Recent articles from publications based in Australia.
Bid to keep vile predators off dating apps
PerthNowby Rhiannon Lewin·4 Sept 2026
Growing calls for dating app safety reforms as South Australia introduces nation-first trial Women going on dates with people they’ve met online are routinely told to charge their phones, tell...
Country pub owner proud to keep 'heartbeat' of town going at 86
ABC News Australiaby Chloe Henville and Chris Lewis·4 Sept 2026
Jim Pohl has lost count of how many pubs he has owned, although the 86-year-old publican's memory is sharp as a tack. "I got the feeling it might have been 15 or 16, maybe 17," he said.
Rugby league legend walks 300km to raise $170,000 for dementia research
ABC News Australiaby Hamish Cole·4 Sept 2026
In short: Rugby league legend Royce Simmons has raised more than $170,000 for dementia research as part of his fifth annual fundraising walk.
Energy stability or a 'climate bomb'? The arguments around Beetaloo
ABC News Australiaby Matt Garrick·4 Sept 2026
Out on an outback gas field, a US-backed gas company boss with a strong American drawl speaks about how good it has been to work with the Northern Territory government.
Triple-murderer Darryl Young previously jailed for cattle theft
ABC News Australiaby Danielle Jesser, Chloe Chomicki, and Aimee Mitchell·4 Sept 2026
This is where convicted murderer Darryl Valroy Young shot dead his three new neighbours and almost killed another on an August morning in 2022.
Before David Hockney painted the pool, he faked his art college diploma
ABC News Australiaby Georgia Roberts·4 Sept 2026
It was an expired driver's licence that spurred on one of the 20th century's most prolific art series.
Electric U-turn: 'everyone knows someone with an EV'
PerthNowby Jennifer Dudley-Nicholson·4 Sept 2026
Electric U-turn: 'everyone knows someone with an EV' Bruno Ricotta is an unlikely electric vehicle advocate.
Construction sector probe likely to put Mick Gatto back in the spotlight
ABC News Australiaby Investigative Reporters Elise Kinsella; Jessica Longbottom·4 Sept 2026
Mick Gatto isn't worried about the upcoming royal commission into Victoria's building industry. "A royal commission don't bother me," he confidently declared on Karl Stefanovic's podcast in late...
Global penguin researchers' climate warning at meeting in shadow of bird flu
ABC News Australiaby Lily Kristanto·4 Sept 2026
In short: Global penguin experts have issued a warning about the threat climate change poses to the species. The experts also discussed H5 bird flu at a conference on Victoria's Phillip Island.
Just like an Italian piazza, this community garden has grown a community
ABC News Australiaby Natarsha Kallios·4 Sept 2026
Thirty years ago, Mario Minuzzo looked at an overgrown patch of land behind his suburban Adelaide home and saw something special. "In amongst all of that was vermin and snakes," Mr Minuzzo said.
How Minns avoided a trap he set himself in India
ABC News Australiaby Nick Dole·4 Sept 2026
There was a moment on the streets of Mumbai this week when New South Wales Premier Chris Minns probably wanted to be somewhere else.
What are the World Nomad Games and why are Australians competing?
ABC News Australiaby Libby Hogan·4 Sept 2026
The horse is already moving when Sezim Jumabekova draws her bow. She has three targets to hit before the track runs out. She grips the horse with her thighs, twists at the waist, and shoots.
Sabalenka interrupts US Open match over cannabis smell
ABC News Australia·4 Sept 2026
In short: World number one Aryna Sabalenka halted her US Open match against Uzbekistan's Kamilla Rakhimova after claiming she could smell cannabis.
Behind the seven-year fight to get the AFLW off the ground
ABC News Australiaby Arianna Levy·4 Sept 2026
Growing up in Melbourne, Suzie Miller's family was footy mad. But because there were no girls in the AFL, she felt excluded from the game and boycotted the sport her family loved.
Slurs and snubs as talkback titans' feud aired in court
PerthNowby Adelaide Lang·4 Sept 2026
Slurs and snubs as talkback titans' feud aired in court Grub. Parasite. F****t. Dog. Low c**t. This is how talkback giant Ray Hadley described archrival and highly influential stablemate Alan Jones...
Muddy but alive: two workers rescued from Nepal tunnel
PerthNowby Dirk Godder·4 Sept 2026
Muddy but alive: two workers rescued from Nepal tunnel Rescue workers in Nepal have pulled two workers alive from a hydropower tunnel on the Trishuli River, nine days after devastating floods swept...
Africa bigger, US smaller as UN votes to adopt a new world map
ABC News Australia·4 Sept 2026
In short: The United Nations has voted to adopt a new map, known as the Equal Earth cartographic projection, replacing the Mercator projection maps.
Trump pushes for beef country-of-origin labelling in US
PerthNowby Staff Writers·4 Sept 2026
Trump pushes for beef country-of-origin labelling in US US President Donald Trump has signed executive orders aimed at helping cattle ranchers protect their herds from wolves, expand meat...
Documentary brings stories of 150yo shipwreck to life
ABC News Australiaby Josh Brine and Becc Bird·4 Sept 2026
In short: Just over 150 years have passed since the Geltwood met its demise off SA's south-east coast.
Jai Arrow's last NRL game was the second of a lifetime
ABC News Australiaby Nick Campton·4 Sept 2026
The record books will show that Jai Arrow’s last game as a South Sydney Rabbitoh lasted exactly one second.
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