Recent articles from publications based in Australia.
ABC News Australiaby Andrew Chounding26 Aug 2026
In short: Albany residents say they are furious after mounds of illegally dumped trash were discovered in the city. Everything from washing machines to syringes has been found dumped in bushland.
PerthNowby Madeline Cove26 Aug 2026
Nepal floods leave 34 Australians missing as Anthony Albanese and Penny Wong respond to deadly disaster Grave fears are growing for dozens of Australians reportedly among hundreds of foreign...
PerthNowby Raphael Satter and AJ Vicens26 Aug 2026
Chinese hackers broke into DOJ, NASA, Fed Reserve: US The United States says it has disrupted a Chinese hacking operation responsible for break-ins and attempts on the US Justice Department, NASA...
ABC News Australiaby Elly Bradfield and Grace Nakamura26 Aug 2026
In short: The Queensland Teachers Union is calling for teachers to be classified as public officers under the criminal code.
ABC News Australiaby Jean Bell26 Aug 2026
In short: Residents on the Victorian-South Australian border say the Victorian government's response to H5 bird flu is "a scandal" compared to SA.
ABC News Australiaby Adelaide Miller26 Aug 2026
live Markets live: ASX to slip after mixed results on Wall Street, Nvidia reports record revenue The Australian share market is set to open slightly lower in morning trading after mixed results on...
PerthNowby Raphael Satter and Deepa Seetharaman26 Aug 2026
OpenAI's network was hacked by its own rogue AI agents AI agents created by OpenAI broke into the company's own systems during internal tests and in some cases tried to conceal their behaviour, the...
ABC News Australiaby Nicolas Perpitch26 Aug 2026
In short: WA emergency services have mapped out the local, national and international response if gamma radiation or radioactive iodine was to seep out during a nuclear reactor accident.
PerthNowby Alexandra Feiam26 Aug 2026
Australians among hundreds missing after massive flash floods at Nepal-Tibet border Australians are among the hundreds of missing people after flash flooding swept through mountains in parts of...
ABC News Australiaby Nabil Al-Nashar26 Aug 2026
In short: Families living in the shadow of the new Western Sydney International Airport say they are only getting a few hours' sleep since it opened for overnight cargo flights.
ABC News Australiaby Mikayla McGuirk-Scolaro and Toby Hemmings26 Aug 2026
In short: The owner of one of Australia's biggest ski resorts has written down its value by more than 50 per cent.
PerthNowby Annabelle Banfield26 Aug 2026
Whale feeding a delight for both tourism and science Humpback whales treat Australia as a "swim thru", with research finding the ocean giants like to stop off for a snack during their breeding...
ABC News Australiaby Joshua Boscaini26 Aug 2026
live Federal politics live: Queensland premier hails data centre carve-out for coal, gas use Queensland Premier David Crisafulli has welcomed an agreement to exempt his state from having to use...
PerthNowby Zosia Melanczuk26 Aug 2026
Housing market Australia: Most profitable areas to own property revealed by Domain Australian homeowners are pocketing record profits from the property boom, with sellers in some of the nation’s...
ABC News Australiaby Sophie Johnson and Brendan Mounter26 Aug 2026
In short: Studies have shown changes in farm management practices have improved water quality in catchments flowing into the Great Barrier Reef.
ABC News Australiaby Adam Holmes26 Aug 2026
In short: Tasmania Police awarded major accounting firm KPMG a contract in 2024 to upgrade its digital policing systems.
The Conversation Australiaby David Lindenmayer, Distinguished Professor of Ecology, Fenner School of Environment and Society, Australian National University26 Aug 2026
We share our planet with millions of plants and animals. This variety of life is known as biodiversity, a term encompassing everything from microscopic genes to entire ecosystems, such as deserts...
The Conversation Australiaby Margaret Haines, Research Fellow, School of Biological Sciences, Monash University26 Aug 2026
Australia is a land of lizards and snakes. From common blue-tongues in suburban gardens to rare shovel-nosed snakes in the desert, reptiles are a defining part of the continent’s wildlife.
The Conversation Australiaby Konstantine Panegyres, Lecturer in Classics and Ancient History, The University of Western Australia26 Aug 2026
Since the highly pathogenic H5N1 bird flu was first confirmed in Australian wild birds in June, it has rapidly spread around the continent – and among different species.
The Conversation Australiaby Judith Ridge, PhD Candidate, Children's Literature, University of Newcastle; University of Tasmania26 Aug 2026
There is an image from Ethel Turner’s 1894 Australian children’s classic novel, Seven Little Australians, that has stayed with me for more than 50 years.
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