Recent articles from publications based in Australia.
Hanson's overreach on Hastie kicks Liberals into gear
ABC News Australiaby Michelle Grattan·10 Sept 2026
Pauline Hanson declared in a recent News24 documentary: "I don't back down." This week Ms Hanson and her party followed through, in two high-risk demonstrations of heels firmly dug in.
It's an odd time for Labor to play politics as usual with federal grants
ABC News Australiaby Jake Evans·10 Sept 2026
Standing inside the "Royal Marrickville" clubhouse, Anthony Albanese joked in front of a group of a few dozen supporters and some local media about his association with the club.
Qantas changes tune over broken wheelchair after ABC questions
ABC News Australiaby Nas Campanella·10 Sept 2026
In short: A prominent disability advocate is furious with the national airline over the difficulty of getting compensation for a wheelchair that was broken on one of its flights.
How a 'swarm' of AI agents hacked another company, in the AI's own words
ABC News Australiaby Jessica Riga, Jarrod Fankhauser, and Matt Liddy·10 Sept 2026
Hundreds of rogue AI agents banded together to form a "collective". OpenAI is calling it a "warning shot".
Israeli strike 'kills parents, two kids' in Gaza Strip
PerthNowby Staff Writers·10 Sept 2026
Israeli strike 'kills parents, two kids' in Gaza Strip An Israeli air strike has killed a man, his wife and their two daughters, aged eight and 12, in a house in the northern Gaza Strip, health...
A 'devastating truth' still lingers 25 years after 9/11
ABC News Australiaby Phoebe Hosier and Lucia Stein·10 Sept 2026
After two hijacked passenger jets slammed into the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001, emergency responders flocked to the scene to do what they do: search, rescue and recover.
New doco reveals how John Howard looks back on Tampa turning point
ABC News Australiaby Yasmin Jeffery, Hannah Story, and Velvet Winter·10 Sept 2026
Welcome to what to watch, where we take you through what's on the box in September. This month brings a heartbreaking documentary about a dark part of Australian history, and the first local show...
'Magnitude slowly hit': 9/11 remembered 25 years on
PerthNowby Noah Secomb·10 Sept 2026
'Magnitude slowly hit': 9/11 remembered 25 years on What should have been a routine international trip with the prime minister quickly devolved into chaos and the start of a new era of global...
The long shadow of 9/11 and the retreat of an independent New Zealand foreign policy
The Conversation Australiaby Robert G. Patman, Professor of International Relations, University of Otago·10 Sept 2026
Twenty-five years ago today, the world’s strongest military state found itself powerless to prevent attacks on its homeland by al Qaeda, a small transnational terrorist group.
Innovation 'reset' yet to lock in post-COVID lockdown
PerthNowby Kaaren Morrissey·10 Sept 2026
Innovation 'reset' yet to lock in post-COVID lockdown Australian businesses need to get their innovation mojo back on track after flatlining following the COVID-19 pandemic, when breakthroughs were...
The 59 seconds key to Molly's murderer's jail time
PerthNowby Stephanie Gardiner·10 Sept 2026
The 59 seconds key to Molly's murderer's jail time It took less than 59 seconds to end 28 years of life.
Houthi rebels take over strategic port city in Yemen
PerthNowby Staff Writers·10 Sept 2026
Houthi rebels take over strategic port city in Yemen The Houthi rebel group has taken over Yemen's port city of Mocha, an area vital to controlling shipping through the Red Sea, Houthi and Yemeni...
Chinese EVs earn 5 stars in safety tests tougher than America’s NHTSA
New Atlasby Utkarsh Sood·10 Sept 2026
Remember when "Chinese car" and "safety" were two phrases that didn't exactly belong in the same sentence?
Feather discovered in fossilised dinosaur poo is first of its kind
ABC News Australiaby Jacinta Bowler·10 Sept 2026
In short: Palaeontologists have discovered an extremely well-preserved feather from an extinct bird in fossilised dinosaur faeces.
China hopes to soon agree on tariff reductions with US
PerthNowby Staff Writers·10 Sept 2026
China hopes to soon agree on tariff reductions with US China and the United States hope to reach an agreement on lowering import taxes soon, a Chinese government spokesperson says, fuelling...
Cost of MND treatment drug dropped by 99pc
PerthNowby Emma Kirk·10 Sept 2026
Cost of ‘game changer’ MND drug slashed from $28k to $25 after listing on PBS Australians living with motor neurone disease (MND) will now have cheaper access to treatment through the...
Israeli PM's wife hit with $1.2m defamation suit over Oct 7 conspiracy theory
ABC News Australiaby Matthew Doran·10 Sept 2026
In short: Sara Netanyahu claimed that a leading opposition politician had advance notice of Hamas' deadly October 7 attacks on Israel.
Smoking lowers the risk of Parkinson's. We may now know why
New Atlasby Mike McRae·10 Sept 2026
Parkinson’s disease is significantly less common among people who smoke cigarettes. It’s a paradox that has perplexed researchers for decades, drawing speculation that tobacco smoke somehow...
‘Highly uncertain’: Major central bank’s grim rates move
PerthNowby DAVID McHUGH·10 Sept 2026
European Central Bank raises rates in response to inflation fuelled by high oil prices from the Iran war The European Central Bank raised interest rates Thursday to cool inflation that is being fed...
Five dead and over 80 missing as inferno engulfs ferry
PerthNowby TERESA CEROJANO·10 Sept 2026
Philippines ferry tragedy: Five dead and 86 missing as inferno engulfs passenger vessel Rescuers struggled on Thursday to get into a passenger ferry that had caught fire and burned overnight off...
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