December 11, 2025 – Australia Headlines

1VCE 2025 LIVE: Victorian Year 12 students receive exam results and ATAR scores

Story gist: Victorian Year 12 students received their 2025 VCE exam results and ATAR scores today in Victoria, Australia.
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As Victorian students awake to check their Atars, Ethan becomes first in his family to get a year 12 certificate
— The Guardian
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Center
Anxiously waiting your ATAR? Here is a state-by-state guide on how to access your results
— 9News.com.au
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Right
Meet every school dux from across Victoria
— Herald Sun
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Bias summary: Left-leaning Guardian frames with human-interest story of Ethan, first in family to earn Year 12 certificate, emphasizing personal triumph and social mobility. Center 9News provides neutral state-by-state access guide, addressing student anxiety practically. Right-leaning Herald Sun lists every school dux, focusing on top academic achievers and institutional excellence. Left highlights underdogs; right celebrates elites; center omits narratives for utility.

2Chaos erupts in Sydney shopping centre

Story gist: A boy was targeted by a group of teenagers during a disturbance at a Sydney shopping centre.
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Boy targeted by pack of teens in Sydney shopping mall melee
— Brisbane Times
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Center
Latest News
— NSW Police
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Right
Boy targeted by group of teens in Sydney shopping centre chaos
— dailytelegraph.com.au
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Bias summary: Left-leaning Brisbane Times frames incident as ‘pack of teens’ in ‘mall melee,’ using animalistic and chaotic descriptors. Center NSW Police provides neutral ‘Latest News’ without emphasis or sensationalism. Right-leaning Daily Telegraph stresses ‘chaos’ in ‘shopping centre,’ amplifying public disorder while using milder ‘group of teens.’

3Greg Lynn’s murder conviction for death of High Country camper quashed

Story gist: Greg Lynn’s murder conviction for the death of a camper in Australia’s High Country was quashed by a court.
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No major left-leaning outlet from our monitored sources covered this story
Center
Greg Lynn’s murder conviction for death of High Country camper quashed
— Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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Right
Former pilot Greg Lynn’s conviction for murdering elderly camper overturned
— The Australian
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Bias summary: No left-leaning outlets covered the story, leaving progressive perspectives absent. Center outlet ABC uses neutral phrasing focused on the legal outcome and location. Right-leaning The Australian emphasizes Lynn’s ‘former pilot’ background and describes the victim as an ‘elderly camper,’ potentially evoking sympathy for the victim while using ‘overturned’ for the conviction.

4Trump plans to make Australians hand over social media data to enter US

Story gist: The Trump administration plans to require Australian visitors to the US to disclose five years of social media activity for entry. The proposal targets travelers’ online histories upon arrival.
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Tourists to US would have to reveal five years of social media activity under new Trump plan
— The Guardian
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Center
‘Politically active’ travellers most at risk over US proposal to reveal social media history
— Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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Right
Planning a US trip? You’ll now need to share your DNA
— The Australian
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Bias summary: Left-leaning Guardian frames it as a broad ‘Trump plan’ burdening tourists with five years of data revelation, emphasizing Trump’s role. Center ABC highlights risks to ‘politically active’ travelers via a neutral ‘proposal,’ focusing on specific vulnerabilities. Right-leaning Australian sensationalizes with DNA sharing demands, using alarmist questioning to imply invasive overreach; no pro-policy defense noted.