Recent articles from publications based in Australia.
ABC News Australiaby Aaron Bryans24 Aug 2026
In short: Zak Butters has requested to leave Port Adelaide via free agency. The future of the club's three-time best and fairest winner has dominated headlines throughout the season. What's next?
PerthNowby Jacob Shteyman24 Aug 2026
'I've signed body parts': Albanese steadfast on GST A deal described as "costly" and "perverse" that hands Western Australia a larger share of GST than it needs is not going anywhere, Prime...
ABC News Australiaby Rani Fletcher24 Aug 2026
In short: Rio Tinto's deadline for a new power deal for its Bell Bay Aluminium smelter in Northern Tasmania is one week away.
The Conversation Australiaby Darryl Jones, Professor Emeritus, Centre for Planetary Health and Food Security, Griffith University24 Aug 2026
Backyard bird feeding is one of our country’s most popular pastimes. Research reveals about half of Australian households feed wild birds, with many people doing so daily.
The Conversation Australiaby Tully Barnett, Associate Professor, Cultural Policy and Creative Industries, Adelaide University24 Aug 2026
Culture is a vital part of many people’s lives. This is the view afforded by the latest data on cultural participation from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS), Creative Australia and Screen...
The Conversation Australiaby Jane Torr, Honorary Associate Professor, School of Education, Macquarie University24 Aug 2026
Book Week is a great opportunity for parents and carers to inspire a love of reading in babies and toddlers. But sometimes very young children aren’t very engaged when adults read to them.
ABC News Australiaby Phoebe Pin24 Aug 2026
In short: City of Melbourne Lord Mayor Nick Reece has told the antisemitism royal commission of an initiative to remove thousands of "menacing" graffiti at synagogues.
ABC News Australiaby Caitlyn Gribbin, Rachel Carbonell, and Andi Yu24 Aug 2026
Doctors fear possible contaminated counterfeit peptide batch after seventh case of acute liver damage In short: There are fears a "contaminated batch" of counterfeit peptides is causing...
The Conversation Australiaby Fei Huang, Associate professor, UNSW24 Aug 2026
How much does your insurer really know about you? It could be more than just what’s on your application form for the policy.
ABC News Australiaby Giselle Wakatama24 Aug 2026
In short: Ten people died and 25 others were injured when Brett Andrew Button crashed a wedding bus crash at Greta in 2023.
ABC News Australiaby Susan Oong24 Aug 2026
In short: X-rays of a taxidermied head advertised as a fox at auction have confirmed the specimen is an extinct thylacine, with the animal's near-perfect skull shown intact within.
PerthNowby Jacob Shteyman24 Aug 2026
Modular homes rollout to hasten build times, cut costs A modular home factory will receive $120 million in taxpayer backing to turbocharge the fledgling industry and solve Australia's housing...
The Conversation Australiaby Amra Lee, PhD candidate in Protection of Civilians, Australian National University24 Aug 2026
We are now told by the same IDF [Israeli Defense Force] that there is no wrongdoing worth referring to a criminal investigation.
PerthNowby Steve Zemek24 Aug 2026
Jason Morrison denies seeing anything untoward at Alan Jones lunch A former radio presenter who was at a lunch at which a man alleges he was indecently assaulted by Alan Jones has told a court that...
PerthNowby Max Aldred24 Aug 2026
Hiker to be honoured as family suggests 'Lily's Law' A teenage hiker missing for more than a week before being found dead will receive a special honour from her state, as her father highlights the...
PerthNowby Melissa Meehan and Callum Godde24 Aug 2026
CFMEU headquarters raided, five arrested The headquarters of Victoria's CFMEU have been raided as detectives probe kickback allegations.
PerthNowby SAMYA KULLAB24 Aug 2026
Zelenskiy details rift with dismissed defence minister Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy says he believes actions taken by dismissed defence minister Mykhailo Fedorov, including his...
PerthNowby Staff Writers24 Aug 2026
Suspect found dead after five bodies discovered in US A quintuple murder suspect has been found dead inside a vehicle in the US state of Washington, a day after the bodies of five people were...
PerthNowby Andrew Brown24 Aug 2026
Pacific worker reprieve in coalition migration target Pacific workers in Australia will not be reduced under proposed opposition changes to migration numbers.
The Conversation Australiaby Ry Holland, Research Fellow in Microbial Ecology, Monash University24 Aug 2026
Antarctica is one of the driest, coldest places on Earth. Very little life survives its extremes. In the soils dotted around the frozen ice sheets, however, communities of microbes do survive.
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