News live: parents of Australian surfers killed in Mexico fly in for trial; Labor pressured to toughen lobbying rules
The communications minister, Anika Wells, has challenged the Coalition and the Greens to pass legislation strengthening powers for the eSafety Commissioner related to the social media ban for un
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06.09.2026
The US now has access to more than half Australia’s military bases – could it drag the country unwillingly into war?
Exclusive: US-controlled weapons corporations and forces have control or access to more than 100 facilities across the continent, which some analysts describe as a ‘colonisation’ of Australia’s milita
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06.09.2026
Woman laid to rest in coffin made from mushrooms in Australian first
The casket, grown from mycelium and hemp fibres, takes just 45 days to break down, enriching the soil in the process coffin made from
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06.09.2026
Possums in the roof, koalas in bed: study shows how animals resort to Australian homes after habitat loss
Microbats and wombats among the most common species found in buildings, with some discovered in letter boxes or air conditioning systems
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05.09.2026
Australian ski resorts to close up to a month early due to global heating and El Niño
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04.09.2026
EV sales outpace petrol cars for first time as Australians dodge soaring fuel costs
New record for Australia as more than 27,000 EVs sold in August, driven by the rising cost of fuel and new government policy l, free app or d
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04.09.2026
Australia news live: Pauline Hanson to make cost of living ‘worse’, new union boss warns; Labor scraps course citing ‘integrity’
The new ACTU secretary, Melissa Donnelly, says One Nation ‘says one thing and does another’ our live news blog. I’m Martin Farrer with
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03.09.2026
Australian science prize awarded to researcher studying memory accuracy of domestic violence survivors
Helen Paterson’s work on advancing how police and courts understand memory is recognised in prestigious Eureka prizes : research shows
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03.09.2026
Off-grid UK-Australian couple describe ‘anguish’ at removal of children by Italian court
After judge allows partial access rights, Catherine Birmingham and Nathan Trevallion say the enforced separation ‘broke each of our hearts’A couple have told of their heartache, trauma and stress afte
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03.09.2026
Australian police investigate second possible mistaken identity killing in two days
Shooting in city’s west happens day after a university student is killed during home invasion
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Australian university brings in AI chatbot to help teach psychology classes
Academics say using AI for teaching may create ‘damaging issues’
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03.09.2026
Australia’s new environmental protection agency approves coal project, angering climate groups
Queensland open-cut Saraji mine will be able to keep digging until 2055 as Anthony Albanese denies tensions with Pacific leaders over fossil fuels
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03.09.2026
Australia news live: Jim Chalmers weighs in on One Nation WA byelection win; $2m for Indigenous racism online register
Treasurer says he acknowledges concerns about inflation, cost of living and real wages were on voters’ minds. .
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02.09.2026
Australia news live: PM announces $600m package against drug-smuggling; Chanel Contos urges action on ‘manosphere’
upport to fight trans-national drug trafficking flowing through the Pacific, with a $600 million package.An
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01.09.2026
Russia criticizes Japan-U.S.-Australia military drills featuring Typhon missile system
Moscow called the deployment of the powerful weapon on Japanese territory "absolutely unacceptable" and warned of "compensatory countermeasures."
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01.09.2026
Relief as Australian missing in Nepal-Tibet floods found alive
One of 43 unaccounted for Australians has been located in Tibet, Dfat saysAustralians missing in the Nepal floods: what we know so farAn Australian believed to be missing after floods ravaged the Nepa
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01.09.2026
News live: Penny Wong has ‘grave concerns’ for missing Australians in Nepal; capital city house prices fall below $1m
Australian flight transporting aid supplies leaves for Nepal this morning. Follow updates live e price has slipped back below $1m as b
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31.08.2026
Border area between Nepal and China where 33 Australians are missing still almost entirely cut off
Majority of missing Australians were near Gyirong Port minutes before impact. Rescuers say the area is now destroyed, covered in metres of silt and debris
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31.08.2026
Australian surrogate gives birth to biologically unrelated twins in rare case
The result was a single pregnancy carrying two babies from two entirely separate families
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31.08.2026
Australians missing in Nepal targeted by ‘heartbreaking’ and ‘abhorrent’ racist slurs
As families await news after the catastrophe, community members appeal for compassion in the face of hateful rhetoricA slew of racist social media comments have been made towards Australians missing i
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31.08.2026