Recent articles from publications based in Australia.
Live: ASX to recover from six-week low as Middle East flare-up drives oil price higher
ABC News Australiaby David Chau·8 Sept 2026
live Markets live: ASX to recover from six-week low, Middle East flare-up sinks Wall Street and drives oil sharply higher The Australian share market is on track to rise slightly this morning...
Labor accused of trying to control what you see online
PerthNowby Madeline Cove·8 Sept 2026
Anthony Albanese social media laws spark clash as Michaelia Cash warns of ‘digital duty of control’ Labor’s plan to overhaul what Australians see on social media has sparked a fiery political...
Iran-backed Houthis hit four Saudi cities, war expands
PerthNowby Staff Writers·8 Sept 2026
Iran-backed Houthis hit four Saudi cities, war expands Yemen's Tehran-backed Houthis have attacked four cities in the south of US ally Saudi Arabia, wounding more than 70 people and setting oil...
Live: Invite-only grant scheme 'pork-barrelling by design': Haines
ABC News Australiaby Courtney Gould·8 Sept 2026
live Federal politics live: Independent MP Helen Haines calls invite-only grant scheme 'pork-barrelling by design' Independent MP Helen Haines has taken aim at an invitation-only grants scheme...
Un-real estate: property settlement scam risk rising
PerthNowby Adrian Black·8 Sept 2026
Un-real estate: property settlement scam risk rising When conveyancer Shelley Baker asked her client a standard question on settlement day, she didn't expect it to save them nearly $200,000.
Rural towns finding the right medicine to end doctor drought
ABC News Australiaby Liam O'Connell and Ellie Willcox·8 Sept 2026
In short: Nearly one-third of medical graduates are now studying to become GPs, easing concerns of widespread general practice shortages.
Former SA teacher Narelle Zanker crowned Rural Woman of the Year
ABC News Australiaby Josh Becker·8 Sept 2026
In short: South Australian dairy farmer Narelle Zanker has been crowned Australia's AgriFutures Rural Woman of the Year at Canberra's Parliament House.
Boosted powers to target Sydney's gangsters, but police face a new problem
ABC News Australiaby Anton Rose·8 Sept 2026
NSW Police are set to get extraordinary powers to tackle underworld violence, but whether the move will be effective remains to be seen.
Women in Darwin forced to travel hundreds of kilometres for pregnancy scans
ABC News Australiaby Roxanne Fitzgerald·8 Sept 2026
In short: Women across Darwin say they are struggling to book a range of time-sensitive pregnancy scans.
Small businesses fighting to stay open amid 'insidious cost creep'
ABC News Australiaby Liz Rymill and Becc Bird·8 Sept 2026
In short: Small business owners in rural and regional communities say they are under constant pressure from the rising costs of doing business.
Polling officials say they were ignored after offering to work at SA election
ABC News Australiaby Thomas Kelsall·8 Sept 2026
In short Some former polling officials have told the ABC the South Australian Electoral Commission (ECSA) did not respond after they indicated a willingness to work at the March state election.
Theatre audiences still show up. So why do so many shows fail to make money?
The Conversation Australiaby Robert Vanderburg, Academic and Lecturer , CQUniversity Australia·8 Sept 2026
Recent cancellations of major musical theatre productions, including Waitress and Beetlejuice, have raised an obvious question: has Australian theatre become too expensive?
Does debriefing about a difficult birth stop it turning into trauma?
The Conversation Australiaby Kelly Haynes, Midwifery Lecturer, CQUniversity Australia·8 Sept 2026
For some women, the birth of their baby is one of the happiest days of their lives. Others remember it as a frightening, overwhelming or deeply distressing experience.
Paul Keating’s AUKUS hostility reflects his passion for hard-nosed realism over subservience
The Conversation Australiaby Frank Bongiorno, Director, Vice-Chancellor's Centre of Public Ideas (CoPI) and Donald Horne Professor of History and Public Ideas, University of Canberra·8 Sept 2026
There have been two topics on which former Australian prime minister Paul Keating has been a persistent, passionate commentator in the three decades since his retirement.
Reform wasn’t meant to be easy. Here’s how the battles for Medicare and child support defeated vested interests
The Conversation Australiaby Beth Webster, Director, Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research, The University of Melbourne·8 Sept 2026
Can you imagine Australia without Medicare, the age pension, or with 50% tariffs on imported goods such as cars, clothes and shoes?
Australians may soon be able to switch off social media algorithms. Is that censorship?
The Conversation Australiaby Rob Nicholls, Senior Research Associate in Media and Communications, University of Sydney·8 Sept 2026
The federal government has released an exposure draft of its long-promised digital duty of care. The headline feature is an “off switch”.
Farmers demand fair go in fight with fossil fuel giants
PerthNowby Abe Maddison·8 Sept 2026
Farmers demand fair go in fight with fossil fuel giants Frustrated farmers say they are absorbing significant climate change burdens while also being expected to clean up the mess created by...
Foreign 'AI slopaganda' network targets Australian politicians
ABC News Australiaby Ange Lavoipierre·8 Sept 2026
In short: New research has uncovered a foreign network of hundreds of Facebook pages churning out AI deepfakes of Australian politicians.
Tung Chee-hwa, HK first leader under China, dies at 89
PerthNowby Staff Writers·8 Sept 2026
Tung Chee-hwa, HK first leader under China, dies at 89 "For the first time in history, we, the people of Hong Kong, will be master of our own destiny."
We've uncovered the deadliest days – and they don't fall on Friday the 13th
New Atlasby Mike McRae·8 Sept 2026
Long before I wrote about science, I was a vampire. I worked at night, sucking blood in a hospital.
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