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News from the ABC Australia

'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 which has puzzled seismologists for decades. Growing evidence suggests it's 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.

Australia faces 'sliding doors' moment to turn AI boom into local wealth
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 set to edge higher after Nvidia-fuelled Wall Street rally
Posted on Thursday August 27, 2026

Australian shares are set to 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.

Widow says NT's new VAD laws will still leave people in 'cruel' situations
Posted on Thursday August 27, 2026

The widow of a man who died with a rare neurodegenerative disease says the Northern Territory's new voluntary assisted dying laws are "very weak" and will fail many who need them. She is calling for a 12-month prognosis requirement and a so-called gag clause on health professionals to be removed.

Missing dog rescued from cliff face around volcanic crater lake
Posted on Thursday August 27, 2026

Rescuers work for hours to pull a dog from a cliff leading to Mount Gambier's Blue Lake.  

Better awareness drives more endometriosis hospital admissions
Posted on Thursday August 27, 2026

A new report shows the increasing rate of women and girls being treated for endometriosis in hospitals may signal better awareness of the chronic condition.

'Booming' gold mining, gas fracking key in plan to reverse NT's $11b debt
Posted on Thursday August 27, 2026

Northern Territory Treasurer Bill Yan says the government is turning the tide on the Territory's $11 billion debt, supported by progress on major projects including Beetaloo Basin gas and a number of gold and lithium mines.  

Two world records broken within an hour, Aussie soars to high jump win
Posted on Thursday August 27, 2026

Brazil's Alison dos Santos and American Masai Russell both shattered world hurdles records at the Zurich Diamond League on Thursday, producing a stunning night of athletics in Switzerland.

Live: Coalition leaves door open to cutting annual refugee intake
Posted on Thursday August 27, 2026

Opposition Leader Angus Taylor has left the door open to reducing Australia's annual refugee intake below the current number of 20,000. Follow live. 

De Minaur gets qualifier in first round as US Open draw announced
Posted on Thursday August 27, 2026

Alex de Minaur appears to have a kind draw for the year's final grand slam, but Australia's perennial hope will face a precociously formidable obstacle if he wants to make it to the quarterfinals for the third straight year.

Family fears woman missing for weeks will become 'another statistic'
Posted on Thursday August 27, 2026

Search crews have found no trace of Stephanie Cordery since she went missing in northern NSW three weeks ago. 

Experts' warning following 16yo's death after possible sexual choking act
Posted on Thursday August 27, 2026

Experts are calling for greater education on the risks of strangulation after the death of a Sydney teenage girl, which the ABC understands is related to a suspected sexual choking act.

Second Chances for prisoner's children on borrowed time
Posted on Thursday August 27, 2026

Second Chances says it may be forced to close as the government cuts funding despite referring people directly to the charity for support.



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.

Sports Direct founder Mike Ashley attacks Burnham's 'populist' High Street plans
Posted on Thursday August 27, 2026

In a letter, the entrepreneur accuses the prime minister of "jumping on 'everyday fixes' or bandwagons" with his latest cost of living and retail policies.

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.

Optimus Prime and Eeyore voice actor Peter Cullen dies
Posted on Thursday August 27, 2026

Cullen voiced the heroic Optimus Prime in the Transformers TV series and then the Hollywood films.

A biopic, a coffee brand and dog treats among Dolly Parton's business projects still to come
Posted on Thursday August 27, 2026

"Dolly worked up until the day she died," her manager says, as her upcoming projects are revealed.

The monstrous crimes of Ratko Mladic, the 'Butcher of Bosnia'
Posted on Thursday August 27, 2026

The Bosnian Serb commander led a campaign of ethnic cleansing during the Bosnian conflict.

What the Meta settlement means for the UK, and other questions after the deal
Posted on Thursday August 27, 2026

Other social media firms are yet to respond, while the debate from campaigners is far from over.

In pictures: The dotty world of Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama, who has died aged 97
Posted on Thursday August 27, 2026

Kusama was known for creating extraordinary immersive worlds that delighted millions of visitors.



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