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News from the ABC Australia

Breaking: 'Psychological risk': Australian scientists to abandon remote island over bird flu fears
Posted on Friday August 28, 2026

The Australian Antarctic Division will launch a mission to extract personnel from Macquarie Island in the Southern Ocean due to the psychological risk posed by a potential outbreak of bird flu at the remote wildlife sanctuary. 

Iran becomes 'war of attrition' where peace prospects are 'bleak'
Posted on Friday August 28, 2026

Six months into a war originally sold as a "short-term excursion", experts say the United States and Iran are in a stalemate where prospects for peace are "bleak", but not impossible.

The secret of Wests Tigers remarkable NRLW rebirth
Posted on Friday August 28, 2026

Few expected much from Wests Tigers in this year's NRLW competition, but after winning as many games this season as the rest of their history combined they've proved the doubters wrong ahead of a maiden finals push.

Before and after: Nepal-Tibet's flood destruction
Posted on Friday August 28, 2026

Satellite imagery over the Nepal-Tibet areas hit by floods show buildings, bridges, and homes completely wiped from the map.

Labor, Coalition and One Nation fight among themselves on migration
Posted on Friday August 28, 2026

A messy week of debate on migration has now drawn in the Coalition after Opposition Leader Angus Taylor left the door open to cuts to the refugee intake, a day after his frontbench colleague said humanitarian visas would not be touched.

Police say woman assaulted in days before death as man charged with murder
Posted on Friday August 28, 2026

A 38-year-old man is charged with murdering a 28-year-old woman in St James in Perth's south-east in what police allege is a case of family and domestic violence.

'Life gets dark': Mother running in Sydney Marathon in memory of dad
Posted on Friday August 28, 2026

Thousands of participants from around the world are making their way to Sydney to sweat it out amongst the city's iconic landmarks for the marathon this weekend.

Two men accused of shooting at police helicopter during car chase
Posted on Friday August 28, 2026

Two men will face court today after a car chase on the Sunshine Coast, in which police vehicles and a helicopter allegedly came under attack.

Kids on train tracks and vehicle collisions spark warning on north Qld cane rail
Posted on Friday August 28, 2026

Children riding bikes on railways and trains colliding with tractors are among several hits and near misses reported by Wilmar Sugar across the sugarcane train network. 

Hockeyroos defeated in World Cup semifinal
Posted on Friday August 28, 2026

The Hockeyroos have missed out on their dream of making another World Cup final after their improbable run to the semis was sunk by a late goal in a 1-0 defeat to Argentina.

'Not publicly visible': Most of AFP's espionage investigations kept hidden
Posted on Friday August 28, 2026

Espionage and foreign interference represent "one of the most complex and evolving threats" to Australia's national security, but only two people have been sentenced in the past eight years.

Discovery of 30-million-year-old fossilised fruit changes evolutionary story
Posted on Friday August 28, 2026

The fruit has challenged what scientists previously believed about how and when Melastomataceae plants arrived in Australia.

Delivery company restarts services to regional Tasmania after resident complaints
Posted on Friday August 28, 2026

Despite paying for deliveries to be sent to their homes, residents in parts of regional Tasmania were told they had seven days to pick up their packages hours away at the company's depot in Hobart. After the ABC aired resident complaints, Team Global Express reversed the decision.

Could ocean waves be making planet Earth hum?
Posted on Friday August 28, 2026

Earth is constantly humming with an ultra-low-frequency vibration that can be picked up right across the globe and has puzzled seismologists for decades. Growing evidence suggests it is the collective sound of the world's oceans constantly moving. 

Trump orders new name for Lake Ontario in provocative trade war twist
Posted on Thursday August 27, 2026

Donald Trump renames a lake on the US-Canada border as the neighbouring North American nations continue exchanging blows in their damaging trade war.

The world wants to build data centres in Australia, but we want something in return
Posted on Thursday August 27, 2026

Australia is in a "sliding doors" moment with a chance to negotiate a bigger share of the AI boom in exchange for building data centres.

Live: ASX edges higher as tech stocks rally
Posted on Thursday August 27, 2026

Australian shares tick higher after tech giant Nvidia drove a rally in US technology stocks. Follow the day's events and insights from our business reporters on the ABC News live markets blog.

New captain and changes in scrum as Wallabies name side to face Argentina
Posted on Thursday August 27, 2026

The Wallabies name an all-new starting front row for the first Test against Argentina, with stalwart Allan Alaalatoa taking over the captaincy.

Household waste could make for sweeter tomatoes
Posted on Thursday August 27, 2026

Research has found that the flavour and aroma of tomatoes improve when compost made from food and garden organics is added to the soil.

'I'm only human': Fremantle star Jackson dreaming of Dockers' maiden flag
Posted on Thursday August 27, 2026

Luke Jackson has already been to the top of the AFL mountain and now, with Fremantle just three wins from a maiden premiership, the man known as 'Dogga' is desperate to get there again.



News from the BBC World Service

Watch: Tracing the deadly path of the Nepal-Tibet flash flood
Posted on Thursday August 27, 2026

BBC Verify traces the path of the destructive Nepal-Tibet flash flood using verified video.

Uefa preparing criminal legal action against Infantino
Posted on Thursday August 27, 2026

Uefa is pursuing criminal proceedings against Fifa president Gianni Infantino over the scrapped plan to sell off stakes in the World Cup.

Allan Little: I met dangerously fanatical Mladić early in Bosnian war
Posted on Thursday August 27, 2026

BBC special correspondent Allan Little met the "Butcher of Bosnia" in the early months of the Bosnian war.

Extra 200 police drafted in to aid force investigating wrong-way crash and fire deaths
Posted on Thursday August 27, 2026

Cleveland Police confirms it has support from six local forces and the National Crime Agency.

Clean-up of illegal waste supersite costs taxpayers £6m
Posted on Thursday August 27, 2026

The bill for clearing the dump in Oxfordshire has been covered by taxpayers.

What we know after the big Grand Theft Auto 6 preview
Posted on Friday August 28, 2026

The official look at the blockbuster video game leaves fans and critics impressed.

Trump signs order to rename Lake Ontario as Lake America
Posted on Friday August 28, 2026

Trump's order comes after the trade talks between the US and Canada collapsed late last week.

Dame Jenni Murray died days after car crash, inquest hears
Posted on Thursday August 27, 2026

The former presenter of BBC Radio 4 Woman's Hour died earlier this year, eight days after the collision.

Greens call for temporary ban on new data centres
Posted on Friday August 28, 2026

Zack Polanski wants stricter rules to limit the use of water and energy by data centres for AI.

Rape and sex offence specialists on all police forces by 2027, PM says
Posted on Thursday August 27, 2026

The plans for forces in England and Wales had been scheduled to be rolled out by summer 2029, but have been brought forward.

What we know so far
Posted on Friday August 28, 2026

Hundreds have died or are missing in Wednesday's flooding and landslides on the border of Nepal and Tibet.

King 'heartbroken' by deadly Nepal flash floods
Posted on Thursday August 27, 2026

Some 33 people from the UK are missing, including a 13-year-old girl and 14-year-old boy.

'My family members were swept away': Survivors describe horror
Posted on Thursday August 27, 2026

One woman says her father, mother, sister and sister's children were carried away before her eyes.

Watch: How the collapse of a glacier caused such devastation
Posted on Thursday August 27, 2026

At least 270 people have died in the massive flash floods, while more than 800 others are missing.

Collapsed glacier likely caused devastating Nepal-Tibet floods, scientists say
Posted on Thursday August 27, 2026

Preliminary investigations by scientists have pointed to a collapsed glacier as the cause, highlighting the issue of rapidly melting Himalayan ice.

Hypermobility - the little-known 'bendy disease' that causes pain and fatigue
Posted on Friday August 28, 2026

The disorder may affect hundreds of thousands in the UK, but many face delays in getting a diagnosis.

Jacob Elordi on why The Dog Stars had him asking 'What am I missing' in life?
Posted on Friday August 28, 2026

Sir Ridley Scott's post-apocalyptic epic explores the feeling of hope in a pandemic-riddled world.

I was spending £700 a month: How I beat my late-night shopping addiction
Posted on Friday August 28, 2026

Younger generations are thought to be more susceptible to impulse spending. The BBC looks at ways to get it under control.

Weekly quiz: Who is taking over as Gilderoy Lockhart in HBO's Harry Potter series?
Posted on Thursday August 27, 2026

How much attention did you pay to what happened in the world over the past seven days?

The Papers: 'Town gripped by fear' and 'Nepal death toll climbs'
Posted on Friday August 28, 2026

Several papers focus on the violence unfolding in Middlesbrough, described by the Mirror as a town "under seige".



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