The Latest Breaking News from Australia

'Lots of positives': Smith seventh at PGA Championship

Australian golf star Cameron Smith missed a chance to add a second major title to his CV, finishing tied for seventh at the PGA Championship.

AAP · May 17

Morning Mail: big tobacco accused of scare tactics, how supermarkets swap discounts, and Ebola fears rise

Big tobacco stoking fears over illicit trade, experts claim; supermarket promotions in sync

The Guardian - AU · May 17

Australia has had ‘game-changer’ budgets before. How does Chalmers’ stack up?

Of the many budgets delivered since the Second World War, four stand out as having ushered in or consolidated significant economic reform.

The Conversation · May 17

Big tobacco is exploiting fears of the illicit market to unwind health gains, experts warn

Cigarettes kill 66 Australians every day, health groups say, criticising MPs who heard evidence from Philip Morris in secret

The Guardian - AU · May 17

Toothbrushes, ice-cream and frozen pizza: data reveals how Coles and Woolworths switch promotions in sync

Exclusive: Analysis shows in some cases the switch from promotional to full price happens almost simultaneously in Australia’s two biggest supermarkets

The Guardian - AU · May 17

Can electric trucks win over Australia’s fossil fuel diehards? Or is diesel here for the long haul?

Amid soaring fuel prices, the government announced $3.2bn to store a billion more litres of diesel and jet fuel. What about just using less of it?

The Guardian - AU · May 17

‘Disastrous’ plan to allow fracking on South Australia’s Limestone Coast is a broken promise, locals say

Labor moves to overturn moratorium on fracking in groundwater-dependent region two years earlier than planned and just weeks after state election

The Guardian - AU · May 17

Father-of-two named as Australia’s shark attack victim: ‘One-of-a-kind gentleman’

Man, identified as Perth native, leaves behind two young daughters

The Independent UK · May 17

This thought-provoking aerial photography documents humanity’s insatiable appetite for natural resources

Renowned photographer Edward Burtynsky will exhibit his latest eye-opening aerial documentation of natural resource mining in Western Australia and the permanent scars created

Digital Camera World · May 17

Aukus nuclear submarine base would ‘place a massive target on our backs’, NSW labour union warns

Outcry follows release of previously secret documents naming Port Kembla as preferred east coast Aukus base

The Guardian - AU · May 17