Recent articles from publications based in Australia.
Plans to expand police search powers to combat knife crime in Victoria
ABC News Australiaby Rachel Eddie and Keira Proust·15 Sept 2026
In short: Police power is set to expand in Victoria regardless of whether Labor or the Coalition win the state election.
Domestic violence cases 'disproportionately high' in regional areas
ABC News Australiaby Jeremy Story Carter·15 Sept 2026
A particularly chilling detail emerged in the aftermath of Molly Ticehurst's murder: her killer and ex-partner Daniel Billings threatened to exploit her small country town's lack of an after-hours...
'Australia first' senator Ralph Babet's new fashion line not made in Australia
ABC News Australiaby Jake Evans·15 Sept 2026
In short: Senator Ralph Babet's new clothing line, which includes products carrying the Australian flag, was not made in Australia.
State's domestic violence charge rates at all-time high
PerthNowby Sarah Spina-Matthews·15 Sept 2026
State's domestic violence charge rates at all-time high Charges for domestic violence-related offences in one Australian state have reached all-time highs.
Labor signs up to 'Jack's Law' in election about-face
PerthNowby Callum Godde·15 Sept 2026
Labor signs up to 'Jack's Law' in election about-face Victorians are set to be stopped and searched for knives in public across the state at the discretion of police, with the major parties...
In Australia's most incarcerated place, most inmates have a mental illness
ABC News Australiaby Tahnee Jash·15 Sept 2026
In short: A study published in Australasian Psychiatry found that almost two-thirds of NT prisoners have a mental illness.
New global definition of heart attack to improve outcomes for women
ABC News Australiaby Lauren Roberts·15 Sept 2026
In short: Australian experts welcome a new global definition of heart attack, which they say will make it easier to diagnose women.
Next few decades will be 'very difficult', influential economist warns
ABC News Australiaby Gareth Hutchens·15 Sept 2026
"The next 30 to 40 years are going to be very difficult," the influential economist Charles Goodhart warned recently.
Concerns raised over 'problematic culture' at Suncorp's debt collector
ABC News Australiaby Adelaide Miller·15 Sept 2026
Debt collector ARMA Group spent months harassing and intimidating 81-year-old Diane Walker into paying an insurance claim she was not responsible for.
Labor pledged $5m for soccer precinct before it was planned or costed
ABC News Australiaby Clare Armstrong·15 Sept 2026
In short: Labor promised $5 million for an Adelaide sports precinct before the project was formally scoped, designed or fully costed.
Our post-Emmys group chat asks: Is Widow's Bay that good?
ABC News Australiaby Mawunyo Gbogbo, Beverley Wang, Veronica Apap, and Lincoln Archer·15 Sept 2026
Did you miss the best bits of the Emmys? Don't worry, so did we. That's why we've reached out to our Emmys devotees, Mawunyo Gbogbo and Beverley Wang, for the highlights from the ceremony and what...
One Australian's 'magical', 'unbelievable' road to Muppets history
ABC News Australiaby Velvet Winter and Brianna Morris-Grant·15 Sept 2026
It's been 50 years since The Muppet Show hit TV screens around the world. For one Australian puppeteer, it was the adventure of a lifetime.
Incorporation law gave Big Tech state-like power. Can it now help rein it in?
The Conversation Australiaby Susan Watson, Professor of Law, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau·15 Sept 2026
The Scottish historian William Dalrymple recently argued that Big Tech has become the 21st-century equivalent of Britain’s famous East India Company.
Kangaroos found in distress near refinery in WA town
PerthNowby Ava Berryman·15 Sept 2026
‘Serious distress’: Concerns raised after incapacitated kangaroos found near Alcoa Pinjarra refinery Animal welfare concerns have been raised at Alcoa’s Pinjarra Refinery after three kangaroos were...
Insanely slippery VW teardrop coupe drives 9 miles per kilowatt-hour
New Atlasby Abhimanyu Ghoshal·15 Sept 2026
I'm almost always glad to see a throwback car design, especially when it references a whimsical one that's not meant to please everybody.
More alerts in Saudi Arabia after week of strikes
PerthNowby Staff Writers·15 Sept 2026
More alerts in Saudi Arabia after week of strikes Saudi Arabia issued security alerts over a range of territory, including in the holy city of Mecca and second-largest city Jeddah, following a week...
Hanson tipped to ride out Indigenous row but risks loom
PerthNowby Will Nicholas·15 Sept 2026
Hanson tipped to ride out Indigenous row but risks loom Calling Indigenous Australians "the most primitive race on earth" might spook some One Nation voters, but experts believe it's unlikely to...
China tightens travel restrictions on its own citizens amid AI race with US
ABC News Australia·15 Sept 2026
In short: New regulations in China give government the option to impose travel bans on citizens who are deemed to have violated security and tech export rules.
The US has admitted deploying weapons in space and China is sounding the alarm
ABC News Australia·15 Sept 2026
The US has confirmed it has stationed arms in orbit around the Earth, in a move China warns could turn space into a "battlefield".
Israeli strikes in Gaza kill two, including child
PerthNowby Staff Writers·15 Sept 2026
Israeli strikes in Gaza kill two, including child Israeli air strikes have hit a vehicle, killing at least two Palestinians, including a child, and wounding seven others in the northern Gaza Strip...
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