Australians begin their own searches for relatives missing in Nepal
ABC News Australiaby Meghna Bali and Bhat Burhan·2 Sept 2026
Jony Raval's phone does not stop ringing. He has been in Kathmandu for just two hours, and already his family wants to know what he has found. "I didn't come here to be a story," Jony says.
The mission to find survivors in Nepal's underground 'Goldilocks zones'
ABC News Australiaby Hanan Dervisevic, Jarrod Fankhauser, Jessica Riga, Joshua Byrd, and Matt Liddy·2 Sept 2026
The tunnels were built to harness the power of Nepal's rushing mountain rivers. Now, they have become the focus of one of the country's most desperate rescue missions.
'I'm numb': What it looks like to 'quietly quit' a marriage
ABC News Australiaby Kellie Scott, Sarah Mashman, Elsa Silberstein, and Emma Morris·2 Sept 2026
From the outside, Elodie's marriage looks pretty ordinary. She and her husband are busy working parents of two young kids, going through the motions.
'She could leave him': What fame really meant for Darren Hayes
ABC News Australiaby Katherine Smyrk·2 Sept 2026
Darren Hayes learned to sing by listening to his mother. "She had the most beautiful, melodic voice and I would mimic her," the musician and former frontman of Savage Garden says.
Rupert Murdoch 'very happy' to be played by Guy Pearce in new film
ABC News Australia·2 Sept 2026
In short: Rupert Murdoch is reportedly "very happy" that Guy Pearce is playing him in a new film, the Australian actor tells the Venice Film Festival.
Tiger Woods loses driving licence for five years after plea deal
ABC News Australia·2 Sept 2026
In short: Tiger Woods has submitted a no contest plea to a reckless driving charge after a crash near his Florida home in March.
Iran accuses US of a 'war crime' after strikes kill people at wedding party
ABC News Australia·2 Sept 2026
In short: Iran is vowing revenge after an alleged strike on a wedding celebration which killed at least four people and wounded dozens more.
Armed gang raids security cars of gold in one of PNG's biggest robberies
ABC News Australiaby Belinda Kora and Natasha Emeck·2 Sept 2026
In short: Police in Papua New Guinea are investigating one of the country's biggest robberies. Armed robbers held up a security convoy in Port Moresby, stealing 25 gold bars and hundreds of...
Queensland Police receive safety notices over watch house conditions
ABC News Australiaby Eden Gillespie·2 Sept 2026
In short: Workplace Health and Safety has handed out a number of regulatory notices to Queensland Police regarding watch house conditions.
World leaders missing in action as UN warns of climate target breach
ABC News Australiaby Romy Stephens and Stephen Dziedzic·2 Sept 2026
In short: The prime minister has hit back at criticism over the federal government's high-profile climate meeting for world leaders next month.
Boy, 14, charged over alleged rock attack that left man unconscious
ABC News Australiaby Pip Waller·2 Sept 2026
A 14-year-old boy has been charged with assault after a man was seriously injured and left convulsing on the ground in an alleged rock throwing attack in a fast food restaurant car park.
Extra beds added to Darwin's ageing hospital as new ward welcome patients
ABC News Australiaby Oliver Chaseling·2 Sept 2026
In short: A newly opened, $24 million multi-purpose ward at the Royal Darwin Hospital (RDH) has welcomed its first patients.
He called himself 'Jimmy Smith' and then defrauded women he met online
ABC News Australiaby Bec Symons·2 Sept 2026
In short: Stephen James Cross, 41, has pleaded guilty to charges relating to the deception of four women in Gippsland in Victoria's east.
Car bomb, feuds and $5K to count 12 votes as NSW councils scrutinised
ABC News Australiaby Kelly Fuller·2 Sept 2026
In short: NSW budget estimates has canvassed incidents including a car bombing, feuds and an mayoral vote count that cost almost $5,000.
Special school sexual abuse allegations with authorities, premier says
ABC News Australiaby Danielle Kutchel·2 Sept 2026
In short: Premier Ben Carroll says allegations of sexual abuse at Latrobe Special Developmental School in Trarlagon, in the state's east, are "harrowing".
WA government pushes merger of state's only two coal mines
ABC News Australiaby Neve Brissenden and Madigan Landry·2 Sept 2026
In short: The state government has pledged its support for a merger between WA's only coal miners as its 2030 deadline to retire state-owned coal assets approaches.
WA police drop hundreds of AI seatbelt fines to avoid wasting court time
ABC News Australiaby Lucy Murray, Nadia Mitsopoulos, and Damian Smith·2 Sept 2026
In short: Police in Western Australia have dropped hundreds of seatbelt-related traffic infringements captured by AI-assisted safety cameras.
Brown and foul tasting. This town's water may be the tipping point of a crisis
ABC News Australiaby Nicole Hegarty·2 Sept 2026
In Queensland more than half of the state's water infrastructure is beyond its service life, but in the town of Hughenden, many residents have stopped drinking tap water entirely.
Police pursuit of emu just part of 'life of a country cop'
ABC News Australiaby Emily Middleton and Alex James·2 Sept 2026
In short: A video of a Central West NSW police officer chasing an emu off a local road has gone viral.
Fatal hit-and-run driver thought he had hit animal, court hears
ABC News Australiaby Jordanna Schriever·2 Sept 2026
In short: A hit-and-run driver has apologised to his victim's family in court, which heard he did not initially realise he had hit a person when he left the scene of the crash in Adelaide's...
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