Recent articles from publications based in Australia.
ABC News Australiaby Brooke Tindall27 Aug 2026
In short: North Queensland sugar miller Wilmar has reported a recent increase in accidents and near misses on its cane railway systems.
ABC News Australiaby Lewis Wiseman27 Aug 2026
In short: Despite ASIO saying it is "one of the most complex" threats to Australia's national security, there have only ever been two people sentenced under current espionage and foreign...
The Conversation Australiaby Madeleine Archer, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Australian Centre for Health Law Research, Queensland University of Technology27 Aug 2026
Voluntary assisted dying will soon be legal in the Northern Territory, after its parliament passed new legislation on Thursday via a conscience vote.
ABC News Australiaby Jasmine Hines and Jeremy Jones27 Aug 2026
In short: The first fossil record of the Melastomataceae plant family in Australia or eastern Gondwana has been identified in specimens from central Queensland.
PerthNowby Andrew Brown27 Aug 2026
PM call to keep refugee numbers 'not a backflip' Federal ministers have denied an intervention from the prime minister on Australia's refugee intake was a backdown on migration numbers.
ABC News Australiaby Chris Lewis27 Aug 2026
In short: Scientists first recorded Earth's low-frequency 'hum' in the 1960s, but its origin was a mystery.
ABC News Australiaby Brad Ryan27 Aug 2026
Donald Trump has changed the name of a lake on the US-Canada border in a provocative twist in the trade war between the neighbouring nations.
ABC News Australiaby Clare Armstrong27 Aug 2026
In short: Australia's growing appeal as a destination for data centres has given it rare bargaining power as global tech giants race to build AI infrastructure.
The Conversation Australiaby Richard O'Rorke, Research Fellow in Biological Sciences, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau27 Aug 2026
The confirmation of Australia’s first mainland death of a mammal from bird flu last week highlights New Zealand’s challenge to manage the deadly H5N1 strain of the virus.
ABC News Australiaby Adelaide Miller and Lin Lin27 Aug 2026
live Markets live updates: ASX set to edge higher as AI giant Nvidia powers Wall St rally The ASX is set to edge higher after gains in the US, where Nvidia helped drive a rally in technology...
ABC News Australiaby Michael Doyle27 Aug 2026
In short: The Wallabies have a refreshed starting forward pack for this weekend's first Test against Argentina.
ABC News Australiaby Tayla Larsen27 Aug 2026
In short: Queensland researchers have found adding FOGO compost to soil improves the taste of tomatoes. The flavour and aroma improved the longer the fruits were stored. What's next?
PerthNowby Dan Peleschuk and Anna Pruchnicka27 Aug 2026
Massive attack: Russia targets Kyiv and Ukrainian ports Russia has hammered Ukrainian ports, industrial sites and retailers' distribution facilities with missiles and drones in an hours-long attack...
ABC News Australiaby Tom Wildie27 Aug 2026
Luke Jackson has already been to the top of the AFL mountain. In just his second season, the ruckman was part of the Melbourne side that ended a 57-year premiership drought.
ABC News Australiaby Grace Atta27 Aug 2026
In short: A voluntary assisted dying (VAD) advocate has called the Northern Territory's recently passed VAD laws "very weak" and says they will fail to help people like her late partner, who died...
ABC News Australiaby Elsie Adamo and Josh Brine27 Aug 2026
In short: Emergency services have worked to retrieve a dog, Tyson, found on a cliff overlooking a lake in a volcanic crater.
ABC News Australiaby Veronica Apap27 Aug 2026
In short: The rate of people being hospitalised due to endometriosis is increasing faster than the rate of women being admitted to hospital for any reason, according to a report.
ABC News Australiaby Olivana Lathouris27 Aug 2026
In short: Two years after being elected on a promise to rebuild the Northern Territory's economy, Treasurer Bill Yan says the Country Liberal Party (CLP) government has begun to turn the tide on...
PerthNowby Alexandra Feiam27 Aug 2026
Son’s heartbreak as Nepal flood toll grows, 39 Australians now missing The son of a western Sydney couple reported missing has spoken of his desperation attempting to find his parents, as the death...
PerthNowby Ben McKay27 Aug 2026
'Blue corridors' in mind for Pacific's whale highways Whales are so revered in the Pacific, they have been labelled a 'taonga', or treasure, and afforded legal personhood by Indigenous leaders.
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