Recent articles from publications based in Australia.
Guide dog dragged by train along Flinders Street Station platform
ABC News Australiaby Costa Haritos and Melissa Brown·3 Sept 2026
In short: A guide dog has been dragged along the platform at Flinders Street Station after its leash became caught in a train door.
'Sent into poverty': cheaper uni study plans criticised
PerthNowby Lucinda Garbutt-Young·3 Sept 2026
'Sent into poverty': cheaper uni study plans criticised New laws opening universities' doors to thousands of regional students will not be effective in establishing equal educational opportunity, a...
Billionaire's Tasmanian trainwreck has broken workers and marriages
ABC News Australiaby Adam Langenberg·3 Sept 2026
George Town was meant to be reliant on manganese and aluminium smelting jobs for decades to come.
Murder accused teen bailed despite pedo claim rejection
PerthNowby Rex Martinich·3 Sept 2026
Murder accused teen bailed despite pedo claim rejection A teen boy accused of murder during a "prolonged and brutal assault" has been granted bail despite a prosecutor denying claims he thought it...
Man who performed Nazi salute in public has not rehabilitated, court hears
ABC News Australiaby Niki Burnside·3 Sept 2026
WARNING: This story contains offensive content. A Canberra man who performed a Nazi salute in public and spread white supremacist stickers around a university campus has not renounced his ideology...
Hundreds of regional doctors stop work over poor working conditions
ABC News Australiaby Eden Hynninen, Charlotte Wilkes, and Tyrone Dalton·3 Sept 2026
Hundreds of regional doctors stop work amid burnout, poor conditions and low morale In short: Hundreds of regional doctors in Ballarat and Bendigo stopped work amid claims of burnout, poor...
You can’t trust your smartwatch while you work out
New Atlasby Mike McRae·3 Sept 2026
Congratulations! Your watch says you’ve grunted, sweated, and panted your way through 1025 calories on your morning run.
Chalmers can't avoid questions on house prices, Marles learns from melon saga
ABC News Australiaby Courtney Gould·3 Sept 2026
Welcome back to your weekly federal politics update, where Courtney Gould gets you up to speed on the happenings from Parliament House.
Tasmanian government chasing $1m in meal costs after prison kitchen slip-up
ABC News Australiaby Lucy MacDonald·3 Sept 2026
In short: The Tasmanian government is hoping to recover more than $1 million spent on food for the Risdon Prison population after its new kitchen was closed due to a "slip hazard".
Are petting zoos safe?
The Conversation Australiaby Thomas Jeffries, Senior Lecturer in Microbiology, Western Sydney University·3 Sept 2026
A three-year-old girl has died from a rare illness after visiting a petting zoo in Victoria. She had developed brain damage and kidney failure after spending weeks in intensive care.
Disgraced charity man accused of rape
PerthNowby Kate Stephenson·3 Sept 2026
Charity founder Conan Visser on parole as rape charges loom in Brisbane A philanthropist who once mingled among models and sporting legends has been accused of rape after being convicted of a...
Embattled childcare chain shuts another Canberra centre
ABC News Australiaby Madeleine Rojahn and Jade Toomey·3 Sept 2026
In short: Childcare operator Edge Early Learning has told parents it will permanently close its Charnwood centre, instead of seeing out a three-month suspension order issued by the ACT's regulator...
'Heartbreaking': sons confront mum's remorseless killer
PerthNowby Tara Cosoleto·3 Sept 2026
'Heartbreaking': sons confront mum's remorseless killer Maree Vermont spent more than three decades building her forever home, stone by stone, in central Victoria.
The human activity threatening WA’s dolphin population
PerthNowby Zosia Melanczuk·3 Sept 2026
Dolphins being pushed to extinction twice as fast from being fed by tourists, experts reveal Dolphins in Western Australia – and across the country – could be pushed toward extinction twice as fast...
Health system 'deteriorated' under current SA government, review finds
ABC News Australiaby Stephanie Richards and Daniel Keane·3 Sept 2026
In short: Patients spent 5,891 hours ramped in ambulances outside SA public hospitals in August — higher than the previous record set in July last year.
Iran’s exiled crown prince takes up Coalition invite
PerthNowby Joseph Olbrycht-Palmer·3 Sept 2026
Iran’s exiled crown prince Reza Pahlavi accepts Coalition invitation to visit Australia Iran’s exiled crown prince Reza Pahlavi has accepted a Coalition invitation to visit Australia, in what the...
Small businesses scan for fake cash as counterfeit seizures soar
ABC News Australiaby Penny Burfitt·3 Sept 2026
In short: Small businesses say they are increasingly being scammed with high-quality counterfeit notes.
Bondi lifeguard’s heartbreaking story before tragic death
PerthNowby Ella George·3 Sept 2026
Matt Dee death: Heartbreaking story behind Bondi lifeguard’s mental health advocacy Bondi lifeguard Matt Dee spent a decade as a figurehead for popular Australian reality show Bondi Rescue, but the...
Girl's death after petting zoo visit 'very rare', health authorities say
ABC News Australia·3 Sept 2026
In short: A young Victorian girl has died weeks after she was hospitalised with a rare infectious disease.
The demography whisperer • Paul Strangio
Inside Storyby Administrator·3 Sept 2026
Whether it was intended or not, the latest book by the accomplished Australian journalist and author George Megalogenis was published not long after census night last month.
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