The Latest Breaking News from Australia

Argentina Gets a Rare Opening in China as Brazil and Australia Hit Beef Export Limits

Brazil and Australia have exhausted their 2026 China beef quotas, opening a rare, short-lived window for Argentina. Here's what the data confirms.

Latin Times · Sep 20

Was Hawthorn v Brisbane the best game of Australian rules football ever played?

This preliminary final showcased everything that is exquisite, brutal and cruel about the sport. And how about Nick Watson?

The Guardian - AU · Sep 20

Australians will no longer be hit with card surcharges from 1 October. What will the ban mean for you?

Fees on Visa, Mastercard, and Eftpos payments will be banned – but what does it mean for retailers, rewards programs and consumers?

The Guardian - AU · Sep 20

Since 2017, a dolphin called Bubbles has been seen near Lady Elliot Island; from 2021 to 2025, researchers documented him chasing fish until they regurgitated food

Bubbles, a wild bottlenose dolphin, has captivated researchers with his peculiar technique of fishing off the coast of Lady Elliot Island, Australia. By using echolocation and low-frequency calls, he excites his prey until they vomit, showcasing a rare kleptoparasitic method. This remarkable behavior has been consistently recorded over years, leading…

The Economic Times · Sep 20

Outfoxed: How well do you know your native animals? Australians’ questionable quoll knowledge exposed

About one in six NSW, QLD and Vic residents think foxes are native animals and a third believe quolls are introduced, survey shows

The Guardian - AU · Sep 20

Nation's 'best bathtub' locked in for Olympic rowers

Concerns about floods, currents and crocs will not stop a state government from sending the world's best rowers to Australia's subtropics in 2032.

AAP · Sep 20

Rollers destroy Italy to claim world championship

Hot-shooting young gun Jaylen Brown was the star for the Australian Rollers as they were crowned men's wheelchair basketball world champions in Canada.

AAP · Sep 20

'Screwed-over' Aussie, Demon seal Davis Cup triumph

Alex de Minaur has sealed Australia's Davis Cup group-stage triumph after Max Purcell and Rinky Hijikata won their doubles against plucky Poland in Brisbane.

AAP · Sep 20

More Australians to live into their 90s as life expectancy forecast to rise over coming decades

Treasury’s latest intergenerational report projects life expectancy at birth will reach 89 for women and 86 for men by 2066

The Guardian - AU · Sep 20

Sea dragon populations decimated in ‘mind-blowing’ mass mortality event caused by South Australian algal bloom

Thousands of sea dragons, pipefishes and seahorses have washed up along state’s coastline according to analysis of citizen scientist records

The Guardian - AU · Sep 20