The Latest Breaking News from Australia

Long pollen season prompts thunderstorm asthma warning

Southern Australia's grass pollen season is tipped to drag on longer than usual, sparking a warning about potentially-deadly thunderstorm asthma.

AAP · Oct 11, 2023

Banks have only passed on three-quarters of interest rate rises to depositors, RBA says

Increase compares favourably with New Zealand and the US, Reserve Bank assistant governor says

The Guardian - AU · Oct 11, 2023

Thunder add Athapaththu to overflowing WBBL list

Sri Lanka's Chamari Athapaththu will battle fellow overseas players Heather Knight, Marizanne Kapp and Lauren Bell for a WBBL slot at the Sydney Thunder.

AAP · Oct 11, 2023

Morning Mail: Albanese’s plea from the heart, Australia tops mortgage stress list, UN warns of war crimes in Israel and Gaza

The prime minister uses Uluru’s powerful symbolism to plead for a yes vote, while shocking details emerge of the massacre of Israelis by Hamas

The Guardian - AU · Oct 10, 2023

Why Australia urgently needs a climate plan and a Net Zero National Cabinet Committee to implement it

Australia has a legislated target to reduce greenhouse emissions, a federal government with commitments to increase the share of renewable electricity and reduce power prices, and a globally important economic opportunity at its feet.

The Conversation · Oct 10, 2023

Let's not kid ourselves: 'Trumpification' is becoming our problem, too

We have a problem with the state of politics and public discourse in Australia. The appalling neo-Nazi video threat made against Senator Lidia Thorpe is a disturbing reminder of the dark undercurrents that are swirling through political discourse in Australia.

The Conversation · Oct 10, 2023

From Eureka to suffrage to now: a Voice that was 169 years in the making

“The envy of the world.”

The Conversation · Oct 10, 2023

Streets of purple haze: how the South American jacaranda became a symbol of Australian spring

Jacaranda season is beginning across Australia as an explosion of vivid blue spreads in a wave from north to south. We think of jacarandas as a signature tree of various Australian cities. Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide and Perth all feature avenues of them.

The Conversation · Oct 10, 2023

Massimo Luongo feels Australians secretly support Spurs under Ange Postecoglou

Spurs lead the Premier League on goal difference from north London rivals Arsenal going into the international break.

The Independent UK · Oct 10, 2023

BCCI issue update on Shubman Gill ahead of India’s clash with Afghanistan

The opening batter has been diagnosed with dengue which also kept him out of India’s opening match against Australia

The Independent UK · Oct 10, 2023