Recent articles from publications based in Australia.
‘GUN’: Passengers tackle men on Virgin flight from Melbourne
PerthNowby Madeline Cove·12 Sept 2026
Virgin Australia Melbourne to Doha flight chaos as passengers restrain two men over alleged threats Two male passengers have been restrained aboard an international flight from Melbourne after...
Are jurors prepared for the mental health risks of serving on trials?
ABC News Australiaby Isla Evans·12 Sept 2026
Some of the most important people in our legal system enter the court with no specific training and are legally prevented from talking about the sometimes gruesome evidence they are forced to see...
Evoke’s budget electric moto promises serious everyday rideability
New Atlasby Utkarsh Sood·12 Sept 2026
We’ve covered Evoke Motorcycles a couple of times before, but the company seems to have been in a state of limbo for the past couple of years.
'Bad language, threats': WA politicians have had enough of copping it online
ABC News Australiaby Keane Bourke·12 Sept 2026
The political arena has never been for the faint of heart, but social media has taken what elected officials have to contend with to a whole other level.
Inside a school learning to stamp out misogyny in boys
PerthNowby Emily Woods·12 Sept 2026
Inside a school learning to stamp out misogyny in boys "They'll speak to girls, women teachers differently than certain male teachers," a female primary school teacher tells her peers.
Veterans call for greater royal commission transparency across 'broken system'
ABC News Australiaby James Wakelin·12 Sept 2026
In short: Veterans and researchers are calling for greater transparency and faster action on reforms, two years after the Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicide.
Crime lessons Sydney could learn from former murder capital of Europe
ABC News Australiaby Shannon Corvo·12 Sept 2026
In short: A justice reform advocate says young people accepting contracts from underworld figures to commit crimes are being "exploited".
Wallaroos scare England but fail 'mission impossible'
ABC News Australia·12 Sept 2026
In short: Wallaroos skipper Siokapesi Palu Sekona said the 48-15 scoreline didn't reflect the game as the Australians took it to the world champions England in Salford.
No smooth ride for Labor to a fourth term in Victoria
ABC News Australiaby Rachel Eddie·12 Sept 2026
When Ben Carroll publicly guaranteed he would not overthrow Jacinta Allan at an ill-fated press conference, one Labor figure solemnly told him he would become the next Josh Frydenberg.
NDIS slashes Brisbane woman's physical therapy hours, citing 'value for money'
ABC News Australiaby Janelle Miles·12 Sept 2026
April Coulson went to bed one night as an active, independent teenager and woke up unable to move from the armpits down. A bleed on her spinal cord had left her paralysed.
Tropical island needs caretakers to live in barely inhabited 'paradise'
ABC News Australiaby Liam McNally·12 Sept 2026
What's new? Managers of a remote island off the coast of Queensland are seeking live-in volunteer caretakers.
More F1 pain for Piastri after 'pretty shocking' qualifying in Spain
ABC News Australia·12 Sept 2026
In short: Oscar Piastri has qualified seventh for Sunday's Spanish Grand Prix. The Australian's McLaren teammate is on pole for the first ever F1 race at the new Madring in Madrid. What's next?
Anthropic boss calls for AI slowdown, Altman and Musk agree
ABC News Australia·12 Sept 2026
In short: Anthropic boss Dario Amodei says the artificial intelligence industry should slow development amid building pressure for improved oversight.
'Water like an ocean wave': 70 years since SA's biggest flood event
ABC News Australiaby Amelia Walters·12 Sept 2026
John Peterson was in his first year of university when floodwaters hit his South Australian hometown of Kingston on Murray in 1956.
Flight home from Australia was start of man's Saudi 'horror story'
ABC News Australiaby Mazoe Ford and Syan Vallance·12 Sept 2026
The last time Mira Lozi spoke to her husband, Rami Naimi, as a free man was nine years ago, as he was wrapping up a trip to Australia. "He was extremely happy; he was on a high.
Nepal's rapper-turned-PM criticised for disaster response
ABC News Australiaby Patrick Martin·12 Sept 2026
He is the former rapper that rose to become Nepal's prime minister with massive gen Z support. Now Balendra Shah and his new government are grappling with one of the worst disasters the country has...
The Coalition finds voice in One Nation battle and starts new free speech fight
ABC News Australiaby Clare Armstrong·12 Sept 2026
The dividing line in Australia's next big fight over the internet is not whether online harm exists, but who gets to define it.
Police pursued suspected killer for decades. Now there's a twist in the case
ABC News Australiaby Alicia Bridges, Rhiannon Stevens, Cath Adams, Sharon Gordon, and Keana Naughton·12 Sept 2026
For two decades, police pursued a central theory about who killed German backpacker Simone Strobel. After their suspect was finally charged with murder, that theory began to crumble.
From rundown units to luxury estates: The Bathla family wealth trail
ABC News Australiaby Amy Greenbank and Lin Lin·12 Sept 2026
From decrepit units to sprawling estates: Unravelling the family wealth of Bathla's founders A rundown unit above a row of shuttered shops in Greystanes is where Bathla founder Bhart Bhushan lives...
Inside the mission to save critically endangered orangutans from fire
ABC News Australiaby Tim Swanston·12 Sept 2026
The lush mountainous rainforests of West Kalimantan are a crucial habitat for critically endangered Bornean orangutans, but they are now the epicentre of Indonesia's catastrophic fire season.
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