Recent articles from publications based in Australia.
Was pre-COP a flop? Questions loom over the Australian government
ABC News Australiaby Stephen Dziedzic·5d ago
As the Fiji Airway flight carrying dignitaries to Tuvalu sat on the airport runway at the heart of its tiny capital, Funafuti, an official struggled with a broken umbrella in the driving rain.
Victorians say 'lazy planning' leading to poor social housing outcomes
ABC News Australiaby Tyrone Dalton·5d ago
In short: Central Victorian traditional owner group Djaara wants to build 34 social houses for 75 residents in the regional city of Bendigo.
Fake marine’s body fooled Hitler himself
PerthNowby Lillian Saleh·5d ago
Hit musical Operation Mincemeat to make its Australian premiere It was a deception plot so bizarre it could have easily read straight out of a Hollywood movie script.
Climate change not the only blame for bushfire crisis
PerthNowby Allanah Sciberras·5d ago
Climate change not the only blame for bushfire crisis Restoring Indigenous cultural burning could help break a "catastrophic fire loop", plaguing Australia's southeast forests, a new study has...
Greens launch election platform with promise to slash grocery prices
ABC News Australia·5d ago
In short: The Greens have launched their 2026 state election platform, promising to address the price of groceries and community safety if elected.
Performance explores perinatal mental health and world of motherhood
ABC News Australiaby Sophie Landau·5d ago
Breathe in, breathe out. Be present. Feel the chair under you. You are here. For Adelaide-based independent dancer Zoë Dunwoodie, a dialogue like this runs subconsciously; a mind-body connection...
Judge rules evidence from Christa Pike's botched execution be preserved
ABC News Australia·5d ago
In short: A US judge has ordered the Tennessee Department of Correction to preserve all evidence related to the botched execution of Christa Pike.
'It became a cemetery': Three years on, Gaza remains in ruins
ABC News Australiaby Middle East correspondent Caitlin Kelly; ABC staff·5d ago
Dunya Al-Ghazaleh stands in front of her childhood home in northern Gaza almost three years after it was destroyed.
Former RBA board member says another rate hike this year 'plausible'
ABC News Australiaby Michael Janda·5d ago
In short: The RBA board has typically had split votes on monetary policy around 30 per cent of the time over the past decade, a former board member reveals.
Modular recyclable tire hunts immortality with swappable tread
New Atlasby Ben Coxworth·5d ago
Automobile tires are made to take a lot of abuse for a long time, so breaking them down for recycling has always been quite a challenge.
Aaron Sorkin takes on Facebook again, and this time he's furious
ABC News Australiaby Ying-Di Yin·5d ago
Two statistics are outlined in Aaron Sorkin's The Social Reckoning, and they will follow you out of the cinema.
Will you really get 'left behind' if you don't use AI?
ABC News Australiaby Kellie Scott·5d ago
Whether it was from the mouth of a tech leader or celebrity, you've probably heard that "if you don't use AI, you'll be left behind". I guess you'll find me somewhere in the dust then.
In a society desperate for distraction, a woman performing starvation overcommits
The Conversation Australiaby Julian Novitz, Senior Lecturer, Writing, Department of Media and Communication, Swinburne University of Technology·5d ago
In The Starving Bride, the latest novel from internationally acclaimed New Zealand author Catherine Chidgey, the English town of Blackpool attempts to stave off the horrors of the present by...
Beige tones and knit throws? No, we’ve got Scandinavian design all wrong
The Conversation Australiaby Nina Hillenberg, Senior Lecturer, Design, Torrens University Australia·5d ago
Australian furniture showrooms, newly-styled apartments and lifestyle magazines remain devoted to the Scandinavian look: pale oak, linen, white walls, soft greys and, inevitably, beige.
Our research found a new reason to keep teachers happy – it’s linked to how well students do
The Conversation Australiaby Theresa Dicke, Professor, Institute for Positive Psychology and Education, Australian Catholic University·5d ago
The OECD reports schools worldwide are under growing strain from teacher shortages. “It is getting harder to recruit, retain and deploy qualified teachers where they are most needed,” it has found.
Why most health apps are biased even before their first lines of code are written
The Conversation Australiaby Noushin Nazarian, PhD Candidate, School of Computing and Information Systems, The University of Melbourne·5d ago
Many of us use digital health tools every day, such as period trackers, fitness apps or online quizzes to check our mental health.
What happens to language when machines start talking back?
The Conversation Australiaby Celeste Rodriguez Louro, Associate Professor of Linguistics and Director of Language Lab, The University of Western Australia·5d ago
A few months ago, a friend posted something that caught my eye on social media. She struggled listening to what she termed “(literally) breathless AI voices for audiobooks”.
The migration debate has a big blind spot: much of regional Australia is shrinking
The Conversation Australiaby Rana Dadpour, Research fellow, James Cook University·5d ago
Migration policy is emerging as one of this year’s defining political battlegrounds. The Albanese government, Coalition and One Nation have all committed to reducing net overseas migration.
Colonisation, not climate change, first primed these forests to burn
The Conversation Australiaby Russell Mullett, Traditional Custodian — Kurnai, Indigenous Knowledge·5d ago
Bushfire season is here. The Bureau of Meteorology expects the declared El Niño to be strong to very strong. Southeastern Australia is bracing for a long run of dangerous fire weather.
Can data centre company Firmus live up to its blockbuster $43 billion listing value? Why some investors doubt it
The Conversation Australiaby Marta Khomyn, Senior Lecturer, Finance and Data Analytics, Adelaide University·5d ago
Firmus Technologies, a developer of artificial intelligence (AI) data centres, plans to raise A$7 billion from investors on the Australian Securities Exchange on October 23.
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