The Latest Breaking News from Australia

Vibe check for outback town as corporate suits descend

Laid-back residents of Australia's gold capital are about to be inundated by business types in suits and RM Williams boots as a mining forum comes to town.

AAP · Jul 31

Anti-Semitic attacks at deadliest level in decades, global report warns

Anti-Semitic violence reached its deadliest level in more than three decades last year, according to a report covering seven of the world’s largest Jewish communities outside Israel – with France recording a rise in physical assaults despite a decline in the overall number of incidents.

Radio France Internationale · Jul 31

Fifth Games gold medal puts Baker in rare cycling air

Georgia Baker has won her fifth Commonwealth Games gold medal, joining a select group as Australia enjoyed another prolific day at the velodrome.

AAP · Jul 31

'The Ultimate Hypocrite': Sky News Host Slams Meghan Markle Over 'Staged' MasterChef Stunt

Meghan Markle's appearance on MasterChef Australia has drawn sharp criticism from Sky News host Danica De Giorgio.

International Business Times UK · Jul 31

Clickgate: what cricket cheating scandal reveals about the nebulous ‘spirit’ of the game

Cricket, by some metrics the world’s second most popular sport, has a penchant for producing rather peculiar scandals. UK-Australian relations were put under significant strain over the way that Harold Larwood, a coal miner from Nottinghamshire who could hurl cricket balls at batters very quickly, bowled at Don Bradman and…

The Conversation · Jul 31

On tour with the Beastie Boys, Sonic Youth and Foo Fighters: raw music documentary captures Australia’s ‘best summer’

In 1995, US film-maker Tamra Davis travelled to Australia to capture the one-off Summersault tour on her camcorder. Thirty years on she has made The Best Summer, an intimate snapshot of an era that can never be repeated

The Guardian - AU · Jul 31

Pat Rafter: ‘Why aren’t we producing players like Spain? I don’t know’

The former tennis No 1 on the current dearth of top Australian players, the excitement surrounding Cruz Hewitt, and a newfound love of padel

The Guardian - AU · Jul 31

Double DQ: Aussies lament 'subjective' velodrome call

Felicity Wilson-Haffenden has been disqualified from her individual pursuit bronze-medal ride at the Commonwealth Games, frustrating Australian team staff.

AAP · Jul 31

Lost in an Australian rainforest for 17 days, this mother survived by refusing to give up on her children

When Shannon Leah Fraser disappeared in Queensland's tropical rainforest in September 2014, rescuers feared the worst. Search crews spent days combing dense vegetation around the Golden Hole swimming area near Mount Bartle Frere, Australia's highest mountain on the mainland, before the official operation ended without success. More than two weeks…

The Times of India · Jul 31

Son of a riding gun among three Aussies boxing for gold

Australia will have a trio of up-and-coming boxers fighting for Commonwealth Games gold, with teenager Jacob Cassar leading the charge in Glasgow.

AAP · Jul 31