Recent articles from publications based in Australia.
Australia’s first female High Court judge dies at age 83
PerthNowby Chloe Maher·13 Sept 2026
Mary Gaudron: Australia’s first female High Court judge dies at age 83, tributes flow Australia’s first female High Court judge, Mary Gaudron, has died at the age of 83.
Self-harm, serious assaults recorded across immigration detention centres
ABC News Australiaby Investigative Reporter Emily Baker·13 Sept 2026
In short: Conditions at Villawood Immigration Detention Centre have deteriorated since private company Secure Journeys began running the facility, workers say.
Alice Duncan-Kemp was an empathetic observer of Mithaka culture, but her legacy is complicated
The Conversation Australiaby Eve Vincent, Associate Professor, Anthropology, Macquarie University·13 Sept 2026
Alice’s dreaming is centrally about the childhood, memories and writings of Alice Duncan-Kemp (1901-1988), who grew up on a pastoral property named Mooraberrie in the first decades of the 20th...
A brief history of collage from 12th century Japan to Sydney today – and your own kitchen table
The Conversation Australiaby Alexandra Crosby, Professor, Faculty of Design and Society, University of Technology Sydney·13 Sept 2026
Collage is ancient, with roots going back to the invention of paper in East Asia. In 12th century Japan, paper was used for calligraphy, and artists pasted different papers, fabrics and torn...
What are statins? And can healthy people use them to prevent heart disease and dementia?
The Conversation Australiaby Nicole Pratt, Professor of Biostatistics and Pharmacoepidemiology, Adelaide University·13 Sept 2026
Every month, around 2.7 million Australians have a statin dispensed to lower their risk of heart attack and stroke.
Too many students have ‘reading anxiety’. New research suggests it is triggered by problems in primary school
The Conversation Australiaby Genevieve McArthur, Professor at the Australian Centre for the Advancement of Literacy, Australian Catholic University·13 Sept 2026
Western Australian author Hamish Kelly has struggled with reading for almost two decades. In his first of two books, he describes his experience of learning to read: The letters in words were...
Australia must double down to meet our climate targets. Our new study shows how
The Conversation Australiaby Bill Hare, Adjunct Professor of Energy, Murdoch University·13 Sept 2026
Within the next five years, global warming is set to breach the 1.5°C threshold at the heart of the 2015 Paris Agreement.
We may be able to turn off the algorithm, but we can’t escape the misogyny of the manosphere
The Conversation Australiaby Naomi Pfitzner, Director of the Monash Gender and Family Violence Prevention Hub and Senior Lecturer in Criminology Monash University, Monash University·13 Sept 2026
The federal government recently announced a suite of new laws designed to address harmful content on digital platforms.
Data centres in Australia: your questions answered
The Conversation Australiaby Signe Dean, Science + Technology Editor, The Conversation·13 Sept 2026
We put a call-out to our audience: what questions do you have about data centres? We were quickly overwhelmed with responses and had to close the survey.
Data centres have existed for decades. So why are they so controversial now?
The Conversation Australiaby Johanna Lim, Research Associate, Strategic Technologies, University of Sydney·13 Sept 2026
Until recently, data centres attracted relatively little public attention. They were largely treated as invisible pieces of digital infrastructure: essential but rarely discussed outside technical...
'Living sand' aims to bring crops to infertile desert wastelands
New Atlasby Maryna Holovnova·13 Sept 2026
Agriculture in the United Arab Emirates is associated with a lot of challenges. Most of the country is desert, and only about 5% of its land is suitable for farming.
Patient suffers torn oesophagus after using unapproved peptide
ABC News Australiaby Rachel Carbonell·13 Sept 2026
In short: The medicines regulator has revealed a patient suffered a torn oesophagus after using an unapproved weight-loss peptide labelled as retatrutide.
Ballarat girl in child protection system found dead in squat house
ABC News Australiaby Eden Hynninen and Coco Veldkamp·13 Sept 2026
Mia, whose name has been changed to protect the identity of children, loved to dress up as a child, and would sing along to every song, even if she didn't know the words.
Tomahawks and wine: How long was Gold Coast mayor's 'dinner' with Trump?
ABC News Australiaby Liam Walsh·13 Sept 2026
In short: Earlier this year, Gold Coast Mayor Tom Tate declared he had dinner with US President Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago.
At least 129 missing after Indonesian ferry capsizes
PerthNowby Staff Writers·13 Sept 2026
At least 129 missing after Indonesian ferry capsizes At least six people have died and another 129 are still missing after an Indonesian passenger ship capsized in the Java Sea during bad weather...
Wind farm proponent wants to build 280 turbines on public land
ABC News Australiaby Sandy Powell·13 Sept 2026
In short: A wind farm proposed for Tasmania's west coast is being assessed by the federal environment department, but is being criticised by conservationists from the Bob Brown Foundation.
Will building three warships be worth Australia's $27 billion?
ABC News Australiaby Tom Lowrey·13 Sept 2026
In short: Budget documents reveal that close to $27 billion has been allocated to building the first three Hunter-class frigate warships.
The political pile-on that could be Pauline Hanson's best weapon
ABC News Australiaby Patricia Karvelas·13 Sept 2026
In both Liberal and Labor research on how to meet the growing electoral threat from One Nation, one piece of advice does not change. Do not go after Pauline Hanson personally.
In the kaleidoscope of Australia's system, who gets to define a migrant?
ABC News Australiaby Bang Xiao·13 Sept 2026
In the long-standing political debate on immigration in Australia, one overlooked question has remained unanswered: who exactly are we talking about?
Chorus of concern over AI is growing louder
ABC News Australiaby Alan Kohler·13 Sept 2026
Over the weekend the CEO of Anthropic, Dario Amodei, published an essay with the headline We Must Pace the Frontier.
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