'I believe Israeli survivors': Grace Tame clarifies October 7 attack comments
ABC News Australia10 Sept 2026
In short: Grace Tame has clarified comments she made during an ABC interview about reports of sexual violence by terrorist group Hamas.
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top 86%Victoria's upper house votes to defer Carroll Government's work-from-home laws
ABC News Australiaby Alex Sinnott10 Sept 2026
In short: The Carroll government has faced an upper house defeat with its proposed work-from-home laws likely shelved ahead of the November state election.
Joyce vague on details, Albanese wins tennis match amid golf grant saga
ABC News Australiaby Courtney Gould10 Sept 2026
Welcome back to your weekly federal politics update, where Courtney Gould gets you up to speed on the happenings from Parliament House.
Land-clearing investigations to be reviewed after Hobart farmer protest
ABC News Australiaby Adam Holmes10 Sept 2026
In short: Hundreds of farmers protested in front of Parliament House in Hobart, parking tractors out front to raise concerns about how land-clearing investigations are conducted.
Stalwart says fishing industry facing wipe-out without radical change
ABC News Australiaby Joanna Prendergast10 Sept 2026
In short: The state government has cut annual funding for the WA Fishing Industry Council by $400,000.
One Nation to back Greens' gas fracking ban in SA's South East
ABC News Australiaby Thomas Kelsall10 Sept 2026
In short SA One Nation MP Jason Virgo says his party will support a bill from the Greens to permanently ban fracking for gas in the state's South East.
Sydney crime syndicate allegedly defrauded banks of up to $600m
ABC News Australiaby Else Kennedy10 Sept 2026
In short: NSW police say one of Australia's largest fraud syndicates has fleeced banks of up to $600 million in fraudulent loans.
Canberra academic wins appeal against sexual assault convictions
ABC News Australiaby Harry Frost10 Sept 2026
In short: Rick McGary was last year found guilty of two counts of sexual assault over incidents against separate complainants in 2016 and 2020, but acquitted of a third count.
Town delights as government cans renewable energy zone plans
ABC News Australiaby Charmaine Manuel10 Sept 2026
In short: The state government has walked back plans for a renewable energy zone in northern Victoria after backlash from residents.
Ex-country music festival boss gets community service for sexual touching
ABC News Australiaby Sarah Forster10 Sept 2026
In short: The former manager of the Tamworth Country Music Festival has been sentenced to 250 hours of community service and placed on a community corrections order for sexually touching another...
Women and complex-care patients losing out under Medicare, review says
ABC News Australiaby Stephanie Dalzell and Paige Cockburn10 Sept 2026
In short: Medicare rebates are rewarding GPs for shorter appointments and under-serving women in particular, according to a major new report.
Police failed to test bloody knife linked to missing woman, inquiry told
ABC News Australiaby Courtney Yeandle10 Sept 2026
In short: The brother and sister of missing woman Janine Vaughan have told a parliamentary inquiry their grief has been exacerbated by what they say are "serious shortcomings" in the police...
'We're doing this': Labor goes for gas reservation over tax
ABC News Australiaby Clare Armstrong10 Sept 2026
In short: Labor has backed away from automatically requiring LNG exporters to reserve 20 per cent of their exports for Australians, instead making them reserve "up to" that amount.
Don't Look Back In Anger proves surprisingly moving Oasis reunion tour doco
ABC News Australiaby Al Newstead10 Sept 2026
Oasis were Britpop's biggest band. But their world-conquering fame grew in tandem with hostile in-fighting between frontman Liam Gallagher and guitarist-songwriter Noel Gallagher, which boiled over...
'Uproar' unleashed after OpenAI says it solved major maths mystery
ABC News Australiaby Dannielle Maguire and Jacinta Bowler10 Sept 2026
Scientists at OpenAI say its new artificial intelligence (AI) model found a mathematical proof to one of the Millennium Problems — significant and complex mathematical problems with a US$1 million...
Commissioner 'deeply worried' by sexual violence trajectory
ABC News Australiaby Claudia Long10 Sept 2026
In short: Australia is facing near-record-high rates of sexual violence. The number of First Nations women killed by a partner is increasing. What's next?
Sydney businessman jailed for foreign interference in Australian first
ABC News Australiaby Jamie McKinnell10 Sept 2026
In short: Alexander Csgero will be eligible for parole as early as next month after being sentenced to three-and-a-half years behind bars for reckless foreign interference.
Instagram boss warns users will be 'overwhelmed' without algorithm
ABC News Australiaby Ange Lavoipierre10 Sept 2026
In short: The head of Instagram says the average person who turns off their algorithm will have a much worse "user experience" and he does not think the platform is addictive.
AI traffic lights coming to Brisbane, but a human will be kept 'in the loop'
ABC News Australiaby Claudia Williams10 Sept 2026
In short: Two major Brisbane roads will be managed with the help of AI from next year as part of a trial.
Victoria leads nation for theft-related insurance claims, data shows
ABC News Australia10 Sept 2026
In short: Insurers are calling on the state government to clamp down on car-related crime, with data revealing theft and robbery claims are costing insurers hundreds of millions of dollars each...