'Inhumane and unfair': NDIS clients stuck in hospital for months
ABC News Australiaby Bec Pridham16 Sept 2026
In short: Three men are stuck in a hospital in Tasmania because they can't secure extra NDIS support, a support service says.
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top 98%AI deal boosts massive proposed data centre
PerthNowby Andrew Hedgman16 Sept 2026
Anthropic signs first Australian data centre deal in Queensland with Western Downs project worth almost $32bn AI giant Anthropic has struck its first Australian data centre deal, backing an almost...
Community 'blindsided' by legislation change fears becoming ghost town
ABC News Australiaby Bryn Wakefield and Liam O'Connell16 Sept 2026
In short: The state government has introduced legislation to repeal a requirement for a nearby coal mine to house its workforce in Glenden.
‘Bow down’: Man’s bizarre court rant
PerthNowby Jack Nivison16 Sept 2026
Man who allegedly intimidated schoolgirls on bus throws bizarre tantrum in court A man who allegedly intimidated and racially vilified a group of schoolgirls on a bus in western Sydney has thrown a...
‘Bastard’: Minns slams killer’s sentence
PerthNowby Steve Zemek16 Sept 2026
‘Bastard’: Minns slams Molly Ticehurst’s killer’s sentence Premier Chris Minns has slammed the sentence handed to notorious domestic-violence murderer Daniel Billings, describing him as a...
Gold Coast mayor apologises for outburst but maintains recollection of Trump dinner
ABC News Australiaby Liam Walsh16 Sept 2026
In short: Tom Tate has doubled down on recollections about dinner with US President Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago.
Major AI company Anthropic signs deal to use $32b Queensland data centre
ABC News Australiaby Alex Brewster and Grace Nakamura16 Sept 2026
In short: AI company Anthropic has signed an agreement to use part of a $32 billion data centre proposed for a site on Queensland's Western Downs.
Unpacking the 12 days that threw Ed Sheeran's tour into chaos
ABC News Australiaby Georgie Hewson16 Sept 2026
Ed Sheeran's upcoming shows look to have no support acts after the remaining openers, and a touring band he shares songs with, pulled out in solidarity with Macklemore after he was removed from...
Commissioner says system 'failing' amid reports kids living alone in squalor
ABC News Australiaby Callum Liddelow and Nadia Mitsopoulos16 Sept 2026
Reports more than a dozen children, including some as young as five, had been living unsupervised in squalid conditions have prompted WA's Children's Commissioner to declare the safety nets to...
Families desperate days after Indonesia ferry capsized
PerthNowby Awaluddin Jalil and Ananda Teresia16 Sept 2026
Families desperate days after Indonesia ferry capsized Desperation and frustration are growing among families of the 129 people still missing following the capsizing of a ship in Indonesia's Java...
Emergency warning downgraded as crews bring Top End blaze under control
ABC News Australiaby Jason Walls and Gemma Ferguson16 Sept 2026
In short: Bushfires Northern Territory has downgraded an emergency warning for a fire at Stockwell Road in Blackmore, south of Darwin, to an advice level.
Breaking: Emergency warning for fire at Blackmore, west of Berry Springs
ABC News Australia16 Sept 2026
Authorities have issued an emergency warning for a fire at Stockwell Road in Blackmore, west of Berry Springs, advising anyone who is unprepared to leave now.
State passes tough new booze rules
PerthNowby David Hannant16 Sept 2026
South Australia passes tough new booze laws following DV inquiry An Aussie state has passed tough new rules on alcohol following a major inquiry into domestic violence.
Hanson’s personal attacks and offensive comments are straight out of the populist playbook. But they come with risks
The Conversation Australiaby Josh Sunman, Associate Lecturer in Public Policy, Flinders University16 Sept 2026
The latest round of media attention on One Nation leader Pauline Hanson has focused on a string of controversial comments she has made, two of which were very personal in nature, and all of which...
Hero rats tasked with detecting contaminated soil
PerthNowby Catherine Bouris16 Sept 2026
Hero rats tasked with detecting contaminated soil Landmine-detecting rats could be used to detect contaminated soil, saving communities from devastating effects including vegetation loss and health...
Family visas for foreign students targeted in migration crackdown
ABC News Australiaby Jane Norman16 Sept 2026
In short: Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke is on the verge of unveiling changes designed to ensure Labor meets its migration targets.
Police investigate sand dunes death of Mackay mother
ABC News Australiaby Liam McNally16 Sept 2026
Police are trying to fill in the last four days of Payge Leembruggen's life after her body was found at a Mackay beach.
Attrition-tolerant Wildfire combat drone brings mass firepower
New Atlasby David Szondy16 Sept 2026
General Atomics has unveiled its proposal for the next generation of Medium-Altitude, Long-Endurance (MALE) drones in the form of its Wildfire Uncrewed Aircraft System (UAS).
The US says it has launched ‘space control weapons’. It plays into the hands of its enemies
The Conversation Australiaby Cassandra Steer, Chief Executive Officer, Australasian Centre for Space Governance; Associate Expert, National Security College, Australian National University16 Sept 2026
US Air Force Secretary Troy Meink this week announced the United States has deployed what he called “on-orbit space control weapons”.
Australia urged to engage with Taliban without normalising regime
PerthNowby NewsWire16 Sept 2026
Australia should engage with Taliban but not risk ‘normalisation’, expert says Australia is being urged to engage with the de facto Taliban government in Afghanistan but to not let it “quietly...