The Latest Breaking News from Australia

Road trains to ease supply chain woes after WA supermarket shortages worsened by SA flooding

Western Australia will allow trucks to haul three semi-trailers in order to bring more freight into the state and fill supermarket shelves left empty after extreme flooding in South Australia.

ABC News · Feb 1, 2022

NT scrambles to find 55 teachers in first week of school year amid a national shortage

The government is in talks with the registration board about the possibility of incentivising retired teachers back into the profession as students start the year amid a national shortage.

ABC News · Feb 1, 2022

Australia will not be intimidated by the anti-vaxxer "argument"

Public health is not just about personal freedom. It is a collective matter.

Newcastle Herald · Feb 1, 2022

Queensland has an important network of private conservation areas, but they're dangerously exposed to mining

Australia has the world’s largest network of privately owned conservation areas that protect a range of rare wildlife, from bilbies to endangered fish.

The Conversation · Feb 1, 2022

Why we resigned from the ARC College of Experts after minister vetoed research grants

On Christmas Eve 2021, the pub-test folly struck again. The two of us found ourselves, angry and heartsore, resigning from the Australian Research Council’s (ARC) highly respected College of Experts in protest at the minister’s rejection of grant funding recommendations.

The Conversation · Feb 1, 2022

‘Wizard of Oz’: Tory MPs cheered by hopes of Lynton Crosby’s return

Analysis: Boris Johnson’s latest moves ‘bore the hallmarks’ of the Australian campaign strategist

The Guardian - UK · Feb 1, 2022

Australian curling team set to start Beijing Winter Olympics competition before opening ceremony

Tahli Gill and Dean Hewitt will take to the ice later today to kick off Australia's Winter Olympics campaign, before the Games' showy opening number.

ABC News · Feb 1, 2022

COVID pills, a holy grail vaccine and 'immune fitness': Why there's a virus 'recalibration' coming

Experts predict 2022 will be the year COVID stops defining our lives. The virus isn't going away but new treatments and ways of thinking could mark the beginning of the end.

ABC News · Feb 1, 2022

NSW's Blue Mountains could lose World Heritage status if Warragamba dam plan goes ahead: experts

Scientific advisers to UNESCO have delivered a scathing assessment of the NSW government's plans to raise Warragamba dam, prompting fears that the Blue Mountains could lose its World Heritage status if the project proceeds.

ABC News · Feb 1, 2022

Why Rafael Nadal is primed for more 2022 grand slam success following monumental Australian Open win

Rafael Nadal became the most successful male tennis player in grand slam history after winning the Australian Open. After winning the title for the first time in 13 years, he's set up perfectly to extend his grand slam record this year

Daily Mirror · Feb 1, 2022