaceuticals rose 57% after its prostate cancer imaging agent received FDA Breakthrough Therapy status.

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Coal protest to go ahead on harbour after court rejects police objections
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Queenslands LNP faces union claims that its industrial relations overhaul would restrict public sector bargaining more than Newman-era laws, police are investigating a mans death and his sisters critical injuries at a Kuranda home, and horticulturists advise removing annual weeds before seeding and using barriers and ground covers to prevent regrowth.

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Microsoft 365 services in Australia were disrupted for more than nine hours by a configuration update that overloaded servers, Nvidia chief executive Jensen Huang resigned after reports of extramarital affairs including one involving a woman suspected by US intelligence of being a Chinese spy, and Australia’s government said it would adjust its backpacker crackdown after business backlash by considering a delayed ballot and changed visa rules.

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A global Microsoft 365 outage has hit thousands – what happened and when will it be fixed?
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Kalyn Ponga’s Golden Boot award before the World Cup final has raised questions about the award’s credibility depending on the final’s outcome, One Nation is mounting a serious challenge in the Nationals-held Victorian seat of Murray Plains, and David Warner has accused Pat Cummins of exposing Usman Khawaja to blame over the ball-tampering scandal.

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Seventeen-year-old William was rescued after surviving six nights lost in dense bushland near Walhalla on chicken-flavoured chips and creek water, a 15-year-old Northern Territory girl accused of collecting documents likely to facilitate a terrorist act is awaiting a bail decision, and investigators said a light plane descended at high speed and hit the water off the Northern Territory coast in August, killing pilot Bob Bramley.

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Chips, creek water and Take Me Home, Country Roads: how an Australian teenager survived six nights in the bush
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The federal government is reconsidering its proposed backpacker crackdown aimed at curbing UK working holiday-maker numbers and overall migration, may delay a ballot for non-British backpackers seeking second or third years until early next year after industry warnings, and is considering raising the proposed third-year cap from 5,000 to 20,000 while imposing longer regional work requirements.

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Ben Fordham reported that Madman Entertainment shelved screenings and promotion for Kane Guglielmi’s documentary Common Wealth after Guglielmi appeared on Sam Bamford’s 2 Worlds Collide podcast, a review of the episode found Guglielmi laughed at an offensive term and most discussion opposed mass immigration, and Madman has not explained the film’s removal from its website while questions have been raised about the accuracy of the cancellation claim.

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Nvidia chief executive Jensen Huang resigned after admitting infidelity amid a US investigation into Megaspeed’s alleged export-control violations and China ties, Advance Metals and Sky Metals agreed to combine their gold projects into a NewCo seeking A$6 million in an IPO, and Smart Built was fined A$150,000 after a concrete wall fell onto a neighbouring Adelaide home and injured a mother and baby.

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Nvidia's Jensen Huang scandal brings China's spy networks into view
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Greek restaurant Olympus will expand to Manly Wharf on December 7, Pat Cummins publicly rejected Usman Khawaja’s claims about the 2018 ball-tampering scandal, and Victoria Police confirmed four Sydney Swans players will not face charges over an alleged sexual assault due to insufficient evidence.

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Manly’s dining scene is booming. Now Greek restaurant Olympus is joining the party
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Beau Lamarre-Condon returned to the witness box for continued cross-examination in his double murder trial, prosecutors questioned him about evidence destruction and pre-incident actions, and Ben Miller discussed his work co-creating the ABC series Austin.

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Coralie Schaff is establishing a commercial snail farm in Victoria’s Otway Ranges to supply Australian restaurants and reduce reliance on imports, and Pat Cummins is scheduled to address media in Sydney regarding renewed scrutiny of the 2018 ball-tampering scandal after Usman Khawaja’s book revisited the incident.

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Protesters in Adelaide are opposing the clearing of nearly 400 trees for a $96 million MotoGP circuit, artists and youth advocates are warning that demolishing the Leederville Y-HQ music venue for a car park will harm young performers, and 16 health organizations are urging Prime Minister Anthony Albanese to redirect $1.5 billion from the Middle Arm industrial hub to Northern Territory healthcare infrastructure.

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First trees felled in Adelaide parklands for MotoGP circuit
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Australia is nearing eradication of red witchweed, two men have been charged over a nail-gun road rage incident on the M1 Princes Motorway, and the Australian share market is set to open lower amid Wall Street volatility following Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang’s resignation and a Microsoft outage.

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The Sydney Sixers remained unbeaten in the Women’s Big Bash League with an 11-run win over the Melbourne Renegades, powered by Melie Kerr’s 53 and Ashleigh Gardner’s three wickets, and the federal government is considering adjusting its backpacker visa caps and ballot system amid pressure from the agriculture and hospitality sectors.

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Three women have come forward with new sexual misconduct allegations against imprisoned talent manager Ralph Carr, who is appealing his rape conviction, the closure of nineteen David Jones stores across Australia and New Zealand is being attributed to financial strain and mortgage stress in outer metropolitan suburbs, and a global Microsoft outage has disrupted access to Outlook, Teams, and Copilot due to elevated infrastructure load.

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New Ralph Carr allegations; Nvidia CEO quits; and Tasmania’s message for tourists
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President Donald Trump said the United States does not need a deal with Iran and directed Vice-President JD Vance to focus on domestic issues, nearly 2,000 tonnes of farmed salmon died in Tasmania’s Macquarie Harbour over 15 months amid industry dispute and regulatory review, and Climate Change Minister Chris Bowen pushed for a pragmatic consensus at COP31 while defending Australia’s fossil fuel exports.

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An ABC news quiz covered the Princess of Wales’s technology and youth-anxiety concerns, Nvidia CEO and Usman Khawaja controversies, and David Jones’s 19-store closure, while a former detective explained criminal profiling and U2 released an album featuring Dolly Parton’s final recording.

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A 17-year-old is in critical condition after falling from a train on the Sydney Harbour Bridge during a buffer-riding stunt, prompting Sydney Trains to lock off front and rear carriages and install barriers while two companions were taken into custody, and automated quick-apply job tools are overwhelming HR departments and leading to more transactional recruitment that leaves many applicants without feedback.

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A new farmhouse restaurant near Berry has earned two Good Food Guide hats, Metricon is relocating its headquarters to Notting Hill, and an analysis warns that dozens of life-saving medicines face repeated critical shortages.

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Australia’s federal government launched an A$76 million Counter Terrorism Online Centre in Sydney to monitor extremist activity on gaming and encrypted platforms and address youth radicalisation, media developments included debunked speculation over Rupert Murdoch’s health and Karl Stefanovic’s launch of a paid membership tier for his YouTube podcast, and aviation experts attributed crashes in Barrington Tops National Park to severe turbulence, rapid weather shifts, and icing.

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Prime Minister Anthony Albanese faces declining political capital amid cost-of-living pressures and economic stagnation, the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority warns that major financial institutions are inadequately prepared for evolving artificial intelligence risks, and consumer spending remains resilient despite five interest rate hikes this year, complicating the Reserve Bank’s inflation efforts.

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Victorian Labor pledged a $100 million metropolitan train timetable overhaul with ten-minute weekday services on five major lines if re-elected, Australian officials and experts warned during a Silicon Valley visit that rapid AI advancement poses urgent existential risks requiring government action, and a new NSW poll showed Labor leading on health, housing, and education four months before the state election while tied with the Coalition on economic management.

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Ukrainian military units reported severe Starshield network disruptions that capped connection speeds and compromised air defenses amid Russian strikes, and Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang stepped down after an internal inquiry into an affair with a former executive identified by U.S. intelligence as a Chinese operative, prompting a shareholder lawsuit and a major market decline.

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Ukraine says Starlink communications disrupted as US envoys meet Putin
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Greta Thunberg criticized Australia’s emissions-reduction pace at COP31 in Turkey while Prime Minister Anthony Albanese defended the country’s renewable energy record, and South Australian police arrested three men and filed 69 charges over a series of property crimes including break-ins, ATM thefts, stolen vehicles, and arson.

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‘Even a snail would agree’: Greta Thunberg slams Australia’s net zero pace
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