Recent articles from publications based in Australia.
ABC News Australiaby Jonathan Hair28 Aug 2026
High-resolution satellite imagery has confirmed structures and settlements that had been in the destructive path of a mass of glacial water during the Nepal-Tibet floods have been wiped off the...
The Conversation Australiaby Amanda Craft, Lecturer in Accounting and Personal Financial Planning, Western Sydney University28 Aug 2026
Most of us don’t like thinking about our own death. But there is a practical reason to do so: when you die, somebody else has to sort out what you leave behind.
PerthNowby Staff Writers28 Aug 2026
Climate change raised risk of Nepal flood: scientists Climate change is leading to conditions that can destabilise high-mountain rock and ice, strengthening prospects for disasters such as this...
PerthNowby Max Aldred28 Aug 2026
One Nation unveils leaders months out from state poll Pauline Hanson has confirmed her pick to lead her party to a state election, hoping financial credentials will bolster One Nation's profile.
The Conversation Australiaby Joss Bland-Hawthorn, Laureate Professor, Director of Sydney Institute for Astronomy, Faculty of Science, University of Sydney27 Aug 2026
The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is set to launch this weekend aboard a SpaceX rocket from the Kennedy Space Centre in Florida.
PerthNowby Chloe Maher27 Aug 2026
Jet2: British family’s all-inclusive holiday to Spain cancelled after parents make costly mistake A British mother-of-three who overslept and missed her flight to Spain has described being left “in...
ABC News Australiaby Jake Evans27 Aug 2026
In short: Senior Coalition MPs are in disagreement over the party's position on reducing the humanitarian visa program.
PerthNowby Andrew Stafford27 Aug 2026
Two arrested after shot fired at police helicopter A man is alleged to have rammed a police vehicle and fired a shot at a POLAIR helicopter in a wild chase over hundreds of kilometres in which...
PerthNowby Sarah Keszler27 Aug 2026
Multiple trade and technical jobs offering six-figure salaries are among the highest-paying roles in Australia that don’t require a university degree.
PerthNowby Joseph Olbrycht-Palmer27 Aug 2026
Labor, One Nation to face off in high-stakes state by-election in WA’s Secret Harbour on Saturday West Australians in the southern outskirts of Perth will head to the ballot box on Saturday to cast...
The Conversation Australiaby Richard J. Buning, Research Lead, UQ Micromobility Research Cluster, The University of Queensland27 Aug 2026
For five years, dangerously overpowered e-bikes have been legally imported to Australia. Many are effectively electric motorbikes, able to reach 50km/h – or even faster if modified.
New Atlasby C.C. Weiss27 Aug 2026
The RTE FireFold from overland accessories specialist Rough Trails Equipment is one of the slimmest, fastest packing fire pits out there.
ABC News Australiaby Shannon Corvo27 Aug 2026
Despite Natasha Littler having run six marathons in Australia, the race this weekend means the most.
ABC News Australia27 Aug 2026
In short: Two men are due to face court today after a car chase on the Sunshine Coast in which one man allegedly fired a gun at a police helicopter.
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.
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