Recent articles from publications based in Australia.
Workers demand new public holiday for more family time
PerthNowby Sarah Spina-Matthews and Max Aldred·1 Sept 2026
Workers demand new public holiday for more family time Hundreds of retail, fast food and warehouse workers have gathered at parliament to demand an additional public holiday in their state.
Top secret: orders made in Ben Roberts-Smith case
PerthNowby Morgan Reinwald·1 Sept 2026
Top secret: orders made in Ben Roberts-Smith case National security concerns have been cited as court orders were made to protect classified material in accused war criminal Ben Roberts-Smith's...
Inquiry targets 'staggering' male suicide rates and harmful algorithms
ABC News Australiaby Rachael Merritt·1 Sept 2026
In short: The SA government will establish a parliamentary inquiry into men's health challenges. The joint house committee will look to examine male suicide rates, mental health, stigma around...
Warning signs visible days before glacier collapse in Nepal, report finds
ABC News Australiaby Echo Hui and Jarrod Fankhauser·1 Sept 2026
In short: A rapid hazard assessment by international scientists has raised questions about whether better disaster preparedness may have prevented hundreds of construction workers from becoming...
P-plater pleads over crash killing woman, unborn child
PerthNowby Tom Wark·1 Sept 2026
P-plater pleads over crash killing woman, unborn child A teenage P-plater has admitted to driving dangerously before a crash that killed a pregnant woman and her unborn child in a horrific car...
'Toxic' workplace led to bungled rollout of health IT system, NT inquiry finds
ABC News Australiaby Jack Hislop·1 Sept 2026
In short: The rollout of a $335 million health patient record system in the Northern Territory has been bungled in part due to a "toxic" culture within a government department, an inquiry has...
Inquiry slams years of government failure before rushed fishing ban
ABC News Australiaby Monty Jacka·1 Sept 2026
In short: The Tasmanian government banned people from fishing sand flathead across a large part of the state's south in March, due to numbers being critically depleted.
Spring brings hay fever warning following record wet winter
PerthNowby Ella George·1 Sept 2026
Health warning to more than 6 million Aussies as spring creates perfect storm for a severe hay fever season The first week of spring is delivering warm weather to most of the country in a...
Short-term carbon credits used for long-term pollution
PerthNowby Jennifer Dudley-Nicholson·1 Sept 2026
Short-term carbon credits used for long-term pollution Australia's biggest polluters are buying carbon credits that may not last as long as the emissions they offset, a review has found, prompting...
Brisbane's ferry workers to go on strike during Riverfire
ABC News Australiaby Ned Hammond·1 Sept 2026
In short: Brisbane ferry workers will undertake a 24-hour work stoppage on Saturday, coinciding with the Riverfire annual fireworks display.
'What I did was a mortal sin': jury hears secret audio
PerthNowby Abe Maddison·1 Sept 2026
'What I did was a mortal sin': jury hears secret audio A woman accused of murdering her parents allegedly confessed to God in a secret recording, saying she wanted to put them "out of pain", a jury...
Minister tells Hanson to look in mirror over political violence claim
ABC News Australiaby Ewa Staszewska and Holly Tregenza·1 Sept 2026
In short: Attorney-General Michelle Rowland has called on Senator Pauline Hanson to reflect on her own behaviour after she accused the prime minister of inciting political violence.
The US has struck a deal to control Venezuela’s oil reserves. It probably won’t help bring down fuel prices
The Conversation Australiaby Sahara Hoff, Research Associate in the United States Studies Centre’s Economic Security Program, University of Sydney·1 Sept 2026
US President Donald Trump has announced an agreement with Venezuela that he called the “biggest oil deal in world history”.
Untold Raygun: Breaking Badly shows unprepared athlete taking on Olympics
ABC News Australiaby Mawunyo Gbogbo·1 Sept 2026
At first, Netflix's Raygun documentary feels like a bit of a love story between her husband Samuel Free and the Olympian.
ChatGPT legal advice backfires, costs miner $1000 in court
PerthNowby Isabella Davis·1 Sept 2026
Martin Paul Antoine Titou Xamena made threats against park owner after ChatGPT said he was unfairly evicted A man who tried to fight the owner of a Kalgoorlie-Boulder caravan park because ChatGPT...
Nation-leading AI rule change for students
PerthNowby Allanah Sciberras·1 Sept 2026
Nation-leading AI rule change for students An Australian first move to limit take-home assessments has been confirmed under new rules to combat the threat of artificial intelligence in the...
'Punched him in the head': watchdog gets police footage
PerthNowby Sarah Spina-Matthews·1 Sept 2026
'Punched him in the head': watchdog gets police footage Body-worn video of a police officer appearing to brag about punching a protester when they were down has been referred to a watchdog.
Adelaide MotoGP circuit gets 'boring' tag despite enthusiasm for heritage elements
ABC News Australiaby Thomas Kelsall·1 Sept 2026
In short: The design of Adelaide's new MotoGP street circuit has received mixed reviews from motorsport fans and riders.
US Army to install 20 nuclear micro-reactors on domestic military bases
New Atlasby David Szondy·1 Sept 2026
In a two-for-one move, the US Army has announced that it has authorized the construction of up to 20 nuclear micro-reactors across military bases in the continental United States to provide...
‘No anger’: 75yo man’s reply to alleged basher
PerthNowby Liam Beatty·1 Sept 2026
Man, 75, allegedly attacked by Damian Adams with cricket bat at Mentone charity shop A Melbourne man accused of attacking a 75-year-old with a cricket bat was allegedly out on bail for the assault...
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