Star NZ sprinter swaps allegiance to Australia The Australian 4x100m relay squad is set to benefit from the change of allegiance by flying Kiwi sprinter Eddie Osei-Nketia. AAP · Dec 5, 2025
Deadline warning surfaces as US backs nuclear subs deal Australia is gearing up for key talks with the US over its nuclear-subs deal after receiving a long-awaited review of the $368 billion pact from the Pentagon. AAP · Dec 4, 2025
Ashes 2025 live score: Australia lead by 44 as England rue dropped catches at end of day two The visitors looked to restrict the Aussies after Steve Smith’s dismissal but chances to drive home an advantage went begging The Independent UK · Dec 4, 2025
Love Island star and World Cup winner among new Celebrity SAS series contestants The new eight-part series will pit Team Australia against Team UK The Independent UK · Dec 4, 2025
Love Island winner Dani Dyer-Bowen among new Celebrity SAS series contestants The eight-part series will pit Team Australia against Team UK. Evening Standard · Dec 4, 2025
Morning Mail: water challenge for AI revolution, Labor weighs gas reserve options, Starc sublime but England have edge Cooling giant datacentres will place strain on supplies, experts warn; government must take on producers to get better deal, say unions and industry The Guardian - AU · Dec 4, 2025
Chalmers cheers OpenAI’s new $7bn Sydney datacentre; emergency bushfire warnings in NSW – as it happened This blog is now closed The Guardian - AU · Dec 4, 2025
Meet the weird, wonderful creatures that live in Australia’s desert water holes. They might not be there much longer You might think of Australia’s arid centre as a dry desert landscape devoid of aquatic life. But it’s actually dotted with thousands of rock holes – natural rainwater reservoirs that act as little oases for tiny freshwater animals and plants when they hold water. The Conversation · Dec 4, 2025
What is Taiwan and why is it important? A new study shows Australians struggle to answer these questions Recently, a new documentary was screened across Australia about the late Taiwanese Australian professor Chwei-Liang Chiou, who dedicated his life to improving relations between Taiwan and Australia. The Conversation · Dec 4, 2025
Female GPs not immune to chronic gender pay gap malady Female GPs in Australia are earning up to 10 per cent less per hour than their male colleagues, driven by longer consultation times and associated rebates. AAP · Dec 4, 2025
Joe Root is finally a wizard in Aus after Harry Brook’s Bazball scarecrow act A tale of two Yorkshiremen, one keeping England in the series, the other batting without a brain The Guardian - UK · Dec 4, 2025
Young Australian Hamish McKenzie makes injury-delayed step up to WorldTour with Jayco-AlUla 21-year-old has been on Jayco's books since 2024, riding for the under-23 team Hagens Berman Jayco Cycling News · Dec 4, 2025
No Lyon helped me find rhythm: England's Crawley England's Zak Crawley conceded it was easier to find his rhythm against an all-pace attack after Nathan Lyon was axed from Australia's XI for the second Test. AAP · Dec 4, 2025
New Zealand World Cup 2026 squad: Darren Bazeley's side as All Whites return to tournament The New Zealand World Cup 2026 squad is the All Whites' first in 16 years FourFourTwo · Dec 4, 2025
The Guardian - UK · Dec 4, 2025 World Cup 2026 draw: worst-case scenarios for England, Scotland, USA and Australia Before Friday’s event we also examine a possible overall group of death and where geopolitics could meet football
Fortune · Dec 4, 2025 Australia wants to end the era of kids on social media with international ban hailed as ‘first domino’ in global movement If Meta, Google, and others can’t figure out how to block accounts of users under 16 years old, they’ll be fined $33 million per breach.
TechRadar · Dec 4, 2025 Dreame's new mop-swapping robot vacuum is the most innovative and ambitious robovac I've ever tested The Dreame Matrix10 Ultra might be the perfect bot for big, complex homes or even commercial properties.
The Guardian - UK · Dec 4, 2025 Nathan Lyon in ‘filthy’ mood after Test omission as Crawley hails ‘phenomenal’ Root Nathan Lyon admitted he was furious after being dropped by Australia for the first time in 13 years of home Tests
The Guardian - AU · Dec 4, 2025 Remembering Toni Lamond: the Australian stage legend who made me fall in love with theatre I discovered her on a VHS tape at my grandmother’s house. She was a revelation – and became my north star as a theatre critic
The Guardian - AU · Dec 4, 2025 La Niña is here for the summer – but it may not bring what Australians expect Expert says the weather pattern, which typically brings wetter and cooler conditions, may be weakened by global heating
The Guardian - AU · Dec 4, 2025 Teens hoping to get around Australia’s social media ban are rushing to smaller apps. Where are they going? As Meta begins deleting accounts and the deadline looms, children have already begun to flock to platforms not included in the banned list, like Coverstar, Lemon8, Yope and Rednote
The Guardian - AU · Dec 4, 2025 Thirsty work: how the rise of massive datacentres strains Australia’s drinking water supply The demand for use in cooling in Sydney alone is expected to exceed the volume of Canberra’s total drinking water within the next decade
The Guardian - AU · Dec 4, 2025 HyperVerse promoter ‘Bitcoin Rodney’ accuses Australian Sam Lee in US court of duping him with ‘elaborate deception’ Rodney Burton says in Maryland district court memorandum he acted in good faith when promoting scheme that allegedly defrauded investors of US$1.89bn, but Lee calls claims ‘baseless’
The Guardian - AU · Dec 4, 2025 ‘Day by day I lose weight’: asylum seekers on Nauru get $115 a week, but a bag of grapes costs $20 Forbidden from working, people sent to the island by Australia say they are struggling to survive because food is so expensive
The Guardian - AU · Dec 4, 2025 Hope, heart and home leads at the National Indigenous Art Triennial: ‘We are going through a stage of enlightenment’ Curated by Tony Albert, After the Rain at the National Gallery of Australia explores cultural and familial legacies two years on from the referendum