1Attorney-General Michelle Rowland to repay family travel expenses after independent review
Story gist: Australian Attorney-General Michelle Rowland will repay family travel expenses following an independent review. The expenses total around $16,000.
Australia news live: UN working group raises concerns about First Nations incarceration rates; girl dies after falling off Queensland cliff
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Attorney-General Michelle Rowland to repay family travel expenses after independent review
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Rowland takes ‘steps’ to repay part of $16k as Chalmers denies her resignation warranted
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Bias summary: Left-leaning Guardian buries the story in a live blog focused on UN concerns over First Nations incarceration and other news, omitting details like amount or political fallout. Center ABC uses neutral, factual headline emphasizing repayment after review. Right-leaning Australian stresses partial repayment of $16k, quotes ‘steps,’ and notes Treasurer Chalmers denying resignation need, implying scandal and accountability pressure.
2City-shaping West Gate Tunnel to open from 14 December 2025
Story gist: Victoria’s Big Build announced the West Gate Tunnel in Melbourne will open from 14 December 2025.
The West Gate Tunnel spaghetti junction could ruin your holiday travel
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City-shaping West Gate Tunnel to open from 14 December 2025
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No major right-leaning outlet from our monitored sources covered this story
Bias summary: Left-leaning WAtoday frames the tunnel opening negatively, emphasizing potential holiday travel disruptions with alarmist language like ‘spaghetti junction could ruin your holiday travel.’ Center outlet Victoria’s Big Build uses positive framing, calling it ‘city-shaping.’ Right-leaning coverage is absent, omitting conservative views on infrastructure costs or traffic impacts.
3Breaking: Two reported dead amid active shooter threat at Brown University in US
Story gist: Two people were reported dead and eight injured in a shooting at Brown University in the US, according to the mayor. The campus remains in lockdown as police search for an active shooter.
At least two killed, eight injured in US university shooting: mayor
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Live: Brown University remains in lockdown as police search for active shooter
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Top US uni in lockdown, multiple shot
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Bias summary: Left-leaning outlets emphasize casualties (two killed, eight injured) and cite the mayor for a definitive ‘shooting’ label, heightening severity. Center coverage focuses on procedural updates like lockdown and police search, omitting casualty figures. Right-leaning reports note ‘multiple shot’ at a ‘top US uni,’ stressing prestige and immediacy without detailed counts.
4Bowen says Turnbull-era travel expenses rules were changed to simplify them, despite criticism they became broader
Story gist: Australian politician Chris Bowen stated that travel expenses rules from the Malcolm Turnbull era were changed to simplify them, despite criticism that they became broader. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese faces criticism over a pre-election change to these rules.
Bowen says Turnbull-era travel expenses rules were changed to simplify them, despite criticism they became broader
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No major center-leaning outlet from our monitored sources covered this story
‘He lied’: Albanese under fire over pre-election travel rule change
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Bias summary: Left-leaning outlets like The Guardian frame the story neutrally around Bowen’s explanatory defense of the changes as simplifications, acknowledging criticism without emphasis. Right-leaning outlets like The Australian use accusatory tone, headlining ‘He lied’ and focusing on Albanese’s pre-election controversy and backlash. Center-leaning coverage is absent, omitting a neutral or balanced perspective on the dispute.