Recent articles from publications based in Australia.
ABC News Australiaby Jade Toomey24 Aug 2026
In short: Last year three police officers arrested an Aboriginal teenager at gunpoint, pulling him off a bus before realising he was not who they were looking for.
ABC News Australiaby Thomas Kelsall24 Aug 2026
In short: Liberal senator Leah Blyth is facing a battle to hold onto her senate spot as some delegates loyal to senator Alex Antic withdraw support.
ABC News Australiaby Nikki Sorbello24 Aug 2026
In short: Researchers hope new data will help landfill owners move to phytocapping technology, turning dumps into thriving green spaces.
PerthNowby Liam Beatty24 Aug 2026
Celebrity manager Ralph Carr set to learn fate for rape, bid to halt sentencing Celebrity agent Ralph Carr is set to learn his fate for the rape of a woman decades his junior.
ABC News Australiaby Daniel Mercer24 Aug 2026
When Chris Bowen got up on stage at the International Convention Centre in Sydney in mid 2023, he was determined to make a point.
New Atlasby Utkarsh Sood24 Aug 2026
It still surprises me just how many good, affordable cars fail to make their way to certain markets.
ABC News Australiaby Simon Smale24 Aug 2026
Under an expansive blue sky and bathed in the type of sunshine that typifies Queensland's mocking parody of winter, the ocean at Surfers Paradise is made to look incredibly inviting, even on a...
ABC News Australiaby Sarah Richards24 Aug 2026
John Dinon has lived with motor neurone disease (MND) for almost a third of his life, making him one of the longest-surviving people with the progressive neurological condition in Australia.
ABC News Australiaby Stephen Dziedzic24 Aug 2026
In short: Australian officials say they are dismayed by the Trump administration's ongoing assault on the International Criminal Court.
ABC News Australiaby Fiona Blackwood24 Aug 2026
In short: Tasmania's labour market has been described as the least financially attractive in the country, with full-time average weekly earnings about $12,000 a year less than the average of other...
ABC News Australiaby Rachel Eddie24 Aug 2026
In short: Victorian Premier Ben Carroll is hoping to save $2 billion on the first leg of the Suburban Rail Loop.
ABC News Australiaby Elizabeth Byrne24 Aug 2026
In short: The grandson of Irma Palasics has told a sentencing hearing for the two men convicted of her manslaughter that her death began a "life sentence of grief".
ABC News Australiaby Cam Wilson24 Aug 2026
In short: Australia's main music charts have announced a ban on AI-generated music to start this week.
PerthNowby Callum Godde24 Aug 2026
Labor takes $2b scalpel to signature rail loop project A contentious mega rail project is getting a $2 billion haircut through scope changes and a technical review.
The Conversation Australiaby Kevin Trenberth, Distinguished Scholar, National Center for Atmospheric Research; Affiliate Faculty, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau24 Aug 2026
Months out from its projected peak, El Niño is already helping push ocean temperatures into record territory.
ABC News Australiaby Jake Evans24 Aug 2026
In short: Data centres are expected to draw as much power from the grid by 2036 as all homes in NSW and Victoria do today, the energy market operator has forecast.
ABC News Australiaby Stephanie Dalzell and Paige Cockburn24 Aug 2026
In short: There have been 538 cases of diphtheria in 2026 across Australia as part of the largest outbreak of the disease since records began.
ABC News Australiaby Peter de Kruijff and Stephanie Dalzell24 Aug 2026
The detection of a deadly strain of bird flu in seals in Australia may have you wondering about the risk to humans.
ABC News Australiaby Georgie Hewson24 Aug 2026
In short: Young men are more likely to hold hostile attitudes to women than their grandfathers' generation, according to a new survey.
ABC News Australiaby Zena Chamas24 Aug 2026
Advances in artificial intelligence (AI) technology could have significant implications for the future of education, according to one of Australia's leading AI education experts.
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