Wednesday, 2 September 2026
373 articles · times in UTC
ABC Australia · 00:25
Live: Ray Hadley resumes giving evidence at radio 'rival' Alan Jones's trial ↗Retired 2GB radio host Ray Hadley has resumed giving evidence at Alan Jones's indecent assault and sexual touching trial.
ABC Australia · 00:25
Prosecutors allowed to seek death penalty in Charlie Kirk murder case ↗A judge has ruled that Tyler Robinson, the man accused of fatally shooting Charlie Kirk last year, should face trial on murder charges in a case eligible for the death penalty.
ABC Australia · 00:27
Breaking: Tasmania's Mount Lyell copper mine to reopen in boost for west coast ↗Mining company Sibanye-Stillwater hopes to have the Mt Lyell copper mine near Queenstown back up and running in 2029, creating 300 jobs in the process.
ABC Australia · 00:50
Tourist left bruised after being charged twice by wild buffalo ↗Two young tourists say they've never been more scared in their lives after 21-year-old Victorian woman Emma Hipwell was charged by a wild buffalo while holidaying in the Northern Territory.
ABC Australia · 01:17
More than 5,000 sheep worth $1.7m stolen from property in rural Qld ↗Detectives from the Rural and Stock Crime Squad are asking anyone who may have seen a flock of dorper sheep "matching the description" to come forward.
ABC Australia · 01:36
Breaking: Australia's economy grows faster than expected in June quarter ↗Australia's economy grew 0.4 per cent in the June quarter and 2.1 per cent over the past year, both faster than most economists were expecting.
ABC Australia · 01:50
Breaking: Alastair Clarkson and North Melbourne part ways after four AFL seasons ↗North Melbourne has parted ways with Alastair Clarkson after four AFL seasons.
ABC Australia · 02:37
Man shot dead in Sydney home invasion appears to be 'innocent' ↗NSW police commissioner says a man shot dead in a Sydney home invasion appears to be an "innocent life" lost to organised crime.
ABC Australia · 03:15
Hate and vilification charges laid after alleged threats of violence ↗Police say they were responding to complaints of ideologically motivated threats of violence allegedly made by a Far North Queensland man.
ABC Australia · 03:25
Man who murdered his National Zoo co-worker wins slight sentence reduction ↗A man who murdered his colleague at Canberra's National Zoo and Aquarium has had three and a half years shaved off his 30-year sentence after an appeal.
ABC Australia · 04:21
Key player in Melbourne tobacco wars to spend at least three years behind bars ↗A key lieutenant of jailed tobacco kingpin Kazem Hamad will spend at least three years behind bars for orchestrating arsons and car thefts at the height of Victoria's tobacco wars.
ABC Australia · 04:22
Man who slipped in McDonald's sought more than $2 million in damages ↗A man who slipped near a wet floor sign at a Canberra McDonald's is awarded nearly $15,000 in compensation, after initially seeking millions.
ABC Australia · 04:24
Four Australians found in Nepal, but dozens of others still missing ↗A week on from the flood disaster, another four Australians have been found safe.
ABC Australia · 04:56
Man sentenced to two years in jail over deepfake images of women and children ↗Antonio Rotondo was found guilty on Tuesday of creating and distributing "profoundly violating" and "degrading" deepfakes of Brisbane women and children.
ABC Australia · 04:58
Case against Lizzo's Big Grrl Touring company dropped by federal judge ↗A district judge in the US has cleared Lizzo's touring company of wrongdoing after allegations of discrimination and harassment were filed by a former wardrobe assistant.
ABC Australia · 05:07
'A miss on our side': Telstra outage caused by known issue ↗Telstra failed to prioritise fixing known vulnerabilities in its systems despite being warned about them months before they triggered a major nationwide outage.
ABC Australia · 05:25
The turquoise home that withstood a torrent ↗Inside the turquoise house close to the riverbank, a mother of two, her husband, daughter and in-laws remained stranded on their balcony as the flood tore through their Nepali town.
ABC Australia · 05:47
'The Family' serial killings suspects should be named, victims' relatives say ↗Relatives of some of the victims of "The Family" murders are demanding the public release of the long-suppressed names of suspects linked to the case.
ABC Australia · 05:47
Another plan unveiled to tackle long-standing issues in Port Augusta ↗The state government has announced another plan to tackle issues regarding crime, violence and substance abuse in Port Augusta. The efforts have been praised by Indigenous leaders who say it is needed, but have criticised the lack of Indigenous consultation.
ABC Australia · 05:48
Judge tells retiring triple murder jury to consider if survivor truthful ↗A jury has retired to consider its verdict in the trial of a Queensland grazier accused of a triple murder and an attempted murder.
ABC Australia · 06:07
Police speak with four men over Sydney Swans scandal ↗Victoria Police detectives confirm they have spoken with four Sydney men as part of their sexual assault investigation linked to the Sydney Swans.
ABC Australia · 06:13
Fatal hit-and-run driver thought he had hit animal, court hears ↗A 20-year-old hit-and-run driver who fatally struck a woman in Adelaide's north-east has apologised to his victim's family in court, which heard he did not initially realise he had hit a person.
ABC Australia · 06:31
Former Bondi Rescue lifeguard Matt Dee dies ↗Well-known former Bondi Rescue cast member and mental health advocate Matt Dee has died, according to a statement posted online by the clothing and events company he co-founded.
ABC Australia · 06:41
Breaking: Man dead in suspected underworld shooting in Sydney ↗A man has been shot dead in Western Sydney in what is believed to be the latest escalation in gangland violence.
ABC Australia · 06:50
Police pursuit of emu just part of 'life of a country cop' ↗A video of a flightless bird being chased by a police officer down a road on the NSW Central Tablelands goes viral, with the local chief inspector saying it's all part of "the life of a country cop".
ABC Australia · 07:01
Brown and foul tasting. This town's water may be the tipping point of a crisis ↗In Australia's most decentralised state, water infrastructure is failing, leading residents in one town to rely on the bottled variety, but it comes at a cost.
ABC Australia · 07:11
WA police drop hundreds of AI seatbelt fines to avoid wasting court time ↗Hundreds of fines issued via AI-assisted traffic cameras are being dropped in WA, with officers unable to prove drivers knew their passengers were wearing their seatbelts incorrectly.
ABC Australia · 07:27
AFL boss backflips by scrapping controversial 'Opening Round' experiment ↗AFL CEO Andrew Dillon says the 2027 season will start with all 18 teams in action despite previously defending the staggered start.
ABC Australia · 07:28
WA government pushes merger of state's only two coal mines ↗The state government throws its support behind a proposed merger between WA's last remaining coal miners as its self-imposed 2030 deadline to retire state-owned coal assets approaches.
ABC Australia · 07:34
Special school sexual abuse allegations with authorities, premier says ↗The Victorian premier says allegations of almost two decades of sexual abuse at a Traralgon special school are "harrowing".
ABC Australia · 08:01
Car bomb, feuds and $5K to count 12 votes as NSW councils scrutinised ↗Local government may have a reputation for being boring, but NSW budget estimates today provided an extraordinary snapshot of what is playing out across the state's councils.
ABC Australia · 08:03
Victorian man defrauds women of more than $45,000 after meeting them online ↗Stephen Cross used a fake name to deceive women he met online, tricking some into giving him money.
ABC Australia · 08:11
Extra beds added to Darwin's ageing hospital as new ward welcomes patients ↗A new multi-purpose ward at the Northern Territory's largest hospital has received its first patients this week, with hopes the $24 million investment will help ease capacity pressures in Darwin's health sector.
ABC Australia · 08:13
Boy, 14, charged over alleged rock attack that left man unconscious ↗A 14-year-old boy is charged with assault after a man was seriously injured and left convulsing on the ground in an alleged rock throwing attack in a fast food restaurant car park.
ABC Australia · 08:47
Albanese bristles at pre-COP questions as UN delivers sobering report ↗A new UN report warns the world is likely to overshoot warming of 1.5C as world leaders shun Australia's pre-COP talks in Fiji.
ABC Australia · 08:50
Queensland Police receive safety notices over watch house conditions ↗Workplace Health and Safety issues multiple regulatory notices to the police service regarding conditions at the state's watch houses.
ABC Australia · 11:25
Armed gang raids security cars of gold in one of PNG's biggest robberies ↗Gold bars worth millions of dollars and thousands in cash have been stolen at gunpoint in a brazen heist in Papua New Guinea.
ABC Australia · 15:13
Iran accuses US of a 'war crime' after strikes kill people at wedding party ↗Iranian officials are comparing the incident to a strike on a girl's school on the first night of the war which killed 160 people.
ABC Australia · 15:46
Tiger Woods loses driving licence for five years after plea deal ↗The champion golfer submits a no contest pleas to a reckless driving charge after a crash near his Florida home in March.
ABC Australia · 17:08
Rupert Murdoch 'very happy' to be played by Guy Pearce in new film ↗A new film on the Australian-born media mogul is headlining the Venice Film Festival, with director Danny Boyle saying it takes a more sympathetic look at his early foray into British newspapers.
ABC Australia · 18:27
Woman charged with juror intimidation at Lindsay Clancy trial ↗Jurors are in their sixth day of deliberations as a woman is accused of intimidation after filming jurors leaving court the day before.
ABC Australia · 18:30
'She could leave him': What fame really meant for Darren Hayes ↗After enduring a violent childhood in Queensland, Darren Hayes says his success with Savage Garden saved his life.
ABC Australia · 18:30
Quiz: How well do you know your Jane Harper from your Chris Hammer? ↗As voting opens for ABC Radio National's Top 100 Australian Books Countdown, we take a trip into the murderous outback.
ABC Australia · 18:30
'I'm numb': What it looks like to 'quietly quit' a marriage ↗"Quiet quitting" began as a social media trend where workers were encouraged to avoid burnout in their jobs by doing only the bare minimum. Some women are applying that to their romantic relationships.
ABC Australia · 18:46
After the flood, another crisis is unfolding underground in Nepal ↗Scenes from the floods in Nepal and Tibet are catastrophic. But another disaster is unfolding underground and out of sight.
ABC Australia · 18:50
'I won’t leave without him': Australians seek answers on Nepal-Tibet flood ↗Relatives of missing Australians in the Nepal-Tibet floods are frustrated with the official search and rescue effort, heading to Nepal themselves to search for answers.
ABC Australia · 19:00
Big Desert dingoes could be first to get national protection ↗A controversial population of desert dingoes on the border of Victoria and South Australia could become the first of their kind to be recognised nationally as being in danger of extinction.
ABC Australia · 19:00
Hanson risks accusations she's using a security issue for political points ↗By speaking publicly about the threats she's facing, the One Nation leader has shone a light on a growing problem facing our democracy but pinning them on routine political rhetoric risks accusations of political point-scoring.
ABC Australia · 19:14
'I stayed calm so my mum would stay calm': 10yo saves family from fire ↗A 10-year-old Launceston boy has been awarded a certificate of bravery after alerting his mum to a kitchen fire and evacuating his baby sister.
ABC Australia · 19:17
Maltese court clears tycoon of masterminding journalist's murder ↗The killing of Caruana Galizia in October 2017 shocked Europe and set off a political firestorm in Malta as well as focusing international attention on its police and judiciary.
ABC Australia · 19:27
Queensland to heat up during first weekend of spring ↗The weather bureau predicts parts of Queensland are expected to receive above-average temperatures during the first weekend of spring.
ABC Australia · 19:32
Riverfire 2026: How to get there and what time the fireworks start? ↗Queensland's largest firework display marks the beginning of this year's Brisbane Festival. Here's what you need to know.
ABC Australia · 19:34
Patients speak out after alleged rape, sexual harassment at private rehab ↗Police are investigating an alleged rape at a Queensland rehabilitation clinic, while several former patients have also raised safety concerns.
ABC Australia · 19:44
KPMG whistleblower says watchdog has to be 'dragged kicking and screaming' ↗A KPMG whistleblower says the watchdog has to be "dragged kicking and screaming" to investigate alleged misconduct disclosures at the firm.
ABC Australia · 19:51
Alleged Russian spies purportedly speak out in prison recordings ↗ABC Investigations has discovered audio published by a Kremlin-controlled TV network that claims to capture a couple accused of spying for Russia speaking from behind bars about their arrest, the criminal case and what they really think of Australian life.
ABC Australia · 20:00
Poultry farmer nervous as Christmas turkeys face bird flu threat ↗H5N1 bird flu is spreading through Australia's wild birds, raising fears among free-range poultry farmers about the risk to their flocks and livelihoods.
ABC Australia · 20:04
Snow resorts wind up business early after warmest winter on record ↗An unseasonably warm and wet June brought a challenging start to the 2026 snow season and while a snow base came by July over the higher slopes, the lower alpine regions missed out on full coverage.
ABC Australia · 20:07
Lifelong renters face 'looming crisis' as they reach retirement ↗More people are edging towards retirement as "forever renters". They are making tough decisions about work, where to live and how they will afford to retire.
ABC Australia · 20:21
Whyalla nervously waits for steelworks sale, blast furnace fix ↗South Australia's treasurer has hinted Whyalla may have to wait longer for the identity of its steelworks buyer, as locals tell the ABC recent events are bringing back old memories.
ABC Australia · 20:22
Fire breaks out at major Tasmanian power station ↗Emergency crews have contained a fire at Tungatinah Power Station and an investigation is set to be launched.
ABC Australia · 20:27
Farmer aims to be first to swim length of Darling River ↗A Victorian farmer has made it his mission to become the first person to swim the 1,650 kilometres of Australia's second-longest river.
ABC Australia · 20:36
'Grossly inadequate': NT traditional owners plan to mandate mine rehabilitation ↗Traditional owners in the NT want to see more money put aside for the rehabilitation of closed mines and are considering making it a requirement of any agreement established between mine companies and traditional owners.
ABC Australia · 20:43
One-third of school time lost to misbehaviour, 'crisis' report finds ↗A survey of about 400 teachers finds classroom disruption has a significant negative effect on the health of teachers, with female teachers the most affected.
ABC Australia · 20:48
Live: Coalition unveils plan to slash tobacco tax by 80 per cent ↗The plan would reduce the excise on a standard packet of 20 cigarettes from around $30 to around $6. Follow live.
ABC Australia · 20:53
Inside the $2 billion thrift store expanding in Australia ↗Op shops are feeling threatened as Savers expands its second-hand retail stores across Australia.
ABC Australia · 20:59
Fierce division over highly flammable grass pastoralists rely on ↗Buffel grass is thriving and spreading across South Australia, increasing the risk of bushfires. But not everyone agrees on how to manage it.
ABC Australia · 21:08
More Australians tumble as rain causes schedule chaos at US Open ↗Taylah Preston and Daria Kasatkina bow out of the US Open as Alex de Minaur's campaign is delayed by rain again.
ABC Australia · 21:11
Prime-time era Magbegor leads Opals' World Cup charge ↗The Opals' superstar production line will be led by Ezi Magbegor at the Women's Basketball World Cup, as they look to emulate the historic gold medal won by the team 20 years ago.
ABC Australia · 21:13
Coalition promises to slash tobacco tax, legalise and regulate vapes ↗A future Coalition government would slash the tobacco excise by 80 per cent, legalise and tax vapes and nicotine pouches and bolster law enforcement to shut down the illicit trade.
ABC Australia · 21:24
Why it may get harder for tourists to find favourite local spots ↗The buildings with the well-known bright yellow "i" have welcomed road trippers and tourists for years, but more visitor information centres are closing their doors.
ABC Australia · 21:40
Live: ASX to open higher after sea of green on Wall Street ↗The ASX is set to open higher after gains on Wall Street. The price of oil is above $US95/barrel as the bond market steadies. Follow the day's events and insights from our business reporters on the ABC News live markets blog.
ABC Australia · 21:58
Aviation authorities to review low flyover at Cape Town rugby match ↗South African authorities confirm they are reviewing a flyover during a rugby match against New Zealand that saw two jets perilously close to the stadium roof.
ABC Australia · 22:05
Golfers despair as rabbits damage one of Australia's best courses ↗There are fears out-of-control rabbits and the unexpected holes they keep adding to the greens will threaten the legacy of one of the oldest golf courses in Western Australia.
ABC Australia · 22:13
Sydney gangland war's disturbing crossfire casualties trend continues ↗Bungled assassinations and death by association have become more frequent in Sydney's underworld war as a potential sixth innocent victim is killed in the past 18 months.
ABC Australia · 22:31
$12m koala underpass not used in five months ↗Conservationists hope koalas will start using the first koala underpass south of Sydney despite research suggesting the native animal rarely uses them.
ABC Australia · 22:37
Hampshire ditches New Zealand all-rounder after fan backlash ↗Hampshire released a statement saying the club had "listened to feedback from our staff and supporters" following the signing of Scott Kuggeleijn.
ABC Australia · 22:54
Warwick Thornton enters Red CentreNATS with 'Michelangelo of the bush' ↗Acclaimed Alice Springs filmmaker Warwick Thornton is also a diehard rev head and amateur mechanic who loves old cars — and he's making his Red CentreNATS debut this year with a lovingly restored 1970s Toyota FJ 40 "bull chaser".
ABC Australia · 22:55
Insurance delays as Exmouth residents struggle with living conditions ↗Five months after Cyclone Narelle caused damages to properties in Exmouth, locals are still struggling to have their insurance claims processed to start repairs for their homes.
ABC Australia · 23:26
Pro-stadium opinion piece by public servant had input from Devils footy club ↗When a 3,000-word opinion piece by a senior public servant appeared in a major daily newspaper, eyebrows were raised across Tasmania's political spectrum. Emails show the pro-stadium piece had extensive involvement by multiple groups with stakes in the project.