Recent articles from publications based in Australia.
ABC News Australiaby Mackenzie Heard9 Sept 2026
In short: With less than two months until their inaugural sailings, bookings on the new, larger Spirit of Tasmania ferries are still restricted to the capacity of the old, smaller ships.
ABC News Australiaby Clancy Balen9 Sept 2026
In short: A Tasmanian man has been told he could wait between six to 12 months for a colonoscopy despite being on an urgent wait list, following a positive bowel cancer screening result.
ABC News Australiaby Jake Evans9 Sept 2026
There were 45 electorates that missed out on any funding from Labor's $560 million grants program set up to pay the party's election commitments.
PerthNowby Emily Woods9 Sept 2026
Response to gender violence news inadequate: poll The federal government's response to "devastating" gender-based violence news in recent weeks has not been adequate, according to a poll.
ABC News Australiaby Clare Armstrong9 Sept 2026
In short: Labor is cracking down on the illicit tobacco trade with new offences targeting organised crime, distributors and retailers selling illegal cigarettes.
ABC News Australiaby Lauren Roberts9 Sept 2026
In short: A new report into the financial and legal impact of cancer, has found both patients and carers report lost income and significant out-of-pocket costs that compound emotional distress.
ABC News Australiaby Adelaide Miller9 Sept 2026
Small businesses across the nation are being hit with extra fees from Australia Post, which they argue are unfair and eating into already shrinking profit margins.
PerthNowby Staff Writers9 Sept 2026
Norway bids farewell to late King Harald V Norway's King Harald V has been laid to rest after a state funeral rich in pomp and ceremony and attended by dozens of European royals and heads of state...
ABC News Australiaby Olivia Sanders, Daniel Miles, and Sharon Gordon9 Sept 2026
Their worlds were punctuated by hate. They refused to bend to its power. On a cold September night 25 years ago, Paul and Yvonne Gyulavary were getting ready for bed.
ABC News Australiaby Shari Hams9 Sept 2026
The plastic surgery procedure promising a smaller waist is gaining popularity online through influencers who have documented their experience of having their ribs contoured.
PerthNowby Staff Writers9 Sept 2026
Nuclear agency refers Iran to UN Security Council The United Nations nuclear watchdog's 35-country board of governors has passed a resolution reporting Iran to the UN Security Council for the first...
ABC News Australiaby Dan Condon9 Sept 2026
For someone who never intended on becoming a musician, David Byrne started strong. "I remember the first [song] I wrote, and I got help from some of the others, was Psycho Killer," he says on Take...
ABC News Australiaby Silvi Vann-Wall9 Sept 2026
As a 30-something millennial with not-so distant memories of backyard potion brews, whimsigoth magazine spreads, and (unsuccessful) sleepover seances with my little sister, 1998's Practical Magic...
ABC News Australiaby Ellen Phiddian9 Sept 2026
In short: Archaeologists have found evidence of a person who used a psychoactive drug up to 25,000 years ago.
PerthNowby Michael Palmer9 Sept 2026
Photo finish: Event withdraws City of Perth funding request after being approved for smaller amount The return of an internationally recognised photography festival to Perth is in doubt after it...
PerthNowby Michael Palmer9 Sept 2026
Men’s Rugby World Cup coming to Perth, with WA to host top teams including New Zealand, Ireland, South Africa Perth will become home to the third-largest sporting event in the world next year.
PerthNowby Michael Palmer9 Sept 2026
The Town of Bassendean says it has been blindsided by news the former Bassendean fire station has been put up for sale.
PerthNowby Staff Writers9 Sept 2026
Tate brothers must stay in jail amid UK extradition bid Social media influencers Andrew and Tristan Tate have lost their bid for release from a Miami jail as they contest extradition to the United...
PerthNowby Sarah Spina-Matthews9 Sept 2026
Police suspected Ivan Milat of murders as early as 1971 Police suspected notorious backpacker killer Ivan Milat had begun his murderous spree decades before he was caught, leaving more than a dozen...
PerthNowby Callum Godde9 Sept 2026
Insurers count mounting cost of 'crime problem' state An Australian state remains the nation's problem child for car and property thefts, insurance data shows.
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