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Australia make big batting change after shock Bangladesh loss

Australia have dropped opener Jake Weatherald after their shock home loss to Bangladesh but retained Marnus Labuschagne for the must-win second Test.

Sport skysports.com 18.08.2026

Japan and Australia defense chiefs tout ‘significant’ progress on high-energy laser

Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi said the advances were a breakthrough not only for bilateral ties but also for Japan's own defense industry.

World japantimes.co.jp 18.08.2026

Australia swing axe after Darwin disaster with Jake Weatherald dropped for second Bangladesh Test

Opener pays price after scores of 23 and 0 in first Test defeatMatthew Renshaw drafted into 13-man squad in his placeJake Weatherald has paid the price for an underwhelming performance in Australia’s

Sport theguardian.com 18.08.2026

Australia politics live: Greens say Labor and Coalition deal on gambling ad laws a ‘smokescreen’

Greens spokeswoman Sarah Hanson-Young says opt-out system doesn’t acknowledge ‘how the internet actually works. Follow today’s news live

World theguardian.com 17.08.2026

Australia's Social Media Ban for Teens May Not Be the Best Solution, But It's Certainly Getting People Talking

The Aussie experiment comes amid a lack of clear evidence that the apps harm most adolescents. It may take a dramatic research pivot to finally reveal what’s going on and how to fix it.

Journal smithsonianmag.com 17.08.2026

Hostile attitudes toward women are driving extremism in young Australians

"Students are funneled into echo chambers, lured into extremist content through innocent avenues such as gaming and workout videos, then exposed to extreme misogyny, racism, homophobia and transphobia

Science phys.org 17.08.2026

Australia needs more people who think like scientists—here's what that means

How we think and feel about science develops from an early age—and we never know where that early interest might take us.

Science phys.org 17.08.2026

3M knew for more than 50 years that its products could harm humans, Australian government alleges in court documents

Exclusive: federal government court filings claim internal company documents included warnings about products being toxic w more than

World theguardian.com 17.08.2026

Why rightwing critics are wrong to say the Australian super system is broken

Spending on aged pension will be stable for decades to come, experts argue, despite claims by Bragg and Hanson n system “one of the bi

World theguardian.com 17.08.2026

Alphabet pursues debut Australian dollar bond sale for AI spending

Finance finance.yahoo.com 17.08.2026

Australia sets launch for sweeping gun buyback after Bondi Beach terror attack: 'Sensible gun reform'

New South Wales will be the first Australian state to launch a gun buyback scheme, offering up to $700 per firearm after the Bondi Beach terror attack.

World foxnews.com 17.08.2026

Victorian teachers are to be the best paid in Australia. A union rebellion helped seal the deal

Salaries will rise 28.3% to 32.4% over four years, an outcome partly shaped by a rank-and-file revolt within the Australian Education Union l

World theguardian.com 17.08.2026

Report supporting Australia’s teen social media ban appears to contain AI hallucinations, Senate hears

Exclusive: Guardian analysis finds one section of report includes links to academic articles that do not exist, but authors deny the references were made up by AI

World theguardian.com 17.08.2026

How Australia found themselves on the wrong side of cricket’s most profound upset | Geoff Lemon

Despite overwhelming odds against them, Bangladesh still found a way to win – but their success wasn’t down to any Australian complacencySport coverage is powered by hyperbole and recency bias, but th

Sport theguardian.com 17.08.2026

Australia politics live: Labor warned against changing work rights for visa holders amid ‘scapegoating’ of immigrants

Dozens of non-profit groups urge Labor not to limit work rights for temporary migrants. Follow today’s news live ot homophobes’, but w

World theguardian.com 16.08.2026

Phytophthora dieback linked to habitat loss and lower digging activity among quendas in Western Australia

A new study from Murdoch University has found that the introduced plant disease Phytophthora dieback is indirectly hindering quendas in Western Australia's jarrah forests by reducing their habitat qua

Science phys.org 16.08.2026

Nazi artefacts still being sold online years after trade outlawed across Australia

One seller says second world war memorabilia containing banned Nazi symbols is legal under exemptions to the laws bited symbols are be

World theguardian.com 16.08.2026

Australian health experts fear US vaccine scepticism is catching on as ‘anything Trump says filters through’

Australia records 3% fall in one-year-olds fully immunised against hepatitis B as downward trend continues, expert says ave warned a s

World theguardian.com 16.08.2026

Logies 2026: Sam Pang wins gold and Sam Neill wins posthumous best actor at Australia’s TV awards

Neill won for his performance in legal thriller The Twelve: Cape Rock Killer, at a ceremony dominated by wins for the ABCLogies 2026 ceremony: the best moments and red carpet looks – in picturesSam Ne

World theguardian.com 16.08.2026

Deepfake Anthony Albanese used in celebrity scams duping Australians out of $7.4m, Asic warns

Australia’s corporate watchdog says PM is the figure most commonly used in deepfakes to promote phony investment opportunities in scam

World theguardian.com 16.08.2026