Recent articles from publications based in Australia.
Student protests grip France as PM calls crisis meeting
PerthNowby Staff Writers·13d ago
Student protests grip France as PM calls crisis meeting Student protesters have started fires in at least two French schools, while teachers were inadvertently splashed with petrol at a third, amid...
Calls growing to fix country town's 800-truck-a-day problem
ABC News Australiaby Gabrielle Becerra Mellet·13d ago
In short: Pinjarra residents are increasingly frustrated by the hundreds of heavy haulage trucks traversing their small town's main streets each day.
‘Outraged’: Dozen civil servants on $1m-plus
PerthNowby Blair Jackson·13d ago
Dozen staff at Australia’s sovereign wealth fund take home $1m-plus Twelve public servants working for Australia’s sovereign wealth fund are paid salaries of more than $1m.
Rugged milk crate is actually an undercover self-rescue multitool
New Atlasby C.C. Weiss·13d ago
A handy multifunctional contraption for camping, 4x4ing and overlanding, the RT700 Traction Crate from Colorado's Rock Tamers looks simply at first to be a new milk crate design complete with...
Google wants to spread mosquitos to fight deadly diseases. Here's why.
New Atlasby Emma Schneck·13d ago
Earlier this summer, Google’s Debug program made headlines by applying to the EPA for permits to release droves of Aedes aegypti mosquitoes across California and Florida.
'Information-rich' generation talks politics on parliament benches and online
ABC News Australiaby Lachlan Ford·13d ago
In short: A group of remote students are immersing themselves in local government as representatives on their youth council.
Money for something: why public funding for NZ’s live music scene needs retuning
The Conversation Australiaby Catherine Hoad, Senior Lecturer in Critical Popular Music Studies, Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa – Massey University·13d ago
In March this year, Linkin Park played the biggest ever show at Auckland’s Spark Arena: 12,376 fans turned out to see the band perform for the first time in New Zealand since 2013.
Parents outraged as trees chopped down at central Victorian schools
ABC News Australiaby Anna McGuinness, Fiona Parker, Rebecca Norman, and Tyrone Dalton·13d ago
In short: Parents at two central Victorian primary schools are outraged by the removal of multiple trees before summer.
State smashed by storms, floods, blackouts
PerthNowby Alexandra Feiam·13d ago
Wild scenes as Victoria smashed by intense rain, flash flooding and power outages Residents in Melbourne have been lambasted with sheets of rain after heavy rain saturated much of the state...
Moonwalker moto shoes learn your gait for ultimate wheeling up to 7mph
New Atlasby Omar Kardoudi·13d ago
Shift Robotics' Moonwalkers Dusk are the lightest motorized shoes the company has built, and it's the first model sized to the wearer's shoe, so no more feeling like you borrowed them from someone...
A town, a team and a dream come together as Newcastle rises as one
ABC News Australiaby Nick Campton·13d ago
Fri, 11 Sept, 7:50 pm, Final score, Rabbitohs 10, Knights 20 All week the scribes have been falling over themselves to come up with the best way to describe what the Knights mean to Newcastle ahead...
Judge denies Lindsay Clancy defence motion to find her not guilty
ABC News Australia·13d ago
The judge in the Lindsay Clancy murder case has refused to declare her not guilty, turning down a defence motion that argued there was not enough evidence to prove she was responsible for killing...
Statewide map shows where Tasmania's buildings face bushfire exposure
ABC News Australiaby Clancy Balen·14d ago
In short: A new tool to measure bushfire exposure risk across Tasmania shows 8.6 per cent of buildings across the state fall within the highest-exposure areas.
US rapper Rick Ross charged with domestic violence
PerthNowby Staff Writers·14d ago
US rapper Rick Ross charged with domestic violence US rapper Rick Ross has been arrested and charged with battery after a woman he was living with told police he hit her.
Who wins your vote for the 2026 ABC Australian Insect of the Year?
ABC News Australiaby Gavin McGrath·14d ago
Two very different butterflies, a pair of cute beetles, the iconic Otway glow-worm and a super-fly guy with eyes on stalks.
Live: ASX to rise as US bond yields recede
ABC News Australiaby Lin Lin·14d ago
live ASX set to rebound as US bond yields retreat from multi-decade highs, oil gains The ASX is set to open higher after Wall Street recovered from early losses.
Trade minister proposes super investment in US lamb to dodge tariffs
ABC News Australiaby Brad Ryan·14d ago
Trade Minister Don Farrell has asked the Trump administration to consider sparing Australian sheep farmers from further tariff pain in exchange for Australian investment in the lamb industry in the...
Netanyahu claims flydubai copilot was ‘radicalised’ by Islam
PerthNowby Chloe Maher·14d ago
Flydubai: Benjamin Netanyahu says copilot accused of attempted hijacking, stabbing captain was ‘radicalised’ Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says a flydubai copilot who stabbed his...
Perth man jailed for AI-generated child exploitation material
ABC News Australiaby David Weber·14d ago
In short: A judge in Western Australia has warned against the use of AI to create child exploitation material as she sentenced a man who used the technology to four-and-a-half years in jail.
30-sec camping trailer is the lightest and tiniest of towable A-frames
New Atlasby C.C. Weiss·14d ago
Just a few weeks ago, we checked out a compact A-frame that looked like it might be about the simplest on wheels.
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