Recent articles from publications based in Australia.
Premiership winner Ah Nee Nwe wants to be first Karen AFL player
ABC News Australiaby Nethma Dandeniya·21d ago
Thu, 3 Sept, 8:10 pm, Final score, Dockers 40, Hawks 72 Ah Nee Nwe may not be a household name yet, but after starring in the Nhill Tigers under-14s' first grand final win in almost 30 years, that...
Brazil’s big-name squad meets mega hype from soccer fanatics
ABC News Australiaby Emily Anderson and Isabella Garrido·21d ago
In short: Fans of the Socceroos and the Brazilian national team have turned out in Townsville to welcome the players ahead of Friday night's friendly match.
'We can see your feet': Man fined for lying next to fridge in car boot
ABC News Australia·21d ago
A man has been fined after being pulled over by police while lying next to a fridge sticking out the back of a car.
Why a proposed portable war memorial 'won't fly' for country town
ABC News Australiaby Vanessa Mills·21d ago
In short: Residents of Coral Bay have lobbied for years to build a permanent war memorial on the town's foreshore. The state department that manages the land is refusing to support the proposal.
Site renowned for helping build Sydney Harbour Bridge in $1b energy showdown
ABC News Australiaby Hamish Cole·21d ago
In short: Cenagen is proposing to build a $1 billion waste processing plant at the former Kandos Cement Works, near Mudgee.
Infantino calls for 'culture of dialogue' amid resignation calls
ABC News Australia·21d ago
In short: FIFA president Gianni Infantino says he wants to create a "culture of dialogue" at the governing body amid a continued push for his resignation.
Former Gidarjil Development Corporation CEO convicted of sexual assault
ABC News Australiaby Johanna Marie·21d ago
In short: Kerry Blackman faced a trial in the Bundaberg District Court. He was found guilty of four charges of sexual assault dating back to 2017. What's next?
Live: ASX to fall as bond market turmoil deepens, oil jumps
ABC News Australiaby Adelaide Miller and Lin Lin·21d ago
live Markets live: ASX set to fall as global bond sell-off deepens, oil tops $US107 The ASX is set to fall as global bond markets come under renewed pressure.
Bush landscape transformed into 'once-in-a-lifetime' flower experience
ABC News Australiaby Shannon Pearce·21d ago
Belinda Hansen lives on a remote 1922 homestead by the River Murray, on the border of New South Wales and Victoria.
UN delegates walk out as Netanyahu attacks Israel's critics
ABC News Australiaby Brad Ryan·21d ago
Scores of UN delegates have once again walked out on Benjamin Netanyahu as he prepared to give a table-thumping speech in which he lavished praise on US President Donald Trump and attacked Israel's...
Sydney's '$78 million question': Why two wharves still have no ferry service
ABC News Australiaby Rhiannon Soliman-Marron·21d ago
It is something Kurnell resident Allison Casey has called the "$78 million question". Since early last year, two grand ferry wharves have sat on picturesque pieces of headland in Sydney's Kamay...
What keeps Fremantle's purple army going?
ABC News Australiaby Sam Tomlin, Ivo da Silva, Chris Lewis, Neve Brissenden, Natasha Clark, and Natasha Harradine·21d ago
Thu, 3 Sept, 8:10 pm, Final score, Dockers 40, Hawks 72 In the cold, hard light of day, supporting your favourite footy team is a deeply illogical exercise.
Fiji's HIV epidemic is surging and babies are paying the price
ABC News Australiaby Lice Movono and Kyle Evans·21d ago
Berenadeta* was 23 when she tested positive for HIV. She had lost weight and discovered boils that wouldn't go away.
Live: Albanese to urge world leaders to band together on AI
ABC News Australiaby Joshua Boscaini·21d ago
live Federal politics live: Albanese to urge world leaders to band together on AI Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will use a speech to the UN General Assembly to say the world can only confront the...
Zelenskiy, Wall St execs discuss Ukraine reconstruction
PerthNowby Staff Writers·21d ago
Zelenskiy, Wall St execs discuss Ukraine reconstruction Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelenskiy has met with senior Wall Street executives as he seeks to attract investments to help finance the...
Famous Maremma guardian dog penguin project under threat
ABC News Australiaby Violette Storm·21d ago
For 20 years, a penguin colony on a small island by the Victorian coastal city of Warrnambool has been protected from fox attacks by a team of guardian dogs.
Gorgeous retro rally concept reinvents a legendary piece of wizardry
New Atlasby Omar Kardoudi·21d ago
Renault just gave one of its most beloved nameplates a jolt of electricity. The Renault 8 Gordini Concept reimagines the 1964 rally icon as a two-seat electric coupe with 270 hp (201 kW), swapping...
$500m Adelaide University merger squeezed by international student cuts
ABC News Australiaby Thomas Kelsall·21d ago
In short: The new Adelaide University is not on track to meet its international student targets and is staring down tens of millions in lost revenue.
The English paid off the Vikings for almost a century. But was the Danegeld such a bad idea?
The Conversation Australiaby Matthew Firth, Research Fellow in Medieval History, Flinders University·21d ago
When King Æthelred II came to the English throne in 978 CE as a child of around ten, England had enjoyed decades without major Viking attacks. That respite was short-lived.
Are AFL grand finals really the hardest game of the year? We checked the data
The Conversation Australiaby Hunter Bennett, Lecturer in Exercise Science, Adelaide University·21d ago
Every September, Australian Football League (AFL) fans are told the same thing: the grand final is the hardest game of the year – faster, fiercer and more brutal than the matches that came before...
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