News live: number of Australians missing in Nepal floods rises; Penny Wong announces $3m additional aid for disaster
Wong sats total number of Australians missing in the floods is now 43. million in additional aid to Nepal
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theguardian.com
30.08.2026
Australian boxing great Tony Mundine dies aged 75
Father of former boxer and NRL star Anthony Mundine succumbed to a heart attack on SundayWarning: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised that this article contains images and names
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theguardian.com
30.08.2026
Cash settlements on home insurance claims leaving vulnerable Australians short-changed, Asic says
Corporate regulator finds insurers settling most claims with cash rather than by managing repairs or rebuilding, warning of ‘unfair outcomes’ for homeowners
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theguardian.com
30.08.2026
Why did Australia give visas to Israeli soldiers but not Bassem Youssef?
The Australian government is under pressure to explain why it allowed dozens of Israeli soldiers into the country.
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aljazeera.com
30.08.2026
Far-right party wins closely watched western Australia vote
The election has been considered an indicator of One Nation's strength after the party surged in the polls over the past year.
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japantimes.co.jp
30.08.2026
Renee was at Gyirong Port minutes before flood struck, now her family want to travel from Australia to help search
Missing woman’s partner and daughters fundraise to join search in one of the hardest-hit areas of Nepal l, free app or daily news podcastCla
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30.08.2026
Australia could make social media algorithms optional and follow UK ban on pornography depicting strangulation
Social services minister says social media was playing a role in the increase of sexual violence among teenagers l, free app or daily news po
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30.08.2026
Old Australian courthouse finds new life as Nihon University facility
Completed in 1892, the former Newcastle Courthouse, distinguished by an arched entrance, is listed as a New South Wales cultural heritage site.
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japantimes.co.jp
30.08.2026
Families balance hope and despair in race to find survivors in Nepal as 41 Australians still missing
The walls of a teaching hospital are filled with pictures of unidentified victims as authorities collect DNA samples and plan burials before morgues fill up
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theguardian.com
30.08.2026
News live: missing Australian woman found safe in Nepal flooding
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30.08.2026
One Nation claims victory on Secret Harbour byelection in Western Australia
One Nation candidate Luke Herdegen secures 57% of the vote after preferences as party’s WA leader says result will send shock waves across the countryOne Nation has claimed victory in the Secret Harbo
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30.08.2026
August reveals Australians’ big appetite for weight-loss drugs, love for ‘dupe’ brands and an accelerating EV uptake
Reporting season shows how consumers are responding to cost of living pressures and how retailers are responding pizza but more weight
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theguardian.com
29.08.2026
Plug-in solar panels could save households up to $370 a year – if Australia legalised them like the UK
A plug-in solar kit that costs about $1,000 ‘pays for itself in three years’, one expert says d be saving up to $370 a year on energy
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29.08.2026
What we know about the Australians missing in the Nepal floods
More than 40 Australians are among several thousand people unaccounted for after catastrophic flooding on the Nepal-Tibet borderHow the deadly Nepal and Tibet flash flood unfolded – a visual guideGet
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theguardian.com
29.08.2026
Number of Australians missing in Nepal’s deadly floods rises again, as Albanese deploys more personnel
There are now 41 Australians missing, and four rapid response team members are expected to arrive in KathmanduAt least 93,000 ‘in great need’ after Nepal-Tibet flash floodsHow the deadly Nepal and Tib
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theguardian.com
29.08.2026
‘We praise God’: Australian woman feared missing in Nepal flooding makes contact with family
Cara Severino calls parents – but still faces trek of more than 110km to reach Kathmandu on foot An Australian woman has made contact with her family, more than two days after she was reported missing
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theguardian.com
28.08.2026
How Nepali diaspora is responding to flood disaster and how Australians can help in relief effort
Nepali and Tibetan communities plan vigils and work to raise funds for recovery in ‘devastating’ time plan to host vigils to remember
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theguardian.com
28.08.2026
In this hour of need, contemplating a cut to Australia’s refugee intake is cruel populism
Confusion and politics aside, Australia can’t pretend to be removed from the world – and the millions of people in need of sanctuary u
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theguardian.com
28.08.2026
‘We just want them to return’: relatives of Australians missing in Nepal floods wait anxiously for news of loved ones
Family of two Sydney boys and their parents, who are among 39 Australians identified as missing after flash flooding, ‘worried, but hopeful’The family of two Sydney boys who went missing with their pa
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theguardian.com
28.08.2026
Australia news live: number of Australians missing in Nepal increases to 39; voluntary assisted dying now legal nation-wide
Foreign affairs minister Penny Wong confirms increase to number of Australians missing s have been passed in the Northern Territory ju
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theguardian.com
27.08.2026