Recent articles from publications based in Australia.
The Conversation Australiaby Adrian Beaumont, Election Analyst (Psephologist) at The Conversation; and Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, The University of Melbourne26 Aug 2026
There have been mixed messages emerging from the three federal polls released this week. In the DemosAU poll, the Coalition was up four points on the primary vote to 25% and One Nation was down...
ABC News Australia26 Aug 2026
In short: A childcare centre in Melbourne's north-west has been liquidated, with families only being told at 6:40pm yesterday the centre would not reopen.
The Conversation Australiaby Nicola Armstrong, Professor of Statistics and Data Science, Curtin University26 Aug 2026
Murujuga is a sacred cultural landscape of land and sea Country across the Burrup Peninsula and Dampier Archipelago, in Western Australia’s Pilbara region.
ABC News Australia26 Aug 2026
Embattled childcare provider Edge Early Learning, which has centres in the ACT, Queensland and South Australia, has gone into voluntary administration.
ABC News Australia26 Aug 2026
Federal Labor MP Luke Gosling will stand aside as special envoy for defence, veterans' affairs and Northern Australia, as he faces charges of assault and breach of bail.
ABC News Australiaby Simon Smale26 Aug 2026
In short: Tadej Pogačar won stage four of the Vuelta a España by 2 minutes and 39 seconds after a 50km solo attack.
PerthNowby David Hannant26 Aug 2026
Bondi royal commission report delayed to avoid massacre anniversary clash The royal commission sparked by last December’s Bondi Beach atrocity has entered its final day, with commissioner Virginia...
PerthNowby Staff Writers26 Aug 2026
US kills four in strike on alleged drug-smuggling boat The US military has attacked a boat suspected of being used to smuggle drugs in the Caribbean Sea, killing four people, as the Trump...
New Atlasby Abhimanyu Ghoshal26 Aug 2026
For years, America's been in the chokehold of unnecessarily oversized pickup trucks, but recent announcements of new vehicles show that common sense – and more reasonably proportioned utes – may...
PerthNowby Adelaide Lang26 Aug 2026
Wife accused of butchering husband admits to killing A woman accused of killing her husband with kitchen knives, dismembering him and disposing of his body in bin bags, has pleaded guilty to...
PerthNowby Staff Writers26 Aug 2026
Trump mulls renaming Lake Ontario as 'Lake America' With his trade war with Canada intensifying, US President Donald Trump has floated the idea of renaming Lake Ontario to become "Lake America"...
ABC News Australiaby Jane Bardon26 Aug 2026
In short: Indigenous ranger groups are calling for more money to help them protect vulnerable bird and animal species from the threat of H5N1 bird flu strain.
ABC News Australiaby Niki Burnside26 Aug 2026
In short: A report from the ACT Commissioner for Standards has detailed accusations of poor behaviour by both former Canberra Liberals leader Leanne Castley and fellow MLA Chiaka Barry.
PerthNowby Alexandra Feiam26 Aug 2026
‘What the hell’: Traffic at standstill after car fire rips through Harbour Bridge Tunnel Traffic has come to a standstill on the Sydney Harbour Bridge after a car caught fire in the tunnel, sending...
PerthNowby Andrew Brown26 Aug 2026
'Bridge too far': commissioner calls out WA GST attack The productivity commissioner has accused the West Australian premier of crossing a line after his criticism of the body's report into the...
ABC News Australiaby Rachel Eddie26 Aug 2026
In short: The Victorian government raised public transport fares to help fund the over $30 billion Suburban Rail Loop, the state's Auditor-General Office has found.
The Conversation Australiaby Allen Husker, Research Professor of Geophysics, California Institute of Technology26 Aug 2026
Whenever there’s a series of destructive or notable earthquakes, scientists get asked the same question: are earthquakes becoming more frequent?
The Conversation Australiaby Jonathan Roberts, Professor in Robotics, Queensland University of Technology26 Aug 2026
In the past few days your social media feeds may have been full of videos of humanoid robots sprinting, jumping and performing various incredible (and not so incredible) feats.
The Conversation Australiaby Rosemary Overell, Senior Lecturer in Communication Studies, University of Otago26 Aug 2026
Scrolling through the tributes to Dolly Parton this morning – from the Grand Ole Opry, New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani, queerfluencers and others – I thought to myself: that’s her real name? Yes.
PerthNowby MATTHEW BROWN and MICHAEL BIESECKER26 Aug 2026
Sunday dinner massacre, US man kills eight relatives A man has killed eight of his relatives, including four children, as they gathered for Sunday dinner at a home in the US state of Montana, just...
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