Self-harm, serious assaults recorded across immigration detention centres
ABC News Australiaby Investigative Reporter Emily Baker·13 Sept 2026
In short: Conditions at Villawood Immigration Detention Centre have deteriorated since private company Secure Journeys began running the facility, workers say.
Patient suffers torn oesophagus after using unapproved peptide
ABC News Australiaby Rachel Carbonell·13 Sept 2026
In short: The medicines regulator has revealed a patient suffered a torn oesophagus after using an unapproved weight-loss peptide labelled as retatrutide.
Ballarat girl in child protection system found dead in squat house
ABC News Australiaby Eden Hynninen and Coco Veldkamp·13 Sept 2026
Mia, whose name has been changed to protect the identity of children, loved to dress up as a child, and would sing along to every song, even if she didn't know the words.
Tomahawks and wine: How long was Gold Coast mayor's 'dinner' with Trump?
ABC News Australiaby Liam Walsh·13 Sept 2026
In short: Earlier this year, Gold Coast Mayor Tom Tate declared he had dinner with US President Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago.
Wind farm proponent wants to build 280 turbines on public land
ABC News Australiaby Sandy Powell·13 Sept 2026
In short: A wind farm proposed for Tasmania's west coast is being assessed by the federal environment department, but is being criticised by conservationists from the Bob Brown Foundation.
Will building three warships be worth Australia's $27 billion?
ABC News Australiaby Tom Lowrey·13 Sept 2026
In short: Budget documents reveal that close to $27 billion has been allocated to building the first three Hunter-class frigate warships.
The political pile-on that could be Pauline Hanson's best weapon
ABC News Australiaby Patricia Karvelas·13 Sept 2026
In both Liberal and Labor research on how to meet the growing electoral threat from One Nation, one piece of advice does not change. Do not go after Pauline Hanson personally.
In the kaleidoscope of Australia's system, who gets to define a migrant?
ABC News Australiaby Bang Xiao·13 Sept 2026
In the long-standing political debate on immigration in Australia, one overlooked question has remained unanswered: who exactly are we talking about?
Chorus of concern over AI is growing louder
ABC News Australiaby Alan Kohler·13 Sept 2026
Over the weekend the CEO of Anthropic, Dario Amodei, published an essay with the headline We Must Pace the Frontier.
Pensioners to shoulder huge portion of private health insurance 'cash grab'
ABC News Australiaby Stephanie Dalzell·13 Sept 2026
In short: Parliamentary analysis shows pensioners will lose out on about $1.6 billion when new private health insurance rebate changes come into effect.
After Adelaide's crushing AFL semi-final loss, where to from here?
ABC News Australiaby Aaron Bryans·13 Sept 2026
Thu, 3 Sept, 8:10 pm, Final score, Dockers 40, Hawks 72 Adelaide suffered a devastating case of deja vu on Saturday night.
Putin, Modi and Xi meet at BRICS 2026. Here's what you need to know
ABC News Australiaby Rachel Clayton·13 Sept 2026
Xi Jingping, Vladimir Putin and Narendra Modi squeezing each other's hands and beaming at one another at this year's BRICS Summit is a powerful image.
The mortgage wars have returned as lenders compete for borrowers
ABC News Australiaby David Taylor·13 Sept 2026
In short: Competition in the mortgage market is heating up as banks compete for fewer customers by cutting home loan rates.
From tight races to broken records, here's what you need to know about Emmys 2026
ABC News Australiaby Velvet Winter·13 Sept 2026
We might be getting just the first whiffs of the 2027 Oscars race but US TV's biggest night of the year, the Emmys, is almost here!
How a career pivot made me feel better about the world
ABC News Australiaby Bruce Cherry·13 Sept 2026
As a kid, I had a pretty clear idea of what was in store for us in 2026: world peace, flying cars, a fully restored Amazon rainforest and teleportation.
Piastri hit twice on first lap, Antonelli wins thanks to safety car luck
ABC News Australiaby Michael Doyle·13 Sept 2026
In short: Oscar Piastri has finished eighth at the F1 Spanish Grand Prix, racing with a damaged front wing after being hit twice on the first lap.
Russian strike on Ukraine-Poland border shows war at Europe's 'doorstep'
ABC News Australia·13 Sept 2026
In short: A truck near Ukraine's border with Poland has been hit during Russian drone strikes on the region.
Cowboys back in the saddle as Alice Springs Rodeo returns
ABC News Australiaby Chris Murrkarany Fitzpatrick·13 Sept 2026
In short: The Alice Springs Rodeo has returned after a hiatus in 2025, drawing more than 2,000 people for a day of bull riding, bucking horses and junior events.
Screen time to be capped for NSW students to improve results
ABC News Australiaby Nick Dole·13 Sept 2026
In short: Public school students in NSW will be allowed as little as 15 minutes of screen time a day under new state government guidelines.
'Can't get boy's face out of my head': Witness retells Sydney carjacking
ABC News Australiaby Miriah Davis and Tony Ibrahim·13 Sept 2026
In short: A witness has described the moment he intervened in a terrifying daylight carjacking involving two young boys in Sydney's south-west.
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