The Latest Breaking News from Australia

Zampa feels right with red ball in Test debut push

Adam Zampa believes he is bowling better with the red ball despite limited first-class cricket, as he pushes to be Australia's third spinner in Sri Lanka.

AAP · Nov 28, 2024

Boulevard goes dotty for Japan's art superstar

For artist Yayoi Kusama, polka dots represent infinity. For Australia's biggest exhibition of her art, more than 60 trees will be wrapped in her signature dots.

AAP · Nov 28, 2024

Australian Senate Considers Ban On Children From Social Media

Australian Senate debates banning children under 16 from social media, sparking concerns and opposition.

Top News · Nov 28, 2024

Morning Mail: super tax plan left out of last-day Senate scramble, medicinal cannabis booms, Trump picks threatened

Albanese government has all but abandoned plan to raid balances over $3m; sales of drug for medicinal purposes could reach $1bn this year

The Guardian - AU · Nov 27, 2024

PM ‘fully expects’ parliament to return in February as Senate sits into the night – as it happened

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The Guardian - AU · Nov 27, 2024

Mosquito-borne diseases are on the rise. Here’s how collecting mozzies in your backyard can help science

Warm weather is here and mosquitoes are on the rise in Australia. Unseasonably large swarms are causing problems in some parts of Sydney already.

The Conversation · Nov 27, 2024

Australia’s electricity market is getting a big makeover – and these 3 changes will make it future-proof

The federal government this week tasked an expert panel with making Australia’s largest grid, the National Electricity Market, fit for our changing energy system.

The Conversation · Nov 27, 2024

Nano-scale dinosaur made by Australian researchers from DNA building blocks

Structures thousands of times narrower than a human hair suggest future uses for nanobot technology

The Guardian - AU · Nov 27, 2024

When is Sam Kerr returning from injury?

Kerr is Australia's record goalscorer but is currently out of action with a long-term knee injury...

FourFourTwo · Nov 27, 2024

'Irrevocable pain': parents confront childcare rapist

Some of the many women abused as girls by child care worker Ashley Paul Griffith over 19 years have told a judge they have scars that will never heal.

AAP · Nov 27, 2024