Recent articles from publications based in Australia.
The innocents paying the price of Sydney's gang war
ABC News Australiaby Amy Greenbank and Anton Rose·3 Sept 2026
A tradie standing in a front yard with kids. A university student asleep in his bed. Neither had links to organised crime. Both ended up dead.
Realtor raided after allegations agent sold client's home to himself
ABC News Australiaby Rebecca Trigger·3 Sept 2026
In short: Western Australia's Consumer Protection agency has raided the offices of a Perth property firm it had initially warned about alleged breaches of conflict of interest laws.
Grattan on Friday: economic life won’t get much better until Australians climb that productivity mountain
The Conversation Australiaby Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra·3 Sept 2026
Treasurer Jim Chalmers would have sighed with relief at this week’s economic growth figures. Despite some preview talk of possible stagnation, we saw modest growth of 2.1% in the year to the end of...
Farmstay guest maintains denial, no remorse over woman's manslaughter
ABC News Australiaby Anna McGuinness·3 Sept 2026
In short: A farmstay guest found guilty of manslaughter over the death of a central Victorian woman maintains he has no memory of what happened.
Teachers hit back at Nationals claim about 'anti-boy' ideology in schools
ABC News Australiaby Ewa Staszewska·3 Sept 2026
In short: Opposition Leader Angus Taylor says teachers are pushing political agendas to students, while his counterpart rallied against anti-boy ideology in the classroom.
Boy, 16, sentenced for black swan cruelty captured on video
ABC News Australiaby Pip Waller·3 Sept 2026
In short: A boy who blew vape fumes into the beak of a black swan has been sentenced to a four month community based order.
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...
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