Once Australia's northern capital, Newcastle Waters became a ghost town
ABC News Australiaby Tom Robinson23 Aug 2026
In an abandoned hotel in the Northern Territory ghost town of Newcastle Waters, Wayne Kraft says he can hear the walls talk.
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top 99%Aussie athletes continue top form with trio of medals at Diamond League
ABC News Australia23 Aug 2026
In short: Jess Hull, Rose Davies and Eleanor Patterson continued their Commonwealth Games form with medals at the Diamond League in Poland.
Luxury cruise passengers left out of pocket after ship seized by receivers
ABC News Australiaby Rachel Jackson23 Aug 2026
In short: Customers could lose tens of thousands of dollars after luxury cruise company Kimberley Pearl Tours went into receivership and its boat was seized.
Live: 'I've signed people's body parts': PM declares WA GST deal to stay
ABC News Australiaby Holly Tregenza23 Aug 2026
live Federal politics live: 'I've signed people's body parts': PM declares WA GST deal to stay Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has declared no changes will be made to GST distribution after a...
Live: One Nation defends migration policy blunder
ABC News Australiaby Holly Tregenza23 Aug 2026
live Federal politics live: 'Not unusual': Joyce defends migration policy blunder One Nation is mopping up after Farrer MP David Farley got the details of the party's immigration policy wrong on...
Tens of thousands ordered to evacuate in Nevada
PerthNowby Siddharth Cavale and Suzanne McGee23 Aug 2026
Tens of thousands ordered to evacuate in Nevada Tens of thousands of people have been evacuated from the area of Reno in the US state of Nevada, and many others are under orders to leave as a...
Secretive, century-old explosives facility approved for expansion
ABC News Australiaby Katrina Beavan23 Aug 2026
In short: The Bajool Explosives Reserve, one of four state government-owned facilities of its kind in Queensland, will increase operations.
Mundi Mundi Bash still ultimate outback adventure, festival goers say
ABC News Australiaby Soofia Tariq and Patrick Reincke23 Aug 2026
In short: Mundi Mundi Bash ticketholders say the event, held 38 kilometres north-west of Broken Hill, was worth travelling for despite wet weather and high fuel prices.
The 'heartfelt' spaces drawing crowds away from traditional music venues
ABC News Australiaby Tamsyn Buckle23 Aug 2026
In short: The NSW government has allocated a fresh round of grants to 33 struggling live music venues across the state.
Live: ASX set to lift as Wall Street slump arrested
ABC News Australiaby Stephen Letts23 Aug 2026
live Markets live updates: ASX set to lift as Wall Street slump arrested Wall Street made a solid gain on on Friday after a jittery week which saw shares sold off sharply as traders worried about...
Pressure on short-stay sector grows as councils powerless to enforce caps
ABC News Australiaby Miriah Davis23 Aug 2026
In short: City of Sydney Deputy Mayor Jess Miller says councils have limited enforcement capabilities as council weighs up a ban on short-term rentals.
City's drinking water diluted after elevated PFAS levels detected
ABC News Australiaby Melinda Hayter23 Aug 2026
In short: Elevated levels of PFAS have been detected in bores that provide Wagga Wagga's drinking water.
Penguin bird flu vaccination drive passes 1,000-dose milestone
ABC News Australia23 Aug 2026
In short: About 1,000 little penguins on Phillip Island have now received a dose of the H5N1 bird flu vaccine. Authorities are planning to vaccinate 5,000 of the island's 40,000-bird population.
Tasmanian film and TV have had a stellar decade. So why is the state gutting its local screen body?
The Conversation Australiaby Rebekah Brammer, PhD Candidate, Humanities, Arts and social Sciences, University of New England23 Aug 2026
In April, Tasmanian Premier Jeremy Rockliff announced Brand Tasmania, Screen Tasmania and the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery would be folded into the Creative Industries, Sport and Visitor...
More phones may soon let us prove photos are real – but will it solve the AI fake image crisis?
The Conversation Australiaby T.J. Thomson, Associate Professor of Visual Communication & Digital Media, RMIT University23 Aug 2026
“Pics or it didn’t happen” was a thing people used to say online when they wanted to verify a claim. Technology has changed this. We now regularly see a mix of the surreal and the fantastic.
Why your child’s Year 9 teacher matters for completing Year 12: new research
The Conversation Australiaby Andrew J. Martin, Scientia Professor and Professor of Educational Psychology, UNSW23 Aug 2026
As young people progress through high school, they start making plans for what they will do when they leave. What factors influence their plans?
Why freezing entry-level AFL final ticket prices is smart economics
The Conversation Australiaby Paul Crosby, Senior Lecturer, Department of Economics, Macquarie University23 Aug 2026
It’s AFL finals time – and in a season on track for record attendance, the league’s decision to freeze the price of entry-level finals tickets for an 11th straight year is smart economics.
American revolution 2.0: how Trump has changed the US, and why it was powerless to stop him
The Conversation Australiaby Hugh White, Emeritus Professor of Strategic Studies at the Strategic and Defence Studies Centre, Australian National University23 Aug 2026
America’s system of government, and the constitution on which it is built, was created in different times and for different circumstances and purposes, and it has changed very little since then.
One Nation is after a state seat on the outskirts of Perth. What happens next may re-shape Australian politics
The Conversation Australiaby Narelle Miragliotta, Associate Professor in Politics, Murdoch University23 Aug 2026
Where once a byelection for a state seat would have attracted little national attention, the remaking of the Australian political landscape in recent months has given such contests greater...
Parents of kids with disability more likely to be burnt out, study finds
ABC News Australiaby Nas Campanella and Mary Lloyd23 Aug 2026
Parents of children with disability more likely to experience psychological distress, survey finds A major Australian study has found parents caring for young children with disability are twice as...