The Latest Breaking News from The Guardian - AU

Is Pauline Hanson marching Australia towards a Brexit-style hostility to reason?

Despite the limited logic of One Nation’s vibes-based politics, it’s not hard to see why dismissing experts might be a winning political position

The Guardian - AU · Sep 15

Researchers warn social media driving harmful misuse of Alzheimer’s blood tests

Exclusive: Screening if used alone risks leading people to believe they are inevitably going to develop dementia

The Guardian - AU · Sep 15

One of Sydney’s largest councils joins ban on ‘pervert’ glasses at local swimming pools

Councillors say locals have been raising concerns about people secretly filming in change rooms, swimming pools and around schools

The Guardian - AU · Sep 15

Pauline Hanson says she’s sorry ‘if I offended people’ with Indigenous Australians remarks

One Nation leader had been condemned by figures from across the political spectrum over the resurfaced podcast comments

The Guardian - AU · Sep 15

Karl Stefanovic to buy out podcast partner Keshnee Ibrahim after ‘irreconcilable breakdown’, court hears

Stefanovic agrees to purchase stake from joint owner of 123 Podcast with fledgling show on hiatus since August after Tommy Robinson interview

The Guardian - AU · Sep 15

In the Hacks v Widow’s Bay Emmys battle, it’s we – the audience – who are the real winners

What’s exciting to me isn’t who took home the statue but what the creators behind these women-driven comedies will do next

The Guardian - AU · Sep 15

Man allegedly breaks into Darwin military base, assaults ADF member and flees in stolen car

NT police say person ‘unlawfully gained access’ to the base in the suburb of Winnellie and is still on the run

The Guardian - AU · Sep 15

Houthis seize strategic Red Sea islands as analysts warn of impending oil crunch

The Yemen militant group captured the islands of Greater and Lesser Hanish, new the chokepoint of Bab al-Mandab strait

The Guardian - AU · Sep 15

Youngest Snowtown murderer to walk free from jail after 26-year sentence as parole upheld

James Vlassakis was 18 when he became involved in the Snowtown killings, later pleading guilty to four of the 11 murders

The Guardian - AU · Sep 15

Russian warship fires flares at Danish helicopter as Nato jets shoot down drone over Lithuania

Ursula von der Leyen says incidents ‘part of broader pattern of Russian aggression and provocation against Europe’

The Guardian - AU · Sep 15