Recent articles from publications based in Australia.
PerthNowby Derek Rose28 Aug 2026
Retailer banks on outdoor living to lure people inside Home appliance retail giant Harvey Norman is refurbishing many of its stores as part of efforts to lure shoppers back in after a big drop in...
PerthNowby Rhiannon Lewin28 Aug 2026
Alleged gunman arrested a year after brazen kebab shop shooting in western Sydney An alleged gunman has been arrested after a brazen daylight shooting in a kebab shop in Sydney’s west.
ABC News Australiaby Emily Anderson28 Aug 2026
In short: Townsville mayor Nick Dametto has reacted to being issued a public nuisance fine for disorderly behaviour. He did not make a public apology but said reporting had been inaccurate.
PerthNowby Tegwen Bescoby28 Aug 2026
Samantha Strable: US influencer who snatched baby wombat in viral incident jailed for hunting violation A wombat-snatching influencer who sparked national outrage has been sentenced to jail — but...
ABC News Australiaby Duncan Bailey and Rani Fletcher28 Aug 2026
In short: Supermarket giant Woolworths will no longer sell Tasmanian beef in its stores from 2027, citing rising production and shipping costs across Bass Strait.
ABC News Australiaby Madeleine Rojahn28 Aug 2026
In short: The ACT Greens say the territory should implement a portable bond scheme, which has recently been introduced in Victoria and parts of New South Wales.
ABC News Australia28 Aug 2026
In short: Australia's Min Woo Lee put two weeks of average golf behind him to dominate round one of the PGA Tour's playoffs finale, the Tour Championship.
ABC News Australiaby Clare Armstrong28 Aug 2026
In short: Energy Minister Chris Bowen has rejected claims Queensland and the Northern Territory secured a carve-out from new rules requiring data centres to use 100 per cent renewables.
PerthNowby Ethan James28 Aug 2026
'Overlapping errors': tourist's last wilderness moments Overlapping errors, including a lack of preparation in near-freezing winter weather, contributed to the death of a Belgian tourist on a...
ABC News Australiaby Liam Walsh28 Aug 2026
Corporate Travel Management under pressure again after failing to pass on tens of millions of dollars in margins to clients In short: Corporate Travel Management is in the process of refunding...
PerthNowby Sarah Spina-Matthews28 Aug 2026
Power-broker's wife grilled over disappearing messages The wife of a Liberal Party powerbroker denies turning on disappearing messages between herself and another witness facing a corruption...
ABC News Australiaby Melissa Brown28 Aug 2026
In short: A woman has released a statement after an alleged unprovoked attack on her and her son in Melbourne's CBD this week, saying there are no words to describe the terrifying incident.
PerthNowby Adrian Black28 Aug 2026
Aussie shares recover as tech, bank stocks bounce Australia's share market is staging a modest recovery, edging higher after a midweek inflation surprise hammered hopes the Reserve Bank's interest...
The Conversation Australiaby Nicole Townsend, Lecturer in War Studies, UNSW28 Aug 2026
In recent weeks, wildfires have ravaged Europe amid record-breaking heat and drought. These fires posed an immediate threat to life, forcing the evacuation of over 300,000 people across France...
The Conversation Australiaby Samuel Cairnduff, Lecturer in Media and Communications, The University of Melbourne28 Aug 2026
The chief executive who has spent seven years overseeing one of Australia’s most ambitious cultural infrastructure projects has stepped aside, just ten weeks before it was due to open.
ABC News Australiaby Anna McGuinness28 Aug 2026
In short: Disgraced former AFL footballer Nicky Winmar has been sentenced to six months' jail for assaulting a woman in Cohuna last year.
ABC News Australiaby Ashleigh Barraclough28 Aug 2026
In short: A coroner has ruled out the involvement of anyone else in the death of Belgian tourist Celine Cremer in the north-west Tasmanian wilderness, ruling she died by accident after becoming...
ABC News Australiaby Ben Clifford28 Aug 2026
In short: One Nation's newly announced leader for NSW says he wants the state to be more like Texas and Florida.
ABC News Australiaby Nate Woodall28 Aug 2026
In short: Victorian Speaker of the Legislative Assembly and regional MP Maree Edwards has announced she will not contest the state election in November.
PerthNowby Allanah Sciberras and Annabelle Banfield28 Aug 2026
Everything we know about Nepal's catastrophic floods WHAT HAPPENED IN NEPAL? * An ice avalanche caused catastrophic flash floods across Nepal and Tibet after the region was struck on Wednesday *...
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