The Latest Breaking News from Australia

Production to recommence at Honeymoon uranium mine in South Australia's outback

Uranium production will resume by the end of next year at the Honeymoon uranium mine in north-east South Australia, the owner says.

ABC News · Jun 1, 2022

Here’s Why It Feels So Fkn Cold This Year Compared To Every Other Winter We’ve Had

Jack Frost nipping at your nips?

Pedestrian.tv · Jun 1, 2022

Australia on the 'precipice' of a UK-style energy crisis as soaring costs push retailers out

Australia is on the "precipice" of a UK-style energy crisis that could send many of its power retailers broke and fuel a surge of households unable to pay their bills, a leading expert has warned.

ABC News · Jun 1, 2022

Australia PM Albanese appoints record number of women to diverse cabinet

Australia's new federal ministry was sworn into office on Wednesday, with Prime Minister Anthony Albanese appointing a record number of women to a diverse cabinet team that includes religious minorities and Indigenous Aboriginals.

Reuters · Jun 1, 2022

There's one big reason wages are stagnating: the enterprise bargaining system is broken, and in terminal decline

Real wages in Australia have been stagnating for the better part of a decade. Now, with higher inflation, they’re declining. So what can the new Albanese government, having campaigned hard on the previous government’s failures, do about it?

The Conversation · Jun 1, 2022

Caring for Country means tackling the climate crisis with Indigenous leadership: 3 things the new government must do

The election of a new Australian government offers a once-in-a-generation opportunity to promote the self-determination of Indigenous peoples to Care for Country.

The Conversation · Jun 1, 2022

SA parliament declares climate emergency

The South Australian parliament has passed a motion declaring a climate emergency, reaffirming an urgent need to decarbonise the state's economy.

AAP · Jun 1, 2022

Gold Coast shark expert's journey from homelessness to academia at Bond University

Shark researcher Daryl McPhee is giving back to international students doing it tough in Australia by offering annual travel bursaries.

ABC News · Jun 1, 2022

Anthony Albanese's history-making Labor ministry officially sworn in

With a record number of women and Australia's first Muslim ministers, the new ministry sees a collection of new and old faces sworn in to sit on the government's frontbench.

ABC News · Jun 1, 2022

Why is it so cold right now? And how long will it last? A climate scientist explains

Anyone living in the southeast of Australia will have noticed the chill that has set in the last few days. After relatively mild conditions last week, an early blast of winter has arrived.

The Conversation · May 31, 2022