Watchdog warns insurers are offering insufficient cash settlements
ABC News Australiaby Adelaide Miller·30 Aug 2026
Australia's corporate watchdog is sounding the alarm over insurers' use of cash settlements, concerned they could unfairly short-change home owners dealing with a house insurance claim.
Golden retriever provides life-saving blood donation for another dog
ABC News Australiaby Liz Rymill and Elsie Adamo·30 Aug 2026
In short: A SA Limestone Coast veterinary practice is urging dog owners to consider registering suitable and healthy adult dogs as blood donors.
How to prepare to buy a home while you save a deposit
ABC News Australiaby Anna Chisholm·30 Aug 2026
The process of purchasing a home can feel overwhelming. Beyond putting money aside for a home deposit, it can be hard to know how to prepare.
Iceland rejects EU-accession talks in close-fought referendum
ABC News Australia·30 Aug 2026
In short: Referendum results show that Iceland has voted to stay out of the European Union (EU). In Saturday's referendum, 52.8 per cent voted against the government's proposal to join the union...
One Nation could revive NSW trade posts scrapped in 'jobs for the boys' saga
ABC News Australiaby Alexander Lewis·30 Aug 2026
In short: MIke Newman, One Nation's NSW leader, says he will consider bringing back the overseas trade commissioner roles if his party wins next year's state election.
'I was a wreck': Popyrin bares his soul before US Open bid
ABC News Australia·30 Aug 2026
In short: Australia's Alexei Popyrin is working with F1 driver Oscar Piastri's mindset coach Emma Murray as he prepares for his latest US Open campaign.
'Hit by a bus': What 'biohacker' Bryan Johnson thinks will kill him
ABC News Australiaby David Marchese·30 Aug 2026
In short: Millionaire 'biohacker' Bryan Johnson has told triple j hack that a substantial part of the world wants him to die.
More than 30 years on from Lockerbie bombing, first US trial faces delay
ABC News Australiaby Ahmed Yussuf·30 Aug 2026
As the wreckage from Pan Am Flight 103 was being collected from across a small Scottish town, one phrase kept being repeated: "We do not know what happened."
Bi-partisan calls for reflection after One Nation upset in WA
ABC News Australiaby Keane Bourke·30 Aug 2026
The Labor and Liberal parties are beginning to lick their wounds after suffering a bruising defeat in a by-election in Perth's south as One Nation continues celebrating the result as a major shift...
How will Trump's oil deal with Venezuela work?
ABC News Australia·30 Aug 2026
US President Donald Trump says his government has struck "the biggest oil deal in history", granting the US access to Venezuela's vast oil reserves.
Federer tears up during Tennis Hall of Fame induction
ABC News Australia·30 Aug 2026
In short: Swiss tennis legend Roger Federer says his induction to the International Tennis Hall of Fame was "not a goodbye" to the game he loves.
Nepal monastery becomes evacuation centre for survivors
ABC News Australiaby Natalie Whiting·30 Aug 2026
Nepal flood survivors take shelter at monastery turned makeshift evacuation centre Bhujung Tamang was airlifted with his wife and two daughters two days ago from what is left of his village near...
Hanson pushes more coal, fewer renewables without detailing cost
ABC News Australiaby Tamara Clark·30 Aug 2026
In short: Warren Pickering, Pauline Hanson and Barnaby Joyce revealed some energy policies to a crowd of 1,000 One Nation supporters in the small western Victorian town of Marnoo last night.
Plibersek indicates support for ban on choking in pornography
ABC News Australiaby Ewa Staszewska·30 Aug 2026
In short: Social Services Minister Tanya Plibersek has indicated support for banning the depiction of strangulation and suffocation in pornography, with some pointing to a similar ban in the UK.
Western Sydney's new observatory centuries in the making
ABC News Australiaby Nabil Al-Nashar·30 Aug 2026
In short: Powerhouse Parramatta is now home to a new observatory. It features a range of research-grade telescopes and a program targeting year 7 to year 10 students who can stay overnight.
Scott turns back clock in Tour Championship title tilt
ABC News Australia·30 Aug 2026
In short: Australian Adam Scott is in a tie for third in the PGA Tour Championship. Scott is three shots back from leader Viktor Hovland. What's next?
Birdsville's lone ranger retires after three decades as keeper of the desert
ABC News Australiaby Hannah Walsh·30 Aug 2026
Don Rowlands is the keeper of Central Australia's vast Simpson Desert. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised this story contains images of people who have died.
Prison can be a 'revolving door' but ex-inmate wants to change
ABC News Australiaby Monty Jacka·30 Aug 2026
In short: Convicted drug trafficker Shannon Pursell was a chronic reoffender for years, but a one-on-one peer support program has helped him achieve his longest run without a new charge.
Superfan shares fragile X message with ABC newsrooms across Australia
ABC News Australiaby Kate Forrester·29 Aug 2026
In short: For nearly 20 months, Hayden Eastbury has travelled the ABC with his mum, dad and brother, ticking off bureau after bureau.
Aussie qualifer completes rare grand slam feat
ABC News Australia·29 Aug 2026
In short: Storm Hunter has become the only active Australian tennis player to enter all four grand slams as a qualifier.
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