Recent articles from publications based in Australia.
Shoei GT-Air 3 Smart helmet drops with built-in AR for $1,500
New Atlasby Utkarsh Sood·12 Sept 2026
When the GT-Air 3 Smart helmet debuted at EICMA last year, plenty of people questioned whether it would ever actually make its way to shop shelves. Lo and behold, it finally has!
Latest Optus outage triggers welfare checks from police
PerthNowby Catherine Bouris·12 Sept 2026
Latest Optus outage triggers welfare checks from police Optus has apologised after its second network outage in a year, with police forced to conduct welfare checks after dozens of calls to...
We asked teens what they thought of sweeping changes to child protection laws
ABC News Australiaby Dana Morse and Tahnee Jash·12 Sept 2026
Surrounded by the ocean, where eucalypt forest stretches from the sand to meet the sky, the Tiwi Islands are a living library for the young people who call it home.
'I think it's Al Qaeda': The man who briefed Bush during 9/11
ABC News Australiaby Lucia Stein·12 Sept 2026
On September 11, 2001, the White House daily intelligence briefer was standing not far from where George W Bush was entertaining a classroom of children when he watched a plane collide into the...
What makes Australia one of the safest countries in a doomsday scenario?
ABC News Australiaby Michael Black·12 Sept 2026
Australia could be one of the safest places on Earth if, or rather when, a global catastrophe strikes.
Newcastle's finals win is proof the future has come
ABC News Australiaby Nick Campton·12 Sept 2026
Fri, 11 Sept, 7:50 pm, Final score, Rabbitohs 10, Knights 20 If Newcastle were going to pull off a classic finals ambush on South Sydney they were going to need some new heroes to be born under the...
Celine Dion returns to stage in Paris after stiff person syndrome diagnosis
ABC News Australiaby Georgie Hewson·12 Sept 2026
Celine Dion will return to the stage this weekend for her first full concert in six years with a sellout Paris residency following her struggles with a rare neurological disorder which sidelined...
'Worst possible news': Hundreds gather to remember fatal crash victims
ABC News Australiaby Niki Burnside and James Vyver·12 Sept 2026
In short: A crowd of Canberra cyclists has gathered to remember Bridie Lee and Ryan Riethmuller, who were killed after they were struck by a car on August 27 in Palmerston.
OpenAI agents attacked software service months before Hugging Face hack
ABC News Australia·12 Sept 2026
AI agents being tested by OpenAI attacked software service RubyGems two months before they hacked open-source platform Hugging Face, researchers say.
The Southern Hemisphere's biggest necropolis is bursting at the seams
ABC News Australiaby Declan Bowring·12 Sept 2026
Robyn Hawes was trying to save the memory of thousands of graves at Sydney's Rookwood Cemetery when she stumbled unknowingly on the names of her own relatives.
Bendigo, Geelong urged to join light rail revolution
ABC News Australiaby Tyrone Dalton and Jonathon Kendall·12 Sept 2026
In short: Bendigo Heritage is calling for a light rail connection to link the city's retail, arts, sport and hospital precincts.
Forgotten referral led to patient's death, Victorian shadow minister says
ABC News Australiaby Sarah Buchecker, Tamara Clark, and Grace Marshall·12 Sept 2026
In short: Victoria's shadow health minister says a Mildura hospital patient whose paper referral was left in a box at the hospital for over a year has died.
84yo nan drives 2,000km to donate clothes to communities
ABC News Australiaby Jon Daly·12 Sept 2026
Barbara Carroll loads her van with boxes of donated clothes each month and heads north to the red dirt of Western Australia's remote Pilbara.
'Obnoxious' weed woven into massive mullet sculpture
ABC News Australiaby Mark Rigby·12 Sept 2026
In short: Gold Coast artists Ged McCormick and Rusty Linnane created a 5-metre mullet sculpture entirely from invasive plants and plastic litter.
Bikie charged over Melton blaze that set man alight
ABC News Australiaby Larissa Ham·12 Sept 2026
An outlaw motorcycle gang member has been charged as part of an investigation into several suspicious fires, including a blaze in Melbourne's west that left a man with life-threatening injuries...
Zverev powers into US Open final ahead of all-American semi
ABC News Australia·11 Sept 2026
In short: Alexander Zverev defeated Karen Khachanov 6-3, 7-6 (9-7), 7-6 (8-6) to reach the US Open final. The number one seed Zverev is aiming to add to his 2026 French Open title. What's next?
Saudi Arabia closes oil pipeline after drone attack launched from Iraq
ABC News Australia·11 Sept 2026
In short: Saudi Arabia has temporarily shut down a major oil pipeline after it was attacked by drones launched from Iraq, which is home to Iranian-backed militias.
Optus under fire as emergency calls fail in fresh outage
PerthNowby Madeline Cove·11 Sept 2026
Optus outage hits Triple Zero calls across Victoria, South Australia, Tasmania and Northern Territory Dozens of Triple Zero calls are believed to have been impacted by an Optus network outage...
The tactics at 'Trump-a-palooza' reveal risks for Republicans
ABC News Australiaby Brad Ryan·11 Sept 2026
The first thing I saw when I walked into "Trump-a-palooza" was Joe Biden. The stadium screens were projecting his headshot, his eyes shooting red laser beams like a killer robot.
Growing pains in Rockingham before AUKUS subs even arrive
ABC News Australiaby Nadia Mitsopoulos and Emma Wynne·11 Sept 2026
In short: The first Submarine Rotational Force will not arrive for more than a year, but Rockingham, south of Perth, is already experiencing population pressure.
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