Japan PM leads outcry after US Marine arrested over alleged killing of woman on Okinawa Crimes involving US troops on Okinawa have been a constant source of tension between Tokyo and Washington The Guardian - AU · Oct 6
‘I felt violated’: witness alleges Alan Jones kissed him and put hand on his bottom when he was 17 Radio host gave financial help to teenager after starting correspondence with him at the age of 13, court hears The Guardian - AU · Oct 6
Olivia Dean review – a powerful, affirming night with a pop star at the height of her powers The singer’s first stop on her Australia and New Zealand tour is a fun but sincere demonstration of the power of pop to get at what love’s all about The Guardian - AU · Oct 6
Judith Lucy announces breast cancer diagnosis: ‘I’m in shock, but I’m OK’ Comedian reveals cancer in a joke-packed video, saying she will undergo a double mastectomy and ‘I’ll be keeping you abreast of everything, Australia’ The Guardian - AU · Oct 6
Ukraine war briefing: Kyiv claims half of Russia’s oil refining capacity destroyed Ukraine says its long-range strikes have hurt Russian economy while Vladimir Putin concedes they have cost Russia roughly 1% of GDP. What we know on day 1,686 The Guardian - AU · Oct 6
OpenAI has ‘work to do to rebuild trust’ in Australia, executive tells AI inquiry Anthropic tells inquiry it ‘never tried to dictate’ Australian copyright rules as the ABC says copyright laws do not need changing The Guardian - AU · Oct 6
Fuel from South Korea being shipped to Russia as Ukraine war grinds on Exclusive: Guardian analysis finds more than 150,000 tonnes of fuel was shipped to Russian ports in July and August, some using sanctioned tankers The Guardian - AU · Oct 5
Angus Taylor vows biggest cut to migration in Australia’s history, slashing 650,000 temporary visas Opposition leader says Coalition would reduce net overseas migration to 100,000 for two years The Guardian - AU · Oct 5
Morning Mail: Australians buried in unmarked graves; proposal to nationalise supermarkets; and revisiting Sandpapergate A Guardian Australia investigation uncovers the fate of people interred en masse; thinktank proposes nationalising some Coles and Woolworths stores The Guardian - AU · Oct 5
Women suffer more pain than men across the whole body, major global study finds Researchers looked at pain around the world and across the human lifespan, finding steepest rise happens before age 55 The Guardian - AU · Oct 5
Peter was buried in an unmarked communal grave. His friends and family say they didn’t know Exclusive: Authorities are failing to notify family, friends and outreach workers before burying strangers in shared plots, a Guardian Australia investigation reveals The Guardian - AU · Oct 5
A job that changed me: I mulched city parks in the dead of winter – I was not cut out for manual labour or working with family My brother said I was terrible at mulching; he was right. But before tearing up my contract, he imparted some words of wisdom The Guardian - AU · Oct 5
Hundreds of Australians, including war veterans, are being buried in unmarked communal graves Exclusive: Guardian Australia investigation reveals state governments use shared graves to bury those deemed too poor to pay for funerals. ‘It’s unspeakable,’ one relative says The Guardian - AU · Oct 5
Australian leaders condemn pro-Palestine vigils planned for 7 October anniversary amid Jewish commemorations Peak Jewish bodies organise ceremonies on third anniversary of attacks that triggered conflict in which 74,000 Palestinians have been killed The Guardian - AU · Oct 5
The Guardian - AU · Oct 5 Sandpaper made Australia the story in 2018 while South Africa’s achievement faded into irrelevance The hosts’ stunning Test victory was overshadowed by the scale of national angst felt in Australia after the team’s ball tampering
The Guardian - AU · Oct 5 What happens to a dog when its owner can’t leave hospital? Our relationships with pets matter to wellbeing. But concern for an animal’s welfare can also become a practical barrier to healthcare
The Guardian - AU · Oct 5 Max Chandler-Mather pitches Mamdani-style $25bn plan to nationalise 200 Coles and Woolworths supermarkets Former MP and Green Institute head says proposal for publicly owned supermarket chain will ease grocery prices
The Guardian - AU · Oct 5 Mixed start for pre-Cop as just two non-Pacific leaders accept Australian invitation to climate summit Anthony Albanese joins about 4,000 people in Fiji for preparatory meeting for year-ending Cop31 UN climate summit
The Guardian - AU · Oct 5 Australia experiences second hottest September on record as El Niño and climate crisis combine Alpine areas also experience record-breaking heat with snow depth recorded at zero in Kosciuszko national park
The Guardian - AU · Oct 5 Alleged flydubai attacker left Australia without finishing engineering course, university says RMIT confirms co-pilot was a student as Australian authorities examine his time in country between 2015 and 2017
The Guardian - AU · Oct 5 ‘The future is bright’: breeding programme brings world’s heaviest insect back from the brink Wētāpunga can weigh as much as a mouse and its numbers dwindled across New Zealand due to predators and habitat loss
The Guardian - AU · Oct 5 Authorities issue shark warning over whale that swam 11km upstream in Clarence River and later died Juvenile humpback was spotted near Bundjalung national park in what experts say is a rare but not unprecedented event
The Guardian - AU · Oct 5 Tom Cruise’s Digger has flopped spectacularly – but I think it is a misunderstood masterpiece This article contains spoilers for Digger: Alejandro G Iñárritu’s film may be about to become one of the biggest bombs Hollywood has ever seen – but it is destined to be re-evaluated with time
The Guardian - AU · Oct 5 Man shot dead after crashing car and allegedly pointing gun at NSW police Officers were responding to reports a car had driven into a tree 84km north of Yass on Sunday
The Guardian - AU · Oct 5 One Nation to establish headquarters in multimillion-dollar Brisbane office bought by Gina Rinehart Barnaby Joyce defends move, saying party will lease space from mining billionaire’s company at commercial rates