Live: Adam Reynolds sidelined for Lang Park farewell against Storm
ABC News Australiaby Jon Healy·27 Aug 2026
live NRL live: Brisbane Broncos vs Melbourne Storm as Adam Reynolds sidelined Brisbane captain Adam Reynolds waves goodbye to his adopted home ground from the sidelines at Lang Park as the Broncos...
Move to slash amount of vitamin B6 considered safe by 72 per cent
ABC News Australiaby Tom Hartley·27 Aug 2026
In short: The National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) has recommended reducing the upper limit of daily human consumption of vitamin B6 to 14 milligrams, down from the current 50mg.
Survivors say family members were swept away by Nepal-Tibet floods
ABC News Australiaby Ahmed Yussuf·27 Aug 2026
Survivors of flash flooding on the Tibet-Nepal border could only cling to trees as they watched loved ones swept away in the chaos.
'Help me to show emotion': Jury played secret recording, police interview of accused parent killer
ABC News Australiaby Evelyn Leckie and Jordanna Schriever·27 Aug 2026
In short: Raelene Polymiadis is standing trial after pleading not guilty to the alleged murders of her parents, Brenda and Lynton Anderson.
John Bakkum remembered as community advocate and volunteer
ABC News Australiaby Philippe Perez·27 Aug 2026
An elderly man who was missing for two days after failing to return from dinner at a High Country pub with his wife has died.
Nepali and Tibetan communities fear for relatives caught in flood
ABC News Australiaby Xiaoning Mo, Libby Hogan, and Andi Yu·27 Aug 2026
Tibetan and Nepali Australians are anxious about family and friends missing after disaster struck the Nepal-Tibet border.
Australian spy agency gains extended power to secretly question people
ABC News Australiaby Tom Lowrey·27 Aug 2026
It takes a certain kind of issue to unite the parliament's most conservative members with its most progressive members.
Bill granting 'extraordinary powers' to speed up development passes parliament
ABC News Australiaby Liam McNally and Aimee Mitchell·27 Aug 2026
In short: Queensland parliament passed its controversial critical minerals bill on Wednesday night, which grants the executive branch of government significant powers to expedite what it deems...
NSW couple confirmed missing in deadly Nepal floods
ABC News Australiaby Ethan Rix, Jade Toomey, and Stephanie Richards·27 Aug 2026
In short: A couple from Western Sydney is among multiple Australians currently missing in Nepal following a flash flooding disaster.
A GST deal and the NDIS blew out by billions — but one is sacred
ABC News Australiaby Jake Evans·27 Aug 2026
Welcome back to your weekly federal politics update, where this week Jake Evans will get you up to speed on the happenings from Parliament House.
Queensland government introduces major overhaul of bail laws
ABC News Australiaby Laura Lavelle·27 Aug 2026
In short: The Queensland government has introduced its breach bail, go to jail legislation to state parliament.
The numbers behind Carlton's transition from AFLW darling to contender
ABC News Australiaby Gemma Bastiani·27 Aug 2026
Carlton was the darling of the AFLW last year. It returned to the finals for the first time since 2020, pressed toward a preliminary final, and challenged perennial contender Brisbane on its home...
'Backyard' e-bike battery repairs starting deadly fires, inquest told
ABC News Australia·27 Aug 2026
In short: A New South Wales inquest has resumed looking at the dangers of lithium-ion batteries, linked to three deaths in recent years.
Young Perth hackers key players in global cybercrime syndicate, says FBI
ABC News Australiaby Callum Liddelow and David Weber·27 Aug 2026
Two young Western Australians have been charged for their alleged role in a "sophisticated cybercrime syndicate" that allegedly created malicious software to rob hundreds of organisations around...
Parents worry kids will inherit climate impact of coal mine extension
ABC News Australiaby Courtney Yeandle and Amelia Bernasconi·27 Aug 2026
In short: Parents for Climate says it is "terrified" by the environmental impacts children will inherit if a 19-year extension of the Hunter Valley Operations coal mine is approved.
Breaking: Pilot's family mourn 'great loss' as police continue search for plane wreckage
ABC News Australiaby Olivana Lathouris and Clancy Balen·27 Aug 2026
In short: Northern Territory police are still searching for Tasmanian pilot Bob Bramley, who went missing on Tuesday after his aircraft crashed in waters near Groote Eyelandt in the Gulf of...
Anger and confusion over Labor's planned refugee cuts
ABC News Australiaby Jane Norman·27 Aug 2026
In short: The Home Affairs minister's office has said refugee places will be cut by a third next financial year, falling from 20,000 places to Morrison-era numbers of 13,750.
Plans to cool AI data centre using trucked-in water and rainwater
ABC News Australiaby Ashleigh Barraclough·27 Aug 2026
In short: Community members are now able to make submissions on a proposed AI data centre in north-west Tasmania.
Doors 'closed' at Pakistan hospital where fire killed 14 babies, witness says
ABC News Australia·27 Aug 2026
In short: A witness says doors were "closed" at hospital in Pakistan where a deadly fire broke out in a maternity ward on Wednesday. Funerals are underway for 14 babies killed in the blaze.
'Devastating blow' as Bathla Group seeks $20m to keep building for five weeks
ABC News Australiaby Lin Lin and Gareth Hutchens·27 Aug 2026
In short: Administrators of Bathla Group are seeking about $20 million to keep the developer operating and construction moving for the next five weeks.
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